Rep. Zachary “Zack” Space
Former Representative for Ohio’s 18th District
Space was the representative for Ohio’s 18th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2007 to 2010.
![Photo of Rep. Zachary “Zack” Space [D-OH18, 2007-2010]](/static/legislator-photos/412229-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Space is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Space sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Space was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3663 (111th): To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay the date on which the accreditation requirement under the Medicare Program applies to suppliers of durable …
- H.R. 3052 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 954 Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge, Ohio, as the “John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office Building”.
Does 2 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
Space sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (20%) Government Operations and Politics (20%) Taxation (12%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Housing and Community Development (10%) Education (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Space recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6512 (111th): To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent the …
- H.R. 6259 (111th): VOTE Act
- H.R. 6072 (111th): Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010
- H.R. 6012 (111th): To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review utilization …
- H.R. 5707 (111th): Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act
- H.R. 5106 (111th): To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a commission on urotrauma.
- H.R. 4799 (111th): Retraining a New Health Care Workforce Act of 2010
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to Dec 2010, Space missed 122 of 3,531 roll call votes, which is 3.5%. This is on par with the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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
- Office of Zack Space via Wikipedia for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
