Rep. Thomas Manton
Former Representative for New York’s 7th District
![Photo of Rep. Thomas Manton [D-NY7, 1993-1998]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/407141-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Manton is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1998 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 Manton sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 17, 1998. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Manton was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.J.Res. 401 (103rd): Designating the months of March 1995 and March 1996 as “Irish-American Heritage Month”.
- H.J.Res. 246 (103rd): To designate the month of March 1994 as “Irish-American Heritage Month”.
- H.J.Res. 78 (103rd): Designating the weeks beginning May 23, 1993, and May 15, 1994, as “Emergency Medical Services Week”.
- H.R. 5862 (102nd): To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ensure an equitable and timely distribution of benefits to public safety …
- H.J.Res. 500 (102nd): Designating March 1993 as “Irish-American Heritage Month”.
- H.J.Res. 350 (102nd): Designating March 1992 as “Irish-American Heritage Month”.
- H.J.Res. 109 (102nd): Designating the week beginning May 12, 1991 as “Emergency Medical Services Week”.
Does 13 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
Issue Areas
Manton sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (20%) Crime and Law Enforcement (17%) Environmental Protection (11%) Transportation and Public Works (11%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (10%) Law (10%) Commerce (10%) International Affairs (10%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Manton recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4117 (105th): Airport Environmental and Community Fairness Act
- H.Con.Res. 259 (105th): Recognizing and honoring the people of the Dodecanesian Islands for their stance …
- H.R. 3595 (105th): Superfund Improvement Act of 1998
- H.R. 3253 (105th): Private Officers Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 3179 (105th): Airport Environmental and Community Fairness Act
- H.Res. 285 (105th): Requiring the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to meet …
- H.R. 538 (105th): Explosives Fingerprinting Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1985 to Dec 1998, Manton missed 454 of 7,314 roll call votes, which is 6.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. 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
- 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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills