Rep. Frank Tejeda

Former Representative for Texas’s 28^th District

Tejeda was the representative for Texas’s 28^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 1997.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Frank Tejeda [D-TX28, 1993-1997]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Tejeda is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1996 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 Tejeda sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

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

H.R. 2700 (104th): To designate the United States Post Office building located at 7980 FM 327, Elmendorf, Texas, as the “Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building”.

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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

Tejeda sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (47%) Education (27%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (13%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Tejeda recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Jan 1997, Tejeda missed 71 of 2,463 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 Jan 1997. 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	25^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	21^st
1994 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	19^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	31^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	11	4.7%	80^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	41	22.2%	99^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	74^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	4	2.2%	49^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	57^th
1997 Jan-Mar	1	1	100.0%	100^th

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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills