Carney was the representative for New York’s 1st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1979 to 1986.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Carney is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1986 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 Carney sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1981 to Oct 18, 1986. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Carney was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.J.Res. 500 (99th): A joint resolution designating June 14, 1986, as “Baltic Freedom Day”.
- H.J.Res. 263 (99th): A joint resolution designating June 14, 1985 as “Baltic Freedom Day”.
- H.R. 5404 (98th): A bill allowing William R. Gianelli to continue to serve as a member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission after his retirement as an officer …
- H.R. 7814 (96th): A bill to designate certain lands of the Fire Island National Seashore as the “Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness” and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 564 (96th): A joint resolution congratulating the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their seventy-fifth anniversary and wishing the Order of the Sons of Italy in …
Does 5 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
Carney sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (29%) Environmental Protection (14%) International Affairs (14%) Economics and Public Finance (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Carney recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5273 (99th): National Lottery Act of 1986
- H.R. 5024 (99th): A bill to amend the Act approved September 11, 1964, providing for …
- H.J.Res. 500 (99th): A joint resolution designating June 14, 1986, as “Baltic Freedom Day”.
- H.J.Res. 263 (99th): A joint resolution designating June 14, 1985 as “Baltic Freedom Day”.
- H.R. 5404 (98th): A bill allowing William R. Gianelli to continue to serve as a …
- H.R. 5373 (98th): A bill to amend the Panama Canal Act of 1979 with respect …
- H.R. 4405 (98th): A bill to require the disposal of certain lands at Montauk Air …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1979 to Oct 1986, Carney missed 335 of 3,884 roll call votes, which is 8.6%. This is worse than the median of 6.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1986. 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
- 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
