Jo Ann Emerson
Republican
MO
Representative, 8th District
Last year in office: 2013
Jo Ann Emerson is a former Republican U.S. Representative for Missouri's 8th Congressional District. Emerson first took office in Congress in 1997 and left office in 2013.
Jo Ann Emerson: Voting Record & Political Positions
Jo Ann Emerson's Voting Record at a Glance
- Legislative effectiveness: sponsored 81 bills and sponsored or cosponsored 1295, 82 of which were enacted into law.
Top Issues Jo Ann Emerson Votes On
- Taxation
- Health Insurance
- Defense Spending
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- Climate Change
How Jo Ann Emerson Voted on Recent Bills
- Nay on “"Fiscal cliff" bill” (2013-01-02) — Failed
- Yea on “Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Yea on “To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction.” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Nay on “Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012” (2012-08-02) — Failed
- Yea on “To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.” (2012-08-01) — Passed
- Yea on “Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2011” (2012-07-31) — Passed