Rep. Daniel “Dan” Schaefer

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Schaefer is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1998 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 Schaefer sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 17, 1998. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Schaefer was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 2472 (105th): To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
• H.R. 649 (105th): Department of Energy Standardization Act of 1997
• H.R. 4083 (104th): To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 1997.
• H.R. 2967 (104th): To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 3693 (103rd): To designate the United States courthouse under construction in Denver, Colorado, as the “Byron White United States Courthouse”.

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Does 5 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

Schaefer sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (20%) Law (15%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Energy (12%) Commerce (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Schaefer recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 4017 (105th): Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998
• H.R. 3532 (105th): Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
• H.Res. 317 (105th): Providing for the agreement of the House to the Senate amendment to …
• H.R. 2915 (105th): To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and …
• H.R. 2472 (105th): To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
• H.R. 2001 (105th): National Retail Sales Tax Act of 1997
• H.R. 1325 (105th): National Retail Sales Tax Act of 1997

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Apr 1983 to Dec 1998, Schaefer missed 235 of 8,177 roll call votes, which is 2.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. 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