Rep. Charles Luken
Former Representative for Ohio’s 1st District
Luken was the representative for Ohio’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1991 to 1992.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Luken is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1992 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 Luken sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Luken 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
Luken recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5113 (102nd): To abolish the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
- H.R. 3994 (102nd): To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to …
- H.R. 3780 (102nd): To limit the amounts obligated or expended for fiscal year 1992 for …
- H.Res. 233 (102nd): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the defense budget …
- H.J.Res. 180 (102nd): Designating October 6, 1991, and October 6, 1992, each as “German-American Day”.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Oct 1992, Luken missed 43 of 932 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. This is on par with the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. 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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
