Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Rodriguez is shown as a purple triangle▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below.Each dot was a member of the House of Representativesin 2010positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills legislators sponsored and cosponsoredfrom Jan. 4, 2005 to Dec. 21, 2010.See fullanalysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Rodriguez was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 7057 (110th): Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act
• H.R. 5826 (110th): Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008
• H.R. 2688 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the “Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office …
• H.R. 4122 (108th): El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2004
• H.R. 3843 (105th): To grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States.

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Does 5 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Rodriguez sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (31%)Government Operations and Politics (14%)Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%)Health (12%)Crime and Law Enforcement (9%)Labor and Employment (9%)Families (7%)Education (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Rodriguez recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 1244 (111th): Recognizing the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for its now five-year effort …
• H.R. 4719 (111th): To establish a Southwest Border Region Water Task Force.
• H.R. 4507 (111th): Cyber Security Domestic Preparedness Act
• H.R. 4438 (111th): San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010
• H.R. 4166 (111th): Veterans Health Professionals Educational Assistance Act of 2009
• H.Res. 916 (111th): Recognizing the significant contributions of the Fort Sam Houston Memorial Services Detachment …
• H.R. 3657 (111th): To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for members of …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Apr 1997 to Dec 2010, Rodriguez missed 277 of 8,065 roll call votes, which is 3.4%.This ison par withthe 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 absences, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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
• TheHouse andSenate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills