Richard Bryan, former Senator from Nevada

Dates	Title	Representing
1989-2000	Senator	Nevada

Sponsorship Analysis

Bryan was a moderate Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Bryan’s time serving in the Senate.

Use this chart to compare Bryan to other members of the Senate in the 106^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Bryan’s most recently sponsored bills include...

S. 2963 (106th): Consumer Awareness of Market-Based Drug Prices Act of 2000
S.Res. 326 (106th): A resolution designating the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, as the ...
S. 2728 (106th): A bill to authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in ...
S. 2678 (106th): A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat ...
S. 2273 (106th): Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area Act of ...
S. 1280 (106th): A bill terminate the exemption of certain contractors and other entities from ...
S. 683 (106th): Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act of 1999

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Voting Record

From Jan 1989 to Dec 2000, Bryan missed 19 of 4,115 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 1.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2000. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1989 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jul-Sep	118	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Oct-Nov	91	1	1.1%	57^th
1990 Jan-Mar	48	1	2.1%	63^rd
1990 Apr-Jun	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jul-Sep	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jul-Sep	96	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Oct-Nov	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jul-Sep	117	1	0.9%	42^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Feb-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	99	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jul-Sep	109	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	94	1	1.1%	42^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	86	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	92	7	7.6%	92^nd
1994 Jul-Sep	136	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	125	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	171	1	0.6%	24^th
1995 Jul-Sep	184	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Oct-Dec	133	1	0.8%	57^th
1996 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	122	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	125	1	0.8%	60^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	1	1.0%	57^th
1997 Oct-Nov	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	52	1	1.9%	49^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	109	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jul-Sep	112	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	70	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	120	2	1.7%	66^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	38	1	2.6%	41^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Richard Bryan [D-NV, 1989-2000] leaves office as Senator from Nevada

Dec 15, 2000

Elections and Offices

Sen. Richard Bryan [D-NV, 1989-2000] takes office as Senator from Nevada

Jan 03, 1989

Sen. Richard Bryan

Elected Positions

Sponsorship Analysis

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Voting Record

Primary Sources

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Elections and Offices