Across 6 Congresses, most in the
110th at 52.
In the 112th,
31 —
16 more than the median representative, who filed 15.
Of the 211, 8 became law.
Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every
member, never get a vote.
Bills introduced, against the typical representative107th to 112th
29107th Congresstypical member 13
25108th Congresstypical member 13
32109th Congresstypical member 16
52110th Congresstypical member 18
42111th Congresstypical member 16
31112th Congresstypical member 15
median for the chamber, that Congress
Cosponsored
3,727
Signed on to someone else's bill
Recorded votes
11,995
Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside
Their work
Drawn from the 211 bills this member
introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who
most often sign on.
Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.
Biography
A Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N. J. , March 31, 1940. Graduated from Bayonne High School, Bayonne, N. J. , 1957. A. B. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1962. Graduate work in political science and teaching fellow in government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1962-1972. J. D. , Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1977. Staff, Mayor Kevin White of Boston, Mass. , 1968-1971. Staff, United States Representative Michael F. Harrington of Massachusetts, 1971-1972. Member of the Massachusetts state legislature, 1973-1980. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 2013). Reprimanded by the U. S. House of Representatives on July 29, 1990, for improper use of political influence to fix parking tickets and to influence probation officers for a personal friend. Chair, Committee on Financial Services (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.
Votes
How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest
first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture.
Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.
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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term.
Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress
onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member
who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none.
Committee seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they
are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than
reported as zero. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers
also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here.
Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left,
because the ones on file were theirs while serving.
Records come from
Congress.gov and the
Biographical Directory of Congress.
