![Photo of Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI, 1963-2012]](/static/legislator-photos/300056-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Inouye is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2013 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Inouye sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 2, 2013. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Inouye was the primary sponsor of 63 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 1054 (111th): Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009
- S. 3598 (110th): Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
- S. 1582 (110th): Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2008
- S. 1492 (110th): Broadband Data Improvement Act
- S. 2579 (110th): United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008
- S. 890 (110th): A bill to provide for certain administrative and support services for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and for other purposes.
- S. 362 (109th): Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act
Does 63 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
Inouye sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (39%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Native Americans (7%) International Affairs (6%) Taxation (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Inouye’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S.Res. 603 (112th): A resolution designating the week of November 26 through November 30, 2012, ...
- S.Res. 540 (112th): A resolution designating the week of August 6 through August 10, 2012, ...
- S. 3336 (112th): A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out ...
- S. 2202 (112th): Preparedness and Resilience Foundation Act
- S. 1980 (112th): Pirate Fishing Elimination Act
- S.Res. 286 (112th): A resolution recognizing May 16, 2012, as Hereditary Angioedema Awareness Day and ...
- S. 1537 (112th): National September 11 Memorial and Museum Act of 2011
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1963 to Dec 2012, Inouye missed 2,735 of 18,958 roll call votes, which is 14.4%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2012. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
