Hayakawa was a senator from California and was a Republican. He served from 1977 to 1982.
![Photo of Sen. Samuel Hayakawa [R-CA, 1977-1982]](/static/legislator-photos/405252-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Hayakawa is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 1982 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 Hayakawa sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1977 to Dec 23, 1982. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Hayakawa was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- S.J.Res. 123 (97th): A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim “National Disabled Veterans Week”.
- S. 2855 (97th): Federal Seed Act Amendments of 1982
- S.J.Res. 160 (97th): A joint resolution to provide for the designation of July 9, 1982, and April 9, 1983, as “National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day.”
- S. 875 (97th): A bill to authorize the generation of electrical power at Palo Verde Irrigation District Diversion Dam, California.
- S. 2027 (96th): A bill for the relief of James Daniel Bronson.
- S. 576 (96th): A bill for the relief of Larry Grathwohl.
Does 6 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
Hayakawa sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Private Legislation (22%) Immigration (19%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) International Affairs (13%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Taxation (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Hayakawa recently introduced the following legislation:
- S.Con.Res. 131 (97th): A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Americans …
- S.Res. 500 (97th): A resolution commending the Government of Zimbabwe.
- S. 2907 (97th): A bill for the relief of Hisato Diozake.
- S.Res. 451 (97th): A resolution regarding asylum for Hu Na.
- S. 2855 (97th): Federal Seed Act Amendments of 1982
- S. 2811 (97th): A bill to extend the restriction of water resource project construction for …
- S. 2808 (97th): A bill to provide for the restoration of the fish and wildlife …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1977 to Dec 1982, Hayakawa missed 333 of 3,176 roll call votes, which is 10.5%. This is worse than the median of 7.2% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1982. 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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
