Rep. John Tierney

Former Representative for Massachusetts’s 6^th District

Tierney was the representative for Massachusetts’s 6^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1997 to 2014.

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Tierney.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Tierney 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

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

H.R. 1339 (112th): To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.

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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

Tierney sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (21%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (18%) Finance and Financial Sector (14%) Labor and Employment (14%) Health (11%) Commerce (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) International Affairs (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Tierney recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Tierney voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December …

Tierney voted No

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Tierney voted Yea

H.R. 3393 (113th): Student and Family Tax Simplification Act

Passed 227/187 on Jul 24, 2014.

Tierney voted No

H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Passed 345/59 on May 30, 2014.

Tierney voted Nay

H.R. 634 (113th): Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013

Passed 411/12 on Jun 12, 2013.

Tierney voted No

H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Passed 223/197 on Aug 2, 2012.

Tierney voted No

H.R. 2940 (112th): Access to Capital for Job Creators Act

Passed 413/11 on Nov 3, 2011.

Tierney voted No

H.R. 2218 (112th): Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act

Passed 365/54 on Sep 13, 2011.

Tierney voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Tierney voted Yea

H.Res. 264 (112th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 754) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for intelligence …

Passed 251/133 on May 12, 2011.

Tierney voted Nay

H.R. 2729 (111th): To authorize the designation of National Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, and for other …

Passed 330/96 on Jul 21, 2009.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Dec 2014, Tierney missed 321 of 12,173 roll call votes, which is 2.6%. This is on par with the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	5	2.9%	61^st
1997 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	39^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	2	1.2%	33^rd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	48^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	35^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	44^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	8	10.8%	95^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	56^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	8	4.3%	74^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	39^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	50^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	45^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	8	2.9%	54^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	67^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	44^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	39^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	2	1.5%	34^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	39^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	37^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	57^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	5	2.5%	49^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	46^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	45^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	6	2.5%	60^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	5	2.6%	64^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	9	6.0%	75^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	5	2.3%	48^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	43^rd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	37^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	4	1.5%	46^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	42^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	41^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	66^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	6	1.5%	48^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	5	1.6%	41^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	23^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	7	4.7%	60^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	6	1.9%	36^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	24	11.7%	92^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	13	4.3%	74^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	53^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	18^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	2	1.0%	22^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	57^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	18	11.9%	94^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	42^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	9	4.2%	86^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	18	6.4%	89^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	35^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	9	4.3%	73^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	4	2.6%	64^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	3	1.0%	40^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	58^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	36^th
2013 Jan-Jan 112th Congress	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	14	6.5%	85^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	6	3.0%	70^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	4	2.9%	62^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	14	9.5%	92^nd
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	70^th

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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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