Elizabeth Holtzman
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman
Former Representative for New York's 16th District
Holtzman was the representative for New York's 16th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 1973 to 1980.
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Holtzman is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1980 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 Holtzman sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 14, 1975 to Dec 13, 1980. See full analysis methodology.
Holtzman was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
H.R. 3707 (96th): A bill for the relief of Joy Marsia Dehaney.
H.R. 3142 (96th): A bill for the relief of Michael Carl Brown.
H.R. 3959 (96th): A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to allow the United States attorney and assistant United States attorneys for the Eastern District of ...
H.R. 7653 (95th): An Act for the relief of Jackson Ormiston Edwards Cuffy and Merle Cleopatra Edwards Cuffy.
H.R. 12509 (95th): An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and to deport from, the United States all aliens who persecuted any person ...
H.R. 4727 (95th): Privacy Protection for Rape Victims Act
H.J.Res. 638 (95th): Joint resolution extending the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Holtzman sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Immigration (18%) Social Welfare (15%) Law (13%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (12%) Private Legislation (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Labor and Employment (8%)
Some of Holtzman's most recently sponsored bills include...
H.Res. 816 (96th): A resolution opposing the granting of permanent residence in the United States ...
H.R. 7602 (96th): National Library Resources Sharing Act of 1980
H.R. 7415 (96th): Victims of Toxic and Hazardous Substances Emergency Relief Act of 1980
H.R. 7273 (96th): Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1980
H.Con.Res. 320 (96th): A concurrent resolution expressing sorrow over the death of 22 members and ...
H.R. 7118 (96th): A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to ...
From Jan 1973 to Dec 1980, Holtzman missed 645 of 5,167 roll call votes, which is 12.5%. This is worse than the median of 8.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1980. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
1975 Jan-Mar 68 0 0.0% 0th
1976 Oct-Oct 7 0 0.0% 0th
1977 Apr-Jun 273 14 5.1% 37th
1977 Oct-Dec 135 3 2.2% 21st
1978 Jul-Sep 308 20 6.5% 43rd
1978 Oct-Oct 76 2 2.6% 22nd
1979 Jan-Mar 63 11 17.5% 80th
1979 Jul-Sep 198 43 21.7% 91st
1980 Jan-Mar 148 53 35.8% 95th
1980 Apr-Jun 197 118 59.9% 99th
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