Rep. Arlan Stangeland
Former Representative for Minnesota’s 7th District
Stangeland was the representative for Minnesota’s 7th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1977 to 1990.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Stangeland 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 Stangeland sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Stangeland was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.J.Res. 599 (101st): To designate July 1, 1990, as “National Ducks and Wetlands Day”.
- H.R. 4700 (98th): A bill to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse at 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado, as the “Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and United States …
- H.R. 4202 (98th): A bill to designate the air traffic control tower at Midway Airport, Chicago, as the “John G. Fary Tower”.
- H.R. 9613 (95th): A bill for the relief of Eustace John D’Souza.
- H.R. 11494 (95th): Refuge Revenue Sharing Act
Does 5 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Stangeland sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Agriculture and Food (32%) Environmental Protection (20%) Taxation (16%) Labor and Employment (9%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Energy (5%) Water Resources Development (5%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Stangeland recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5370 (101st): Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Act of 1990
- H.J.Res. 599 (101st): To designate July 1, 1990, as “National Ducks and Wetlands Day”.
- H.R. 4867 (101st): Water Resources Development Act of 1990
- H.R. 4577 (101st): Underground Storage Tank Assistance and Groundwater Protection Act
- H.R. 4509 (101st): Sustainable Agriculture and Clean Water Act of 1990
- H.Con.Res. 295 (101st): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to restoring …
- H.R. 4353 (101st): Wetlands Conservation Reserve Program Act of 1990
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Mar 1977 to Oct 1990, Stangeland missed 362 of 7,242 roll call votes, which is 5.0%. This is on par with the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. 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.
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
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- 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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
