Rep. Julian Dixon

Former Representative for California’s 32^nd District

Dixon was the representative for California’s 32^nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 2000.

He was previously the representative for California’s 28^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1979 to 1992.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Julian Dixon [D-CA32, 1993-2000]

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Enacted Legislation

Dixon was the primary sponsor of 15 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

H.R. 4649 (103rd): Appropriations bill FY95, District of Columbia
H.R. 2492 (103rd): Appropriations bill FY94, District of Columbia
H.R. 6056 (102nd): Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the …
H.R. 3291 (102nd): Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the …
H.R. 5311 (101st): District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991
H.R. 3746 (101st): District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990
H.R. 3610 (101st): District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990

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Does 15 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Dixon sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (15%) Health (15%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Education (13%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (13%) Taxation (11%) Housing and Community Development (9%) Water Resources Development (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Dixon recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1979 to Dec 2000, Dixon missed 1,218 of 11,521 roll call votes, which is 10.6%. This is much worse than the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2000. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1979 Jan-Mar	63	2	3.2%	54^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	36	16.3%	83^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	39	19.7%	86^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	59	31.1%	95^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	25	16.9%	82^nd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	58	29.4%	92^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	56	29.2%	95^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	16	23.9%	80^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	44^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	10	11.1%	74^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	23	21.7%	96^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	22	15.5%	86^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	11	22.9%	89^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	35	29.4%	96^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	24	12.4%	81^st
1982 Oct-Dec	99	18	18.2%	81^st
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	65^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	46	25.3%	96^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	11	8.5%	80^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	25	17.5%	91^st
1984 Jan-Mar	53	8	15.1%	79^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	44	19.7%	94^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	7	7.3%	66^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	5	13.9%	77^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	33^rd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	29	18.8%	98^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	11	10.9%	82^nd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	25	16.9%	98^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	8	13.1%	80^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	15	11.7%	91^st
1986 Jul-Sep	202	39	19.3%	95^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	5	8.3%	75^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	4	10.3%	80^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	27	14.4%	90^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	12	12.6%	90^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	43	25.7%	97^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	13	26.5%	97^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	27	16.8%	96^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	16	10.5%	80^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	41^st
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	83^rd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	13	12.4%	94^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	14	10.9%	96^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	14	11.6%	89^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	57^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	8	5.3%	76^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	11	6.0%	77^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	7	4.9%	61^st
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	79^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	9	6.5%	79^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	9	11.1%	86^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	18	11.1%	93^rd
1992 Jan-Mar	66	3	4.5%	57^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	23	12.4%	94^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	8	4.1%	63^rd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	6	14.6%	87^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	3	2.4%	52^nd
1993 Apr-Jun	190	4	2.1%	42^nd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	3	1.8%	52^nd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	60^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	65^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	80^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	32^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	49^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	9	3.2%	78^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	31^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	50^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	6	3.2%	69^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	6	5.5%	80^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	19^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	2	1.2%	36^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	6	8.5%	88^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	5	2.9%	64^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	75^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	10	6.1%	83^rd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	32	17.3%	98^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	21	10.6%	92^nd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	4	5.4%	75^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	54^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	6	3.3%	66^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	7	3.4%	72^nd
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	49^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	12	12.6%	88^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	12	4.3%	65^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	100	12	12.0%	70^th

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
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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills