Danielson was the representative for California’s 30th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1975 to 1982.
He was previously the representative for California’s 29th congressional district as a Democrat from 1971 to 1974.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Danielson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1982 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 Danielson sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1977 to Dec 21, 1982. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Danielson was the primary sponsor of 29 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 4476 (97th): A bill to amend the Administrative Conference Act, by authorizing appropriations therefor.
- H.R. 4468 (97th): A bill to amend chapter 84, section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to establish zones of protection for …
- H.R. 4688 (97th): An act to amend the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act of 1964 to increase from $15,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount that the United States …
- H.R. 3127 (97th): A bill for the relief of Staff Sergeant Anne M. Fisher, United States Army Reserve.
- H.R. 1231 (97th): A bill for the relief of the Washington Post, the Washington Star, the Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina), the Brooklyn Times, Equity Advertising Agency, Incorporated, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, …
- H.R. 4755 (97th): A bill to recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress.
- H.R. 1469 (97th): A bill for the relief of Madeleine Mesnager.
Does 29 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
Danielson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (38%) Private Legislation (19%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Immigration (8%) Law (8%) Taxation (7%) Labor and Employment (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Danielson recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5704 (97th): A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey certain …
- H.R. 5239 (97th): A bill for the relief of The Virginia-Pilot and The Ledger-Star.
- H.R. 4886 (97th): A bill to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to provide …
- H.R. 4755 (97th): A bill to recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress.
- H.R. 4688 (97th): An act to amend the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act …
- H.R. 4614 (97th): Debt Collection Act of 1981
- H.R. 4476 (97th): A bill to amend the Administrative Conference Act, by authorizing appropriations therefor.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1971 to Mar 1982, Danielson missed 676 of 6,189 roll call votes, which is 10.9%. This is worse than the median of 7.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1982. 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.
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
