Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Packard is shown as a purple triangle▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below.Each dot was a member of the House of Representativesin 2000positioned 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, 1995 to Dec. 15, 2000.See fullanalysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Packard was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 2605 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000
• H.R. 4059 (105th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1999
• H.R. 2604 (105th): Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998
• H.R. 2016 (105th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1998
• H.R. 3754 (104th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997
• H.R. 2492 (104th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996
• H.R. 3673 (102nd): Membrane Processes Research Act of 1992

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Does 9 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

Packard sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Economics and Public Finance (16%)Government Operations and Politics (14%)Families (12%)Law (12%)Housing and Community Development (12%)International Affairs (11%)Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%)Commerce (11%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Packard recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 5483 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001
• H.R. 4733 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001
• H.Res. 286 (106th): Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority.
• H.R. 2605 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000
• H.Res. 548 (105th): Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority.
• H.R. 4059 (105th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1999
• H.Con.Res. 289 (105th): Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the National Institute of Dental Research.

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1983 to Dec 2000, Packard missed 351 of 9,434 roll call votes, which is 3.7%.This ison par withthe median of 3.0%among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2000.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
• 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
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills