Dwyer was the representative for New Jersey’s 6th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 1992.
He was previously the representative for New Jersey’s 15th congressional district as a Democrat from 1981 to 1982.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Dwyer is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1992 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 Dwyer sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Dwyer was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.J.Res. 445 (102nd): Designating June 1992 as “National Scleroderma Awareness Month”.
- H.J.Res. 219 (102nd): To designate the second week in June, as “National Scleroderma Awareness Week”.
- H.R. 4847 (100th): A bill to amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require the labeling of chronically hazardous art materials and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1042 (99th): A bill to grant a Federal charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.
Does 4 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
Dwyer sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (46%) Labor and Employment (10%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Environmental Protection (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Dwyer recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4782 (102nd): To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on 4-Picolylcloride Hc1, 2H-indol-2-one, …
- H.R. 4783 (102nd): To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on 4-Picolylchloride Hc1, 2H-indol-2-one, …
- H.R. 4781 (102nd): To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on 4-Picolylchoride Hc1, 2H-indol-2-one, …
- H.J.Res. 445 (102nd): Designating June 1992 as “National Scleroderma Awareness Month”.
- H.R. 2201 (102nd): Underwater Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1991
- H.R. 2050 (102nd): To suspend for a 3-year period the duty on ofloxacin.
- H.R. 1934 (102nd): To extend the existing suspension of duty on certain wood veneer.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1981 to Oct 1992, Dwyer missed 278 of 5,383 roll call votes, which is 5.2%. This is on par with the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. 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
