Rep. Edward Roybal

Former Representative for California’s 25^th District

Roybal was the representative for California’s 25^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1975 to 1992.

He was previously the representative for California’s 30^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1963 to 1974.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Edward Roybal [D-CA25, 1975-1992]

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Misconduct

On Sep. 27, 1978, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct investigated Roybal for failing to report campaign contributions, converting campaign funds to personal use, and making a false statement to the Standards committee and recommended censure. On Oct. 13, 1978, the House of Representatives rejected the censure recommendation, 219-170; but reprimanded him by voice vote.

Sep. 27, 1978	House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct conducted inquiry and recommended censure
Oct. 13, 1978	House of Representatives rejected the censure recommendation, 219-170; reprimanded, voice vote

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Enacted Legislation

Roybal was the primary sponsor of 17 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 17 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

Roybal sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (35%) Social Welfare (27%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Taxation (6%) Environmental Protection (5%) Labor and Employment (5%) Families (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Roybal recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1963 to Oct 1992, Roybal missed 1,004 of 12,745 roll call votes, which is 7.9%. This is worse than 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, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	1	11.1%	86^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	71^st
1963 Oct-Dec	50	2	4.0%	45^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	73^rd
1964 Apr-Jun	34	1	2.9%	64^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	45^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	6	21.4%	88^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	3	5.7%	35^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	20	20.4%	91^st
1965 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	32^nd
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	10	19.6%	71^st
1966 Jul-Sep	72	19	26.4%	83^rd
1966 Oct-Oct	40	1	2.5%	17^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	60^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	2	3.5%	71^st
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	42^nd
1967 Oct-Dec	98	5	5.1%	78^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	82^nd
1968 Apr-Jun	79	8	10.1%	93^rd
1968 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	29^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	1	4.0%	42^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	9	32.1%	92^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	9	20.0%	87^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	12	13.6%	60^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	36^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	20	27.0%	80^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	10	13.2%	58^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	11	13.6%	45^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	10	11.1%	42^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	74	10	13.5%	71^st
1971 Oct-Dec	134	20	14.9%	63^rd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	3	4.7%	29^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	15	13.2%	63^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	101	6	5.9%	38^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	1	2.0%	17^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	11	30.6%	91^st
1973 Apr-Jun	191	17	8.9%	56^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	12	9.2%	74^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	15	8.2%	59^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	12	15.2%	78^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	20	11.8%	59^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	15^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	7	5.0%	30^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	22^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	10	5.0%	48^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	18	11.7%	75^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	10	5.2%	52^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	106	5	4.7%	47^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	27	10.1%	61^st
1976 Jul-Sep	281	10	3.6%	32^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	21	7.7%	54^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	18	9.1%	69^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	19	14.1%	85^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	21	14.0%	81^st
1978 Apr-Jun	300	25	8.3%	56^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	23	7.5%	50^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	3	3.9%	38^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	58^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	19	8.6%	63^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	45	22.7%	95^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	4	2.1%	12^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	14	9.5%	56^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	21	10.7%	65^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	28	14.6%	79^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	20^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	3	20.0%	84^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	3	3.3%	26^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	36^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	3	2.1%	18^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	4	8.3%	59^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	2	1.7%	23^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	5	2.6%	25^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	5	5.1%	36^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	46^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	28^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	34^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	11	7.7%	63^rd
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	39^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	34	15.2%	87^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	1	1.0%	18^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	71^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	66^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	16	10.4%	84^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	50^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	14	9.5%	84^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	41^st
1986 Apr-Jun	128	11	8.6%	83^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	202	13	6.4%	71^st
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	36^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	39	20.9%	96^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	21^st
1987 Oct-Dec	167	13	7.8%	60^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	57^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	2	1.2%	21^st
1988 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	75^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	36^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	84^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	31	29.5%	99^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	18^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	4	3.3%	42^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	3	5.0%	67^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	3	2.0%	41^st
1990 Jul-Sep	183	5	2.7%	47^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	2	1.4%	28^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	10	16.1%	93^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	13	9.4%	86^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	9	11.1%	84^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	3	1.9%	35^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	30^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	8	4.3%	53^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	42^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	51^st

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