Daniel Inouye, former Senator for Hawaii

Inouye was a senator from Hawaii and was a Democrat. He served from 1963 to 2012.

He was previously the representative for Hawaii’s at-large district as a Democrat from 1959 to 1962.

Photo of Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI, 1963-2012]

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. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Inouye was the primary sponsor of 63 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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

Inouye sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (39%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Native Americans (7%) International Affairs (6%) Taxation (6%)

Recent Bills

Some of Inouye’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Inouye’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1540 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Dec 15, 2011. Conference Report Agreed to 86/13.
Nay	S. 1619 (112th): Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 Oct 11, 2011. Bill Passed 63/35.
Nay	H.R. 4 (112th): Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011 Apr 5, 2011. Bill Passed 87/12.
Yea	H.R. 4853 (111th): Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 Dec 15, 2010. Motion Agreed to 81/19. The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111–312, H.R. 4853, 124 Stat. 3296, enacted December 17, 2010), also known as the 2010 Tax Relief Act, was passed by the United States Congress on December 16, 2010, and signed into ...
Yea	H.R. 2419 (110th): Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Dec 14, 2007. Bill Passed 79/14. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub.L. 110–234, H.R. 2419, 122 Stat. 923, enacted May 22, 2008, also known as the 2008 U.S. Farm Bill) was a $288 billion, five-year agricultural policy bill that was passed into law by the United States Congress ...
Yea	On the Nomination PN177: Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., in the Army, to be General Feb 8, 2007. Nomination Confirmed 83/14.

