Members of Congress / Bob Wise

Biographical Information

WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr., a Representative from West Virginia; born in Washington, D.C., January 6, 1948; B.A., Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1970; J.D., Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, La., 1975; admitted to the West Virginia bar in 1975 and commenced practice in Charleston; member, State senate, 1980-1982; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 2001); was not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 2000; Governor of West Virginia, 2000-2005. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 106th Congress: Representative, West Virginia (Dist. 2), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Representative, West Virginia (Dist. 2), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Representative, West Virginia (Dist. 2), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, West Virginia (Dist. 2), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, West Virginia (Dist. 3), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
12/15/00	Vote 603: H R 4577: Making Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services for Fiscal Year 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes
12/8/00	Vote 602: H J RES 128: Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
12/7/00	Vote 601: H J RES 127: Making Further Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2001	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
12/5/00	Vote 600: H J RES 126: Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fy 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes
12/4/00	Vote 599: S 1761: Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
12/4/00	Vote 598: S 3137: James Madison Commemoration Commission Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
11/14/00	Vote 597: H R 4986: Foreign Sales Corporation (Fcs) Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
11/13/00	Vote 596: S 1972: Conveyance of Joe Rowell Park, Dolores, Colorado	Not Voting	Yes	No
11/13/00	Vote 595: S 2594: Carriage of Nonproject Water by the Mancos Project, Colorado	Not Voting	Yes	No
11/3/00	Vote 594: S 2796: Water Resources Development Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
11/3/00	Vote 593: On Approving the Journal	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
11/2/00	Vote 592: H J RES 123: Making Further Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2001	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
11/1/00	Vote 591: H R 4577: Making Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services for Fiscal Year 2001	Not Voting	No	Yes
11/1/00	Vote 590: H R 4577: Making Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services for Fiscal Year 2001	Not Voting	No	Yes
11/1/00	Vote 589: H CON RES 397: Voicing Concern About Serious Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Most States of Central Asia	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
11/1/00	Vote 588: On Hour of Meeting	Not Voting	Yes	No
11/1/00	Vote 587: H J RES 122: Further Continuing Appropriations for Fy 2001	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
11/1/00	Vote 586: On Approving the Journal	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/31/00	Vote 585: H J RES 121: Further Continuing Appropriations for Fy 2001	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/31/00	Vote 584: On Approving the Journal	Not Voting	Yes	Yes

Full list of votes by Bob Wise