![Photo of Rep. William Martini [R-NJ8, 1995-1996]](/data/photos/407226-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Martini sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1996. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Martini is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Enacted Legislation
Martini was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
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 about one third or more 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
Martini sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (36%) Government Operations and Politics (27%) Law (18%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (18%)
Recent Bills
Some of Martini’s most recently sponsored bills include...
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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills