The Resume

(January 10, 1950- )
Born in Niangua, Missouri
Represents Missouri's 7th District (1997-2010)
House Majority Whip (2003-07) and Minority Whip (2007-10)
Republican
Elected Republican Senator from Missouri (November 2, 2010)

Why he might be annoying:

He tried to add a rider to the bill creating the Department of Homeland Security that would benefit US tobacco companies by restricting sales of low-cost cigarettes on the internet.
His son Andy and wife Abigail are lobbyists for Philip Morris, which is the largest donor to his campaigns.
He added a rider to an Iraq War appropriations bill that benefited UPS and FedEx, who contributed $58,000 to his campaigns.
He has numerous ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
He issued a press release boasting he had a majority of votes to replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader, but lost the actual vote to John Boehner.

Why he might not be annoying:

He served as president of Southwest Baptist University (1993-96).
He rose from freshman to the third-highest House position in only six years.
He argued that the rider regulating cigarette sales had a legitimate national security purpose in that Hezbollah was making money by selling black market cigarettes. A similar provision was later passed into law.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 107th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2001-December 2002]
• 108th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2003-December 2004]
• 109th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2005-December 2006]
• 110th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2007-December 2008]
• 111th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2009-December 2010]
• 112th United States Congress - Senators [January 2011-December 2012]
• 113th United States Congress - Senators [January 2013-December 2014]
• 114th United States Congress - Senators [January 2015-December 2016]
• 115th United States Congress - Senators [January 2017-December 2018]
• 116th United States Congress - Senators [January 2019-December 2020]
• 117th United States Congress - Senators [January 2021-December 2022]
• Birthers
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 07]
• Chickenhawks
• Crew's Most Corrupt Members of Congress [2005]
• Crew's Most Corrupt Members of Congress [2006]
• Crew's Most Corrupt Members of Congress [2010]
• I Adopted a Child
• I Attended George H.W. Bush's State Funeral [December 5, 2018]
• I Married in 2003
• Look at Me, Counting Money
• Look at Me, I'm with George Washington
• Profiles 21251-21500 (Ranked: 21499)
• U.S. Congressional Representatives

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 50 Votes: 42.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 127 Votes: 51.18% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 174 Votes: 46.55% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 395 Votes: 49.37% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 72 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 38 Votes: 73.68% Annoying