Rep. Thomas “Tom” DeLay
Former Representative from Texas’s 22nd District
Republican
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Texas's 22nd District |
See Also: DeLay's Official Website | OpenSecrets | Bioguide
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills DeLay sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). DeLay is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Some of DeLay’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5403 (109th): Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006
- H.Res. 445 (109th): Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 422 (109th): Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death ...
- H.Con.Res. 225 (109th): Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
- H.Res. 364 (109th): Commending the continuing improvement in relations between the United States and the ...
- H.Con.Res. 198 (109th): Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
- H.R. 3129 (109th): Foster Child Protection and Child Sexual Predator Sentencing Act of 2005
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Voting Record
From Jan 1985 to Jun 2006, DeLay missed 518 of 11,660 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jun 2006. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills