Fauntroy was the representative from the District of Columbia and was a Democrat. He served from 1971 to 1990.
Because the District of Columbia is a territory of the United States, and not a state, its representative in the House of Representatives is a delegate with limited voting privileges — Fauntroy can currently vote in committee and in certain votes on the House floor, but not if their vote would be decisive. Delegates have a marginalized role in Congress and their constituents are not represented in Congress in the same manner as most citizens.
Misconduct
Fauntroy faced an allegation of stealing from the House Bank. On Mar. 25, 1995, he pleaded guilty to one count of violating the false statements statute regarding a charitable contribution.
| Mar. 25, 1995 | Pleaded guilty to one count of violating the false statements statute regarding a charitable contribution. |
![Photo of Rep. Walter Fauntroy [D-DC0, 1971-1990]](/static/legislator-photos/404006-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Fauntroy 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 Fauntroy sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Fauntroy was the primary sponsor of 23 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 5482 (101st): District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1990
- H.R. 2494 (101st): International Development and Finance Act of 1989
- H.R. 3670 (101st): To authorize the appropriation of sums necessary for the expansion of the membership of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 50 associate judges to ...
- H.R. 1502 (101st): District of Columbia Police Authorization and Expansion Act of 1989
- H.R. 4236 (100th): A bill to amend the Act of June 6, 1900, to increase the number of trustees of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
- H.R. 2776 (99th): A bill to amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to the Robert F. Kennedy ...
- H.R. 4027 (99th): A bill extending the waiver authority of the District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1985 to certain revenue bond acts of the District of Columbia, and ...
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
Fauntroy sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (38%) Law (13%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) International Affairs (10%) Economics and Public Finance (8%) Taxation (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Families (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Fauntroy’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5482 (101st): District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1990
- H.R. 5441 (101st): District of Columbia Census Equity Act of 1990
- H.R. 5280 (101st): To amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to remove gender-specific references.
- H.R. 5153 (101st): International Development and Eastern European Recovery Act of 1990
- H.J.Res. 601 (101st): Designating July 4, 1990 as “July 4th Family Celebration Day”.
- H.R. 4447 (101st): To amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to direct the Export-Import ...
- H.R. 3676 (101st): To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to ...
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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
