![Photo of Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS1, 2008-2010]](/data/photos/412262-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Childers sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Childers is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Childers sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (42%) Crime and Law Enforcement (25%) Education (17%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (17%)
Recent Bills
Some of Childers’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6242 (111th): International Child Protection Act of 2010
- H.R. 5162 (111th): To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
- H.R. 5150 (111th): To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
- H.R. 4822 (111th): To provide for the settlement of claims arising from the failure of ...
- H.R. 4292 (111th): America’s Better Classrooms Act of 2009
- H.Res. 886 (111th): Supporting the goals and purposes of National Teach Ag Day.
- H.R. 3640 (111th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Childers’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Nay |
S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010
Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
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| Yea |
H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and ...
Sep 15, 2009. Passed 312/108.
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| Nay |
H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act
Jun 3, 2009. Passed 240/179.
|
| No |
H.R. 7321 (110th): Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act
Dec 10, 2008. Passed 237/170.
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| Yea |
H.R. 2638 (110th): Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
Sep 24, 2008. Passed 370/58.
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Missed Votes
From May 2008 to Dec 2010, Childers missed 45 of 2,014 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. ProPublica has tracked 2 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills