Rep. Dante Fascell

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Fascell 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 Fascell sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Fascell was the primary sponsor of 51 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 6187 (102nd): International Narcotics Control Act of 1992
• H.R. 240 (102nd): For the relief of Rodgito Keller.
• H.R. 5751 (102nd): To provide for the distribution within the United States of certain materials prepared by the United States Information Agency.
• H.R. 5412 (102nd): To authorize the transfer of certain naval vessels to Greece and Taiwan.
• H.R. 4548 (102nd): International Peacekeeping Act of 1992
• H.R. 3807 (102nd): Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991
• H.R. 2901 (102nd): To authorize the transfer by lease of 4 vessels to the Government of Greece.

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Does 51 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

Fascell sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (36%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (17%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Environmental Protection (10%) Health (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Immigration (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Fascell recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 6187 (102nd): International Narcotics Control Act of 1992
• H.Res. 586 (102nd): Commending the Ad Hoc Commission of El Salvador upon the completion of …
• H.R. 6034 (102nd): To amend the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, …
• H.R. 6017 (102nd): To implement for the United States the United Nations Convention Against Torture …
• H.R. 6018 (102nd): International Narcotics Control Act of 1992
• H.Res. 566 (102nd): Calling for the United States to host the 1998 Plenipotentiary Conference of …
• H.Con.Res. 355 (102nd): Concerning Israel’s recent elections and the visit by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1955 to Oct 1992, Fascell missed 778 of 13,507 roll call votes, which is 5.8%. 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 and major life events.

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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