Rep. Jay Johnson

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Johnson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1998 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 Johnson sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 17, 1998. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Johnson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (67%) Crime and Law Enforcement (33%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Johnson recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 4295 (105th): For the relief of Juan Antonio Manrique.
• H.R. 3931 (105th): Wisconsin Federal Judgeship Act of 1998
• H.R. 2850 (105th): Jennifer’s Law Act of 1997
• H.R. 2820 (105th): Helping America’s Disabled Veterans Act of 1997
• H.R. 2139 (105th): Dairy Promotion Fairness Act
• H.Con.Res. 47 (105th): To designate a flag-pole upon which the flag of the United States …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Dec 1998, Johnson missed 15 of 1,187 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. 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