Rep. Barbara Vucanovich

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Vucanovich is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1996 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 Vucanovich sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Vucanovich was the primary sponsor of 12 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 2366 (104th): To repeal an unnecessary medical device reporting requirement.
• H.R. 3517 (104th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1997
• H.R. 394 (104th): To amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit State taxation of certain pension income.
• H.R. 395 (104th): To designate the United States courthouse and Federal building to be constructed at the southeastern corner of Liberty and South Virginia Streets in Reno, Nevada, as the …
• H.R. 1817 (104th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1996
• H.R. 1485 (101st): Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989
• H.J.Res. 530 (100th): A joint resolution designating May 1988 as “Take Pride in America Month”.

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Does 12 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

Vucanovich sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (18%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (15%) Environmental Protection (12%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Taxation (10%) Energy (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Vucanovich recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 3971 (104th): Walker River Basin Conservation and Stabilization Act of 1996
• H.R. 3615 (104th): To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to correct …
• H.Res. 449 (104th): Relating to breast implants, the Food and Drug Administration, and breast care.
• H.R. 3517 (104th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1997
• H.R. 3504 (104th): Breast Cancer Detection Act
• H.R. 3104 (104th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules …
• H.R. 2899 (104th): National Center for Excellence in Research and Development Act of 1996

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1983 to Sep 1996, Vucanovich missed 278 of 7,033 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. 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
• 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
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills