Zablocki was the representative for Wisconsin’s 4th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1949 to 1983.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Zablocki is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1984 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 Zablocki sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 15, 1979 to Oct 11, 1984. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Zablocki was the primary sponsor of 28 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2906 (98th): A bill to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order to extend the authorization for appropriations.
- H.J.Res. 353 (98th): A joint resolution condemning the Soviet criminal destruction of the Korean civilian airliner.
- H.J.Res. 364 (98th): Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution
- H.R. 1849 (98th): Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act of 1983
- H.R. 7143 (97th): A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend for an additional year the Agricultural and Productive Credit and Self-Help Community Development Programs.
- H.R. 3467 (97th): Arms Control and Disarmament Amendments Act of 1982
- H.J.Res. 382 (97th): A joint resolution to permit the broadcasting in the United States of the International Communication Agency film “Let Poland be Poland: A day of Solidarity with the …
Does 28 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
Zablocki sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (42%) Economics and Public Finance (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Education (6%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Zablocki recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.J.Res. 402 (98th): A joint resolution declaring that the requirements of section 4(a)(1) of the …
- H.J.Res. 364 (98th): Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution
- H.J.Res. 353 (98th): A joint resolution condemning the Soviet criminal destruction of the Korean civilian …
- H.J.Res. 316 (98th): A joint resolution providing for the establishment of United States diplomatic relations …
- H.Res. 214 (98th): A resolution extending congratulations to the Republic of Tunisia on the twenty-seventh …
- H.R. 2992 (98th): International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1983
- H.R. 2906 (98th): A bill to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1949 to Nov 1983, Zablocki missed 315 of 10,037 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is better than the median of 7.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1983. 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
- 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
