Rep. Charles Melancon
Former Representative for Louisiana’s 3rd District
Melancon was the representative for Louisiana’s 3rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2005 to 2010.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Melancon is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Melancon sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Melancon was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Melancon sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Emergency Management (24%) Economics and Public Finance (18%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Energy (8%) Social Welfare (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (8%) Education (8%) Water Resources Development (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Melancon recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1647 (111th): Urging the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to acquire and utilize the Our …
- H.R. 6054 (111th): To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase and to provide …
- H.R. 5787 (111th): SBA Disaster Loan Relief Act of 2010
- H.R. 5761 (111th): To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expedite the …
- H.R. 5760 (111th): To expand eligibility for Pell grants to certain students who are pursuing …
- H.R. 5698 (111th): To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental …
- H.R. 5598 (111th): Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to Dec 2010, Melancon missed 285 of 4,745 roll call votes, which is 6.0%. This is much worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills