Fazio was the representative for California’s 3rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 1998.
He was previously the representative for California’s 4th congressional district as a Democrat from 1979 to 1992.
![Photo of Rep. Victor Fazio [D-CA3, 1993-1998]](/static/legislator-photos/404013-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Fazio is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1998 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 Fazio sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 17, 1998. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Fazio was the primary sponsor of 23 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 3908 (104th): Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996
- H.R. 4454 (103rd): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995
- H.R. 2348 (103rd): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994
- H.J.Res. 489 (102nd): Designating February 21, 1993, through February 27, 1993, as “American Wine Appreciation Week”, and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 543 (102nd): Designating November 30, 1992, through December 6, 1992, as “National Education First Week”.
- H.R. 5427 (102nd): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993
- H.R. 2506 (102nd): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992
Does 23 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
Fazio sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (33%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Health (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Fazio recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4659 (105th): Keep Kids Safe at School’s Act
- H.Res. 530 (105th): Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
- H.R. 4223 (105th): Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act
- H.Res. 492 (105th): Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
- H.Res. 434 (105th): Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
- H.Res. 412 (105th): Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
- H.Res. 400 (105th): Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1979 to Dec 1998, Fazio missed 408 of 10,308 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. 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
- 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
