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U.S. Representative, South Carolina 5th district · Republican

Ralph Norman

33 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.

676 recorded votes

  • Voted for42863.3%
  • Voted against16925.0%
  • Did not vote7611.2%
88.3%
of the votes they could cast
33
statements indexed
1,254
words on the floor

Turned up for 88.3% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.

In plain English

Norman voted 88 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the House, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Sheri Biggs more than anyone else. The two agreed 94 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Henry Cuellar. They agreed 42 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 3 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
June 26, 2017
Terms served
5 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
Born
June 20, 1953

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Only three headings repeat in Norman's indexed remarks, a procurement bill at three, then an amendment and a budget resolution at two each. Everything else appears once, most of it honoring public servants in South Carolina.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

33 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Ralph Norman’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 33 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.

Voting With Their Party

On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Ralph Norman voted on 422 and was with the Republican majority on 415 of them.

422 party line votes cast

  • With their party41598.3%
  • Against their party71.7%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Ralph Norman as speaking in 26 items of business across 23 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 676 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Ralph Norman. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 676 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other South Carolina representatives in this Congress: William R. Timmons IV and James E. Clyburn.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.