Rep. Eric Cantor
Former Representative for Virginia’s 7th District
Cantor was the representative for Virginia’s 7th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2001 to 2014.
![Photo of Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA7, 2001-2014]](/static/legislator-photos/400060-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Cantor is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 legislators sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Cantor was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6634 (112th): To change the effective date for the Internet publication of certain financial disclosure forms.
- H.R. 3080 (112th): United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
- H.R. 3078 (112th): United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
- H.R. 3079 (112th): United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
- H.R. 258 (108th): American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003
- H.R. 1748 (107th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 805 Glen Burnie Road in Richmond, Virginia, as the “Tom Bliley Post Office Building”.
Does 6 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
Cantor sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (23%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (23%) International Affairs (23%) Taxation (15%) Government Operations and Politics (15%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Cantor recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Con.Res. 75 (113th): Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from …
- H.Res. 141 (113th): Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of …
- H.Res. 5 (113th): Adopting rules for the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
- H.Res. 3 (113th): Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of …
- H.Res. 2 (113th): To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled …
- H.R. 6684 (112th): Spending Reduction Act of 2012
- H.R. 6634 (112th): To change the effective date for the Internet publication of certain financial …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2001 to Aug 2014, Cantor missed 422 of 9,688 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 2014. 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
