Rep. Anthony Coelho

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Coelho is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Coelho sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Coelho was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 2273 (101st): Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• H.J.Res. 650 (100th): A joint resolution designating April 1989 as “Actors’ Fund of America Appreciation Month”.
• H.R. 5199 (100th): A bill to make nonmailable any plant, fruit, vegetable, or other matter, the movement of which in interstate commerce has been prohibited or restricted by the Secretary …
• H.R. 525 (100th): A bill for the relief of John M. Gill.
• H.J.Res. 199 (100th): A joint resolution designating April 1988 as “Actors’ Fund of America Appreciation Month”.
• H.J.Res. 309 (100th): A joint resolution to establish the Speaker’s Civic Achievement Awards Program to be administered under the Librarian of Congress to recognize achievement in civic literacy by students, …
• H.R. 317 (100th): A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Merced River in California as a component of the National Wild …

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Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Coelho sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (19%) Agriculture and Food (19%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Private Legislation (14%) Education (8%) Economics and Public Finance (8%) Taxation (8%) Immigration (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Coelho recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.J.Res. 269 (101st): To designate October 1, 1989, through October 7, 1989, as “National Disability …
• H.R. 2273 (101st): Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• H.R. 2026 (101st): To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the importation of kiwifruit, …
• H.R. 1047 (101st): To recognize the organization known as the National Academies of Practice.
• H.J.Res. 36 (101st): Designating April 24, 1989, as “National Day of Remembrance of the Armenian …
• H.Res. 5 (101st): Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred …
• H.R. 14 (101st): Federal Election Campaign Amendments of 1989

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1979 to Jun 1989, Coelho missed 491 of 4,908 roll call votes, which is 10.0%. This is much worse than the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jun 1989. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
• Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills