Monson was the representative for Utah’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1985 to 1986.
Enacted Legislation
Monson was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Monson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (100%)
Recent Bills
Some of Monson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3887 (99th): A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to require the ...
- H.R. 3846 (99th): A bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to release certain ...
- H.R. 2729 (99th): A bill to modify the restrictions on the use of a certain ...
- H.R. 2542 (99th): A bill designating the building located at 125 South State Street, Salt ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1985 to Oct 1986, Monson missed 65 of 890 roll call votes, which is 7.3%. This is on par with the median of 6.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1986. 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
- 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
