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Ronnie Gene Flippo

Representative for Alabama, district 5 · Democrat

Born 1937

Democrat · AL House 1977–1991
6,253votes cast 86.3%attendance 80.7%party loyalty 7congresses served
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Ronnie Gene Flippo

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 5484 · To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the provisions permitting certain entities to elect a ta… August 3, 1990 · In committee
  • H.R. 5049 · Healthcare Benefits for Retired Coalminers Act of 1990 June 14, 1990 · In committee
  • H.R. 4651 · To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a certain parcel of land at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to the S… April 26, 1990 · In committee
  • H.R. 4408 · To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the provisions permitting certain small issues o… March 28, 1990 · In committee
  • H.R. 3459 · Regarding the duty-free entry of a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for the use of the University of A… October 12, 1989 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
7 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseAlabama · District 5DemocratJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
HouseAlabama · District 5DemocratJanuary 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989
HouseAlabama · District 5DemocratJanuary 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
HouseAlabama · District 5DemocratJanuary 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
HouseAlabama · District 5DemocratJanuary 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983
HouseAlabama · District 5DemocratJanuary 15, 1979 – January 3, 1981
HouseAlabama · District 5DemocratJanuary 4, 1977 – January 3, 1979
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

Source: congress-legislators, a public-domain record of every member of Congress, checked October 20, 2026.

The Constitution
Where they sit

Ideology, measured from every vote they cast

DW-NOMINATE first dimension (Voteview, UCLA), shown against the 101st Congress House.

The record

Every roll-call vote on file

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Record timeline

  1. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — SUSPEND THE RULES AND CONCUR IN S. ADTS. TO H. ADT: S. 280 (House Roll Call 536 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  2. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — SUSPEND RULES AND AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT: H.R. 4793 (House Roll Call 535 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  3. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: S. 3266 (House Roll Call 534 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  4. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Passage: H.J.Res. 687 (House Roll Call 533 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  5. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 5769 (House Roll Call 532 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  6. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 5114 (House Roll Call 531 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  7. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: S. 358 (House Roll Call 530 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 5399 (House Roll Call 529 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 5835 (House Roll Call 528 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Resolution: H.Res. 537 (House Roll Call 527 (101st Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

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