Rep. David Towell

Former Representative for Nevada’s At-Large District

Towell was the representative for Nevada’s at-large district and was a Republican. He served from 1973 to 1974.

Bioguide

Enacted Legislation

Towell was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 15877 (93rd): A bill to remove the cloud on title with respect to certain lands in the State of Nevada.

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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Towell sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (28%) Labor and Employment (17%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Social Welfare (11%) Private Legislation (11%) Native Americans (11%) Taxation (11%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Towell recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1973 to Dec 1974, Towell missed 130 of 1,078 roll call votes, which is 12.1%. This is on par with the median of 9.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1974. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1973 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	36^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	15	7.9%	43^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	1	0.8%	11^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	7	3.8%	24^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	6	7.6%	40^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	16	9.4%	44^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	27	18.2%	85^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	56	39.7%	92^nd

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