Rep. William Martini

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Martini is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1996 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Martini sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Martini was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 3166 (104th): False Statements Accountability Act of 1996

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Martini sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (36%) Government Operations and Politics (27%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (18%) Law (18%)

Recent Bills

Some of Martini’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 3413 (104th): Commuter Rail Safety Act of 1996
• H.R. 3166 (104th): False Statements Accountability Act of 1996
• H.R. 2766 (104th): Federal Lands Prioritization Act of 1995
• H.R. 1811 (104th): Death Penalty Clarification Act of 1995
• H.R. 1678 (104th): Government Accountability Act of 1995

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Sep 1996, Martini missed 14 of 1,340 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills