Harold Ford
Democrat
TN
Representative, 9th District
Last year in office: 2007
Harold Ford is a former Democratic U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District. Ford first took office in Congress in 1997 and left office in 2007.
Harold Ford: Voting Record & Political Positions
Harold Ford's Voting Record at a Glance
- Legislative effectiveness: sponsored 27 bills and sponsored or cosponsored 775, 38 of which were enacted into law.
Top Issues Harold Ford Votes On
- Taxation
- Health Insurance
- Defense Spending
- Infrastructure
- Public Housing
- Immigration
How Harold Ford Voted on Recent Bills
- Not Voting on “Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006” (2006-12-09) — Failed
- Not Voting on “Relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.” (2006-12-08) — Passed
- Not Voting on “Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6406) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes.” (2006-12-08) — Passed
- Yea on “Minimum Wage bill” (2006-07-29) — Failed
- Nay on “Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.” (2006-07-28) — Passed
- Nay on “Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5638) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.” (2006-06-22) — Passed