Luken was the representative for Ohio’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 1990.
He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 2nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1977 to 1982; and the representative for Ohio’s 1st congressional district as a Democrat from 1973 to 1974.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Luken is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990 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 Luken sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Luken was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.J.Res. 469 (101st): To designate October 6, 1990, as “German-American Day”.
- H.R. 5075 (101st): Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990
- H.R. 3515 (100th): Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988
- H.R. 5442 (100th): Asbestos Information Act of 1988
Does 4 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
Luken sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Environmental Protection (30%) Transportation and Public Works (16%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Health (12%) Commerce (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Sports and Recreation (6%) Education (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Luken’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5827 (101st): To address immediate problems affecting environmental cleanup activities.
- H.R. 5372 (101st): Lead Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
- H.R. 5334 (101st): Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1990
- H.R. 5208 (101st): Equal Treatment for Cigarettes Act of 1990
- H.R. 5075 (101st): Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990
- H.R. 4369 (101st): Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1990
- H.J.Res. 469 (101st): To designate October 6, 1990, as “German-American Day”.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1973 to Oct 1990, Luken missed 1,220 of 8,303 roll call votes, which is 14.7%. This is much worse than the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
