Rep. Tim Mahoney

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Mahoney is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2008 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 7, 2003 to Dec 10, 2008. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Mahoney was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 6772 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the “CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4008 (110th): Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2007
• H.R. 2779 (110th): To recognize the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the official national museum of Navy SEALS and their predecessors.

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Does 3 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

Mahoney sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (30%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (17%) Law (9%) Housing and Community Development (9%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Commerce (9%) Emergency Management (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Mahoney recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 7156 (110th): To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the restoration …
• H.R. 6998 (110th): Veterans Mental Health Training for First Responders and Community Leaders Act of …
• H.R. 6843 (110th): Officer Andrew Widman Criminal Alien Enforcement Act of 2008
• H.R. 6772 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
• H.R. 6581 (110th): To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers …
• H.R. 4008 (110th): Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2007
• H.R. 3953 (110th): Homeowners Property Tax Relief Act of 2007

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Dec 2008, Mahoney missed 41 of 1,876 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. 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
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills