Rep. Walter Minnick
Former Representative for Idaho’s 1st District
Minnick was the representative for Idaho’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2009 to 2010.
![Photo of Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID1, 2009-2010]](/static/legislator-photos/412300-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Minnick is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Minnick sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Minnick was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Minnick sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) Sports and Recreation (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Law (12%) International Affairs (12%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Minnick recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6430 (111th): Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010
- H.J.Res. 95 (111th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the …
- H.R. 5933 (111th): Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
- H.R. 5896 (111th): To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.
- H.Res. 1562 (111th): Recognizing the importance of trade to job creation and the United States …
- H.R. 5816 (111th): Commercial Real Estate Stabilization Act of 2010
- H.R. 4921 (111th): Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2010
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Dec 2010, Minnick missed 32 of 1,655 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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
- Office of Walter Minnick for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
