Rowland was the representative for Georgia’s 8th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 1994.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Rowland is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1994 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 Rowland sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1989 to Nov 29, 1994. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Rowland was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 3313 (103rd): Veterans Health Programs Extension Act of 1994
- H.R. 2535 (103rd): To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide health care for veterans of the Persian Gulf ...
- H.R. 2034 (103rd): Veterans’ Health Programs Amendments of 1993
- H.R. 749 (102nd): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept a donation of land for addition to the Ocmulgee National Monument in the State of Georgia.
- H.R. 1811 (100th): Radiation-Exposed Veterans Compensation Act of 1988
- H.J.Res. 538 (99th): A joint resolution to designate the week of May 11, 1986, through May 17, l986, as “Senior Center Week”.
- H.J.Res. 146 (99th): A joint resolution to designate the week of May 12, 1985, through May 18, 1985, as “Senior Center Week”.
Does 8 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
Rowland sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (29%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Social Welfare (13%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Taxation (9%) Economics and Public Finance (8%) Environmental Protection (8%) Commerce (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Rowland’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5228 (103rd): Bipartisan Health Care Reform Act of 1994
- H.R. 4425 (103rd): To authorize major medical facility construction projects for the Department of Veterans ...
- H.R. 4013 (103rd): VA State Health Care Reform Pilot Program Act
- H.R. 3955 (103rd): Health Reform Consensus Act of 1994
- H.R. 3573 (103rd): Community Health Improvement Act of 1993
- H.R. 3313 (103rd): Veterans Health Programs Extension Act of 1994
- H.R. 3081 (103rd): To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand authority ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1983 to Nov 1994, Rowland missed 142 of 5,693 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is on par with the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
