Rep. James Scheuer

Former Representative for New York’s 8^th District

Scheuer was the representative for New York’s 8^th congressional district and was most recently a Democrat-Liberal (1991-1992) and previously a Democrat (1983-1990). He served from 1983 to 1992.

He was previously the representative for New York’s 11^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 to 1982; the representative for New York’s 22^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1971 to 1972; and the representative for New York’s 21^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1965 to 1970.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Enacted Legislation

Scheuer was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Scheuer sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Environmental Protection (42%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) International Affairs (14%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (8%) Energy (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Scheuer recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1965 to Oct 1992, Scheuer missed 1,105 of 11,436 roll call votes, which is 9.7%. This is much 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
1965 Jan-Mar	28	3	10.7%	56^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	1	1.9%	15^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	3	3.1%	35^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	20^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	14	27.5%	83^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	8	11.1%	40^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	1	2.5%	17^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	60^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	40^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	3	5.1%	73^rd
1967 Oct-Dec	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	82^nd
1968 Apr-Jun	79	10	12.7%	96^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	29^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	9	56.2%	98^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	19	67.9%	98^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	10	22.2%	89^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	8	9.1%	45^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	15	42.9%	95^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	37	50.0%	91^st
1970 Jul-Sep	76	20	26.3%	82^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	81	8	9.9%	31^st
1971 Jan-Mar	22	3	13.6%	61^st
1971 Apr-Jun	90	15	16.7%	74^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	8	10.8%	66^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	10	7.5%	35^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	33	51.6%	95^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	58	50.9%	97^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	12	11.9%	68^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	3	6.0%	34^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	46^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	19	9.5%	70^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	19	12.3%	79^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	8	4.2%	43^rd
1976 Jan-Mar	106	3	2.8%	30^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	15	5.6%	35^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	55	19.6%	90^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	11	11.0%	77^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	20	7.3%	51^st
1977 Jul-Sep	198	14	7.1%	62^nd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	11	8.1%	62^nd
1978 Jan-Mar	150	17	11.3%	73^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	31	10.3%	61^st
1978 Jul-Sep	308	22	7.1%	47^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	4	5.3%	47^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	6	9.5%	75^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	18	8.1%	59^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	6	3.0%	26^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	37	19.5%	86^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	29	19.6%	86^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	30	15.2%	83^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	13	6.8%	46^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	8^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	2	13.3%	73^rd
1981 Apr-Jun	90	7	7.8%	60^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	12	11.3%	82^nd
1981 Oct-Dec	142	5	3.5%	30^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	5	10.4%	67^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	14	11.8%	83^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	9	4.7%	43^rd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	22^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	68^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	28^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	60^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	6	4.2%	39^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	17	32.1%	96^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	11	4.9%	42^nd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	2	2.1%	33^rd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	29^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	36^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	14	9.1%	80^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	7	6.9%	69^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	5	3.4%	47^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	6	9.8%	62^nd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	16	12.5%	92^nd
1986 Jul-Sep	202	4	2.0%	34^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	1	1.7%	34^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	3	7.7%	72^nd
1987 Apr-Jun	187	13	7.0%	68^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	21	22.1%	96^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	21	12.6%	86^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	57^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	4	2.5%	38^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	29	19.1%	95^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	36^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	3	21.4%	95^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	7	6.7%	75^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	8	6.2%	80^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	6	5.0%	58^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	53^rd
1990 Apr-Jun	150	13	8.7%	84^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	7	3.8%	60^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	4	2.8%	43^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	29^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	12	8.6%	84^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	56^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	13	8.0%	84^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	6	9.1%	75^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	19	10.3%	79^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	19	9.7%	79^th
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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills