Kreidler was the representative for Washington’s 9th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 1994.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kreidler 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Kreidler sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1989 to Nov 29, 1994. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Kreidler was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
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
Kreidler sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (26%) Government Operations and Politics (26%) Labor and Employment (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Families (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%) Energy (6%) Education (4%)
Recent Bills
Some of Kreidler’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4977 (103rd): To change the appeals process in the workers’ compensation provisions of title ...
- H.R. 4978 (103rd): To require the administrative agency responsible for adjudicating claims under the workers’ ...
- H.R. 4979 (103rd): To require the administrative agency responsible for adjudicating claims under the workers’ ...
- H.R. 4706 (103rd): To provide for certain reductions in Federal spending at or through facilities ...
- H.R. 4427 (103rd): Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act
- H.R. 4303 (103rd): To provide for a change in the exemption from the child labor ...
- H.R. 4291 (103rd): To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise existing ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1993 to Nov 1994, Kreidler missed 6 of 1,122 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
