Members of Congress / Rob Portman

Biographical Information

PORTMAN, Robert Jones, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 19, 1955; graduated from the Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1979; J.D., University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1984; associate counsel to President George Bush, 1989; deputy assistant and director, Office of Legislative Affairs, White House Office, 1989-1991; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Willis D. Gradison, Jr.; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses until his resignation on April 29, 2005 (May 4, 1993-April 29, 2005); U.S. Trade Representative, in the cabinet of President of George W. Bush, 2005-2006; Director, Office of Management and Budget, in the cabinet of President George W. Bush, 2006-present. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 109th Congress: Representative, Ohio (Dist. 2), Republican. Jan. 3, 2005, to April 29, 2005.
· 108th Congress: Representative, Ohio (Dist. 2), Republican. Jan. 3, 2003, to Jan. 3, 2005.
· 107th Congress: Representative, Ohio (Dist. 2), Republican. Jan. 3, 2001, to Jan. 3, 2003.
· 106th Congress: Representative, Ohio (Dist. 2), Republican. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Representative, Ohio (Dist. 2), Republican. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Representative, Ohio (Dist. 2), Republican. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Ohio (Dist. 2), Republican. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
4/28/05	Vote 150: H RES 210: Supporting the Goals of World Intellectual Property Day, and Recognizing the Importance of Intellectual Property in the United States and Worldwide	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/28/05	Vote 149: H CON RES 95: Congressional Budget for Fy 2006	Yes	Yes	No
4/28/05	Vote 148: On Approving the Journal	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/28/05	Vote 147: H RES 248: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report to Accompany the Concurrent Resolution (H. Con. Res. 95) Establishing the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2006	Yes	Yes	No
4/28/05	Vote 146: H RES 242: Waiving a Requirement of Clause 6(a) of Rule Xiii With Respect to Consideration of Certain Resolutions Reported From the Committee on Rules	Yes	Yes	No
4/27/05	Vote 145: H RES 241: Providing for the Adoption of H. Res. 240	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/27/05	Vote 144: H R 748: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act	Yes	Yes	No
4/27/05	Vote 143: H R 748: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act	No	No	Yes
4/27/05	Vote 142: H R 748	No	No	Yes
4/27/05	Vote 141: H R 748: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act	No	No	Yes
4/27/05	Vote 140: H RES 22: Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives That American Small Businesses Are Entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights	No	No	Yes
4/27/05	Vote 139: H RES 236: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 748, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act	Not Voting	Yes	No
4/27/05	Vote 138: H RES 235: Providing for the Consideration of H. Res. 22, Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives That American Small Businesses Are Entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights	Not Voting	Yes	No
4/27/05	Vote 137: H CON RES 81: Expressing the Sense of Congress Regarding the Two-Year Anniversary of the Human Rights Crackdown in Cuba	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
4/27/05	Vote 136: H R 902: Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
4/27/05	Vote 135: On Approving the Journal	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/26/05	Vote 134: H CON RES 95: Congressional Budget for Fy 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/26/05	Vote 133: H R 1268: Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2005, and for Other Purposes	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/21/05	Vote 132: H R 6: Energy Policy Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
4/21/05	Vote 131: H R 6	No	No	Yes

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