Timothy Wirth, former U.S. Senator for Colorado

Dates	Title	State / District
1987-1992	Senator	Colorado
1975-1986	Representative	Colorado's 2^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Wirth sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Wirth is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Some of Wirth’s most recently sponsored bills include...

S. 3384 (102nd): International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Choice Act of 1992
S. 3268 (102nd): United States Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Clarification and Enhancement Act
S. 2771 (102nd): Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of 1991
S. 2754 (102nd): A bill to clarify authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture is considering ...
S. 2606 (102nd): A bill to further clarify authorities and duties of the Secretary of ...
S. 2506 (102nd): A bill to ensure fair treatment of Department of Energy employees during ...
S. 2397 (102nd): Yucca House National Monument Expansion Act of 1992

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Voting Record

From Jan 1987 to Oct 1992, Wirth missed 114 of 1,987 roll call votes, which is 5.7%. This is worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1992. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1987 Jan-Mar	50	2	4.0%	54^th
1987 Apr-Jun	123	9	7.3%	74^th
1987 Jul-Sep	120	2	1.7%	25^th
1987 Oct-Dec	127	13	10.2%	86^th
1988 Jan-Mar	84	3	3.6%	23^rd
1988 Apr-Jun	137	3	2.2%	24^th
1988 Jul-Sep	127	3	2.4%	32^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	80^th
1989 Apr-Jun	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jul-Sep	118	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Oct-Nov	91	3	3.3%	84^th
1990 Jan-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	95	1	1.1%	37^th
1990 Jul-Sep	114	5	4.4%	85^th
1990 Oct-Oct	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	74	5	6.8%	90^th
1991 Jul-Sep	96	2	2.1%	69^th
1991 Oct-Nov	69	6	8.7%	85^th
1992 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	74	20	27.0%	97^th
1992 Jul-Sep	117	36	30.8%	95^th
1992 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills