![Photo of Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL17, 2013-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412311-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Rooney.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Rooney is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Rooney sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Rooney was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1791 (112th): To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the “Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States …
- H.R. 347 (112th): Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 2470 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19190 Cochran Boulevard FRNT in Port Charlotte, Florida, as the “Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm …
Does 3 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Rooney sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (57%) International Affairs (29%) Transportation and Public Works (14%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Rooney recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6663 (115th): Secure Elections Act
- H.R. 3884 (115th): National Child Identification Assistance Act
- H.R. 3509 (115th): CITRUS Act
- H.Res. 467 (115th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations …
- H.R. 3047 (115th): To correct the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System …
- H.Res. 313 (115th): REPAIR Resolution
- H.R. 1354 (115th): Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2017
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Dec 2018, Rooney missed 302 of 7,000 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
