![Photo of Sen. James McClure [R-ID, 1973-1990]](/static/legislator-photos/407355-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
McClure is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 1990 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 McClure sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 28, 1990. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
McClure was the primary sponsor of 42 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 2930 (101st): A bill to eliminate “substantial documentary evidence” requirement for minimum wage determination for American Samoa.
- S.J.Res. 245 (101st): A joint resolution designating July 3, 1990, as “Idaho Centennial Day”.
- S.J.Res. 186 (101st): A joint resolution designating the week of March 1 through March 7, 1990 as “National Quarter Horse Week”.
- S.J.Res. 95 (101st): A joint resolution to designate the week of September 10, 1989, through September 16, 1989, as “National Check-Up Week”.
- S. 2102 (100th): A bill to prohibit the licensing of certain facilities on portions of the Salmon and Snake Rivers in Idaho, and for other purposes.
- S. 1842 (100th): A bill for the relief of Mr. Wilhelm Jahn Schlechter, Mrs. Monica Pino Schlechter, Ingrid Daniela Schlechter, and Arturo David Schlecter.
- S. 1609 (100th): A bill for the relief of James P. Purvis.
Does 42 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
McClure sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (25%) Energy (22%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Water Resources Development (6%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
McClure recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 2930 (101st): A bill to eliminate “substantial documentary evidence” requirement for minimum wage determination …
- S. 2870 (101st): Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990
- S. 2841 (101st): A bill to authorize the appropriation of $2.5 million to complete the …
- S. 2805 (101st): A bill to amend the Federal Power Act.
- S. 2804 (101st): A bill to amend the Act of May 15, 1965, authorizing the …
- S. 2674 (101st): Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Restoration Act of 1990
- S.J.Res. 245 (101st): A joint resolution designating July 3, 1990, as “Idaho Centennial Day”.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1973 to Oct 1990, McClure missed 918 of 8,464 roll call votes, which is 10.8%. This is much worse than the median of 4.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1990. 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
- 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
