Sen. George Voinovich

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Voinovich is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate 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 Voinovich sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 24, 2005 to Dec 22, 2010. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Voinovich was the primary sponsor of 21 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 3973 (111th): Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010
• S. 2816 (110th): A bill to provide for the appointment of the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
• S. 1046 (110th): Senior Professional Performance Act of 2008
• S. 496 (110th): Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008
• S. 2626 (110th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 160 East Washington Street in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as the “Sergeant Michael M. …
• S. 2174 (110th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 175 South Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, as the “Paul E. Gillmor Post …
• S. 653 (110th): Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act

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Does 21 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

Voinovich sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (28%) Government Operations and Politics (20%) Economics and Public Finance (16%) Law (8%) Commerce (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) International Affairs (7%) Labor and Employment (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Voinovich recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 3983 (111th): A bill to authorize the State of Ohio to reprogram grant funds …
• S. 3973 (111th): Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010
• S. 16 (111th): Visa Waiver Program Expansion Act of 2010
• S. 3618 (111th): Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance Act
• S.Con.Res. 67 (111th): A concurrent resolution celebrating 130 years of United States-Romanian diplomatic relations, congratulating …
• S. 3322 (111th): United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation Establishment Act of 2010
• S.Res. 483 (111th): A resolution congratulating the Republic of Serbia’s application for European Union membership …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1999 to Dec 2010, Voinovich missed 103 of 3,978 roll call votes, which is 2.6%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators 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.

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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
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills