Rep. Walter B. Jones

Former Representative for North Carolina’s 3^rd District

pronounced WAWL-ter // johnz

Jones was the representative for North Carolina’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1995 to 2019.

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Jones is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Jones was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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Does 7 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

Jones sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (47%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (11%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) International Affairs (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Jones recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Jones voted Nay

H.R. 10: Financial CHOICE Act of 2017

Passed 233/186 on Jun 8, 2017.

This bill would make sweeping changes to the financial regulatory system by revising the changes that were put in place after the 2008-2009 economic crash. …

Jones voted No

H.Res. 308: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2192) to amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the …

Passed 235/192 on May 4, 2017.

Jones voted Nay

H.R. 1252: DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017

Passed 407/1 on Mar 20, 2017.

H.R. 1252 establishes the Under Secretary for Management as the Department of Homeland Security’s Chief Acquisition Officer responsible for approving, pausing, modifying, or canceling major …

Jones voted No

H.Res. 22: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 26) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, …

Passed 231/187 on Jan 5, 2017.

Jones voted Nay

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Jones 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 …

Jones voted No

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

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Jones voted No

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 …

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Feb 2019, Jones missed 846 of 16,113 roll call votes, which is 5.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2019. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	19^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	1	0.5%	23^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	51^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	1	0.9%	25^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	2	1.1%	25^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	1	0.6%	25^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	24^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	11^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	7	4.3%	76^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	19^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	54^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	41^st
1999 Oct-Nov	146	6	4.1%	74^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	40^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	6	2.2%	50^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	46^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	45^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	5	6.7%	90^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	62^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	62^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	5	3.3%	58^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	33^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	66^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	8	5.7%	70^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	3	3.2%	66^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	10	4.2%	74^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	2	1.0%	34^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	37^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	10	9.6%	76^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	9	4.1%	69^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	5	3.1%	47^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	11	19.0%	93^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	6	6.7%	77^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	20	7.4%	83^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	13	8.0%	90^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	38^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	26^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	18	11.3%	97^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	12	44.4%	98^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	4	1.9%	54^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	19	4.8%	86^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	3	0.9%	22^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	9	3.4%	60^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	8^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	37	11.5%	92^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	3	20.0%	93^rd
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	52^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	2	0.7%	20^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	3	1.1%	34^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	18^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	40^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	19	8.7%	85^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	5	3.3%	66^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	21	21.2%	92^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	6	2.8%	78^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	43^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	54^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	30	10.0%	90^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	85^th
2013 Jan-Jan 112th Congress	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	64^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	5	2.3%	56^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	1	0.5%	25^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	29	21.2%	98^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	55	37.2%	98^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	45^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	27^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	74^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	5	3.5%	68^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	14	10.1%	89^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	62^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	12	5.9%	80^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	54^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	15	31.2%	99^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	24	11.5%	96^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	6	4.4%	79^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	12	6.0%	88^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	13	7.8%	89^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	34	26.4%	99^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	33	17.9%	97^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	24	23.5%	97^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	85	100.0%	100^th
2019 Jan-Mar	65	65	100.0%	100^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

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

Primary Sources