Luther was the representative for Minnesota’s 6th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1995 to 2002.
![Photo of Rep. William Luther [D-MN6, 1995-2002]](/static/legislator-photos/400529-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Luther is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 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 Luther sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Luther sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (31%) Economics and Public Finance (14%) Health (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Commerce (10%) Social Welfare (8%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Families (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Luther recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5623 (107th): To provide for prioritization of transportation of nuclear waste from utilities to …
- H.R. 5124 (107th): Darlene’s Law
- H.R. 3835 (107th): To provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the Medicare Program for thin …
- H.R. 126 (107th): Trident II (D-5) Missile Production Limitation Act
- H.R. 125 (107th): Help Equip Local Police Act
- H.R. 128 (107th): Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2001
- H.R. 127 (107th): To limit the total number of political appointees in the executive branch …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1995 to Nov 2002, Luther missed 116 of 4,737 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
