McFall was the representative for California’s 14th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1975 to 1978.
He was previously the representative for California’s 15th congressional district as a Democrat from 1963 to 1974; and the representative for California’s 11th congressional district as a Democrat from 1957 to 1962.
Misconduct
On Oct. 4, 1978, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct investigated McFall for failing to report $3,000 campaign contribution in 1974 and recommended reprimand, 8-2. On Oct. 13, 1978, the House of Representatives reprimanded him by voice vote On Dec. 31, 1978, he resigned.
| Oct. 4, 1978 | House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct conducted inquiry and recommended reprimand, 8-2 |
| Oct. 13, 1978 | House of Representatives reprimanded, voice vote |
| Dec. 31, 1978 | Resigned. |
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
McFall is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1978 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 McFall sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1973 to Oct 15, 1978. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
McFall was the primary sponsor of 17 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 7971 (95th): An Act to validate certain land conveyances, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2256 (95th): A bill for the relief of Edmundo Alfredo Oreiro Espinueva.
- H.R. 5163 (95th): A bill for the relief of Marinelle Khristy Cruz.
- H.R. 12933 (95th): Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act
- H.R. 7557 (95th): Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act
- H.R. 14234 (94th): Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act
- H.R. 8365 (94th): Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act
Does 17 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
McFall sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Private Legislation (21%) Energy (16%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Transportation and Public Works (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
McFall recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 14018 (95th): A bill for the relief of Ignacio Aguila Ramos.
- H.R. 13412 (95th): A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with …
- H.R. 13359 (95th): Concentrated Industries Anti-Inflation Act
- H.R. 13071 (95th): A bill to amend Section 2 of the act entitled, “An Act …
- H.R. 12933 (95th): Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act
- H.R. 11244 (95th): A bill for the relief of Ese Hursky.
- H.R. 11089 (95th): Rail Passenger Service Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1957 to Oct 1978, McFall missed 255 of 6,699 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is better than the median of 8.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. 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
