Klink was the representative for Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 2000.
![Photo of Rep. Ron Klink [D-PA4, 1993-2000]](/static/legislator-photos/400591-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Klink is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2000 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 Klink sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1995 to Dec 15, 2000. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Klink was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Klink sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (28%) Commerce (16%) Economics and Public Finance (15%) Law (12%) Education (8%) Finance and Financial Sector (7%) Health (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Klink recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5356 (106th): Dairy Farmer Viability Act
- H.R. 5115 (106th): Same Insurance as Congress Act
- H.R. 5052 (106th): Fairness for Dairy Farmers Act of 2000
- H.R. 5053 (106th): Defense of Children Adoption Act
- H.R. 5054 (106th): Farmland Protection and Sprawl Reduction Act of 2000
- H.R. 4932 (106th): Medikid Health Care Expansion Act of 2000
- H.R. 4933 (106th): Veterans Readjustment Appointments Reauthorization Act of 2000
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1993 to Dec 2000, Klink missed 340 of 4,863 roll call votes, which is 7.0%. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
