Rep. Ben Quayle

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Quayle is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013 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 Quayle sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 1, 2013. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Quayle was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 4088 (112th): Capital Expansion Act

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Does 1 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

Quayle sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (38%) Government Operations and Politics (38%) Taxation (25%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Quayle recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.J.Res. 114 (112th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to …
• H.Res. 695 (112th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the appointment by …
• H.R. 5953 (112th): Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act
• H.R. 5846 (112th): Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012
• H.R. 4369 (112th): Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2012
• H.R. 4088 (112th): Capital Expansion Act
• H.R. 4067 (112th): Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Jan 2013, Quayle missed 66 of 1,606 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. 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.

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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
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Office of Ben Quayle for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills