Dixon was the representative for California’s 32nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 2000.
He was previously the representative for California’s 28th congressional district as a Democrat from 1979 to 1992.
![Photo of Rep. Julian Dixon [D-CA32, 1993-2000]](/static/legislator-photos/400580-200px.jpeg)
Enacted Legislation
Dixon was the primary sponsor of 15 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 4649 (103rd): Appropriations bill FY95, District of Columbia
- H.R. 2492 (103rd): Appropriations bill FY94, District of Columbia
- H.R. 6056 (102nd): Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the …
- H.R. 3291 (102nd): Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the …
- H.R. 5311 (101st): District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991
- H.R. 3746 (101st): District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990
- H.R. 3610 (101st): District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990
Does 15 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
Dixon sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (15%) Health (15%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Education (13%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (13%) Taxation (11%) Housing and Community Development (9%) Water Resources Development (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Dixon recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 1376 (104th): To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award …
- H.R. 4649 (103rd): Appropriations bill FY95, District of Columbia
- H.R. 4026 (103rd): Small Business Defense Conversion Loan Guarantee Act of 1994
- H.J.Res. 325 (103rd): Designating the week beginning April 3, 1994, as “National Earthquake Awareness Week”.
- H.R. 3448 (103rd): Relating to the tariff treatment of hand crafted stone figurines.
- H.R. 2492 (103rd): Appropriations bill FY94, District of Columbia
- H.J.Res. 177 (103rd): Authorizing the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial to Martin …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1979 to Dec 2000, Dixon missed 1,218 of 11,521 roll call votes, which is 10.6%. This is much worse than the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2000. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