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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	73	3	4.1%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	61	5	8.2%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	87	1	1.1%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	138	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	106	14	13.2%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	15	1	6.7%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	6	21.4%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	15	26.8%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	119	4	3.4%	0^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	8	22.9%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	14	26.4%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	70	35	50.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	81	1	1.2%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	111	29	26.1%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	69	10	14.5%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	96	40	41.7%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	42	47.2%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	27	15	55.6%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	17	3	17.6%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	26	2	7.7%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	8	18.2%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	158	35	22.2%	0^th
1970 Jan-Mar	100	15	15.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	92	20	21.7%	0^th
1970 Jul-Sep	123	36	29.3%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	106	41	38.7%	0^th
1971 Feb-Mar	25	6	24.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	25	28.1%	0^th
1971 Jul-Sep	109	27	24.8%	0^th
1971 Oct-Dec	202	50	24.8%	0^th
1972 Jan-Mar	119	26	21.8%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	130	33	25.4%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	206	14	6.8%	0^th
1972 Oct-Oct	75	11	14.7%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	67	8	11.9%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	192	32	16.7%	0^th
1973 Jul-Sep	167	11	6.6%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	168	27	16.1%	0^th
1974 Jan-Mar	94	21	22.3%	0^th
1974 Apr-Jun	179	84	46.9%	0^th
1974 Jul-Sep	138	36	26.1%	0^th
1974 Oct-Dec	133	26	19.5%	0^th
1975 Jan-Mar	118	8	6.8%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	141	72	51.1%	50^th
1975 Jul-Sep	170	17	10.0%	50^th
1975 Oct-Dec	182	49	26.9%	50^th
1976 Jan-Mar	109	41	37.6%	50^th
1976 Apr-Jun	263	113	43.0%	50^th
1976 Jul-Sep	315	78	24.8%	50^th
1976 Oct-Oct	13	13	100.0%	50^th
1977 Jan-Mar	92	28	30.4%	75^th
1977 Apr-Jun	178	36	20.2%	75^th
1977 Jul-Sep	233	15	6.4%	50^th
1977 Oct-Dec	133	36	27.1%	75^th
1978 Jan-Mar	78	15	19.2%	75^th
1978 Apr-Jun	119	41	34.5%	75^th
1978 Jul-Sep	237	64	27.0%	75^th
1978 Oct-Oct	86	7	8.1%	75^th
1979 Feb-Mar	32	4	12.5%	86^th
1979 Apr-Jun	121	44	36.4%	86^th
1979 Jul-Sep	171	54	31.6%	86^th
1979 Oct-Dec	184	45	24.5%	86^th
1980 Jan-Mar	67	28	41.8%	86^th
1980 Apr-Jun	216	46	21.3%	86^th
1980 Jul-Sep	179	18	10.1%	86^th
1980 Oct-Dec	84	11	13.1%	86^th
1981 Jan-Mar	57	7	12.3%	75^th
1981 Apr-Jun	125	5	4.0%	63^rd
1981 Jul-Sep	122	20	16.4%	88^th
1981 Oct-Dec	193	30	15.5%	75^th
1982 Feb-Mar	79	27	34.2%	75^th
1982 Apr-Jun	127	15	11.8%	88^th
1982 Jul-Sep	177	26	14.7%	88^th
1982 Oct-Dec	86	9	10.5%	75^th
1983 Feb-Mar	54	7	13.0%	90^th
1983 Apr-Jun	122	15	12.3%	90^th
1983 Jul-Sep	92	6	6.5%	90^th
1983 Oct-Nov	103	44	42.7%	90^th
1984 Jan-Mar	45	5	11.1%	70^th
1984 Apr-Jun	144	18	12.5%	90^th
1984 Jul-Sep	68	12	17.6%	90^th
1984 Oct-Oct	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	116	6	5.2%	86^th
1985 Jul-Sep	60	6	10.0%	86^th
1985 Oct-Dec	183	38	20.8%	93^rd
1986 Jan-Mar	51	28	54.9%	93^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	103	13	12.6%	93^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	149	7	4.7%	93^rd
1986 Oct-Oct	56	2	3.6%	79^th
1987 Jan-Mar	50	2	4.0%	63^rd
1987 Apr-Jun	123	20	16.3%	95^th
1987 Jul-Sep	120	8	6.7%	63^rd
1987 Oct-Dec	127	5	3.9%	63^rd
1988 Jan-Mar	84	13	15.5%	89^th
1988 Apr-Jun	137	13	9.5%	95^th
1988 Jul-Sep	127	5	3.9%	53^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	31	2	6.5%	53^rd
1989 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	82^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	118	2	1.7%	68^th
1989 Oct-Nov	91	1	1.1%	59^th
1990 Jan-Mar	48	3	6.3%	91^st
1990 Apr-Jun	95	8	8.4%	96^th
1990 Jul-Sep	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	41	4	9.8%	91^st
1991 Apr-Jun	74	2	2.7%	83^rd
1991 Jul-Sep	96	4	4.2%	87^th
1991 Oct-Nov	69	1	1.4%	52^nd
1992 Jan-Mar	61	14	23.0%	91^st
1992 Apr-Jun	74	3	4.1%	83^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	117	6	5.1%	83^rd
1992 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Feb-Mar	93	43	46.2%	96^th
1993 Apr-Jun	99	4	4.0%	81^st
1993 Jul-Sep	109	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	94	1	1.1%	44^th
1994 Jan-Mar	86	6	7.0%	81^st
1994 Apr-Jun	92	8	8.7%	93^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	136	5	3.7%	74^th
1994 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	79^th
1995 Jan-Mar	125	11	8.8%	87^th
1995 Apr-Jun	171	4	2.3%	67^th
1995 Jul-Sep	184	13	7.1%	97^th
1995 Oct-Dec	133	3	2.3%	83^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	60	4	6.7%	81^st
1996 Apr-Jun	122	1	0.8%	58^th
1996 Jul-Sep	121	11	9.1%	97^th
1996 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	97^th
1997 Apr-Jun	125	11	8.8%	97^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	1	1.0%	54^th
1997 Oct-Nov	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	52	9	17.3%	97^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	26	19.8%	97^th
1998 Jul-Sep	109	12	11.0%	92^nd
1998 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	87^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	11	9.9%	95^th
1999 Jul-Sep	112	6	5.4%	90^th
1999 Oct-Nov	70	6	8.6%	90^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	8	15.7%	95^th
2000 Apr-Jun	120	33	27.5%	98^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	3	3.4%	75^th
2000 Oct-Dec	38	2	5.3%	48^th
2001 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	96^th
2001 Apr-Jun	157	8	5.1%	93^rd
2001 Jul-Sep	68	5	7.4%	84^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	59	3	5.1%	67^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	19	17.8%	98^th
2002 Jul-Sep	61	4	6.6%	89^th
2002 Oct-Nov	26	3	11.5%	96^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	21	18.8%	92^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	150	28	18.7%	94^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	8	9.0%	92^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	56^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	5	5.7%	88^th
2004 Jul-Sep	42	2	4.8%	77^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	1	4.5%	65^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	15	18.5%	98^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	8	9.0%	93^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	76	5	6.6%	88^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	22	18.3%	97^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	13	15.7%	98^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	4	3.7%	78^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	4	5.5%	86^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	23	18.3%	96^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	1	0.9%	43^rd
2007 Jul-Sep	119	10	8.4%	96^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	9	10.6%	96^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	8	9.4%	94^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	13	16.9%	96^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	4	8.5%	77^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	2	1.7%	76^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	1	1.1%	55^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	3	2.8%	75^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	57^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	6	13.0%	92^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	58	2	3.4%	60^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	48^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	8	9.8%	95^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	59^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	8	7.3%	93^rd
2012 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	56^th
2012 Nov-Dec	28	8	28.6%	95^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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