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Spark Masayuki Matsunaga

Senator from Hawaii
SENATEDEMOCRAT1963–1991ID M000250
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 3,927 votes
Nominations
50%with Dems
of 2 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 3,929 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1985 → 1987
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19631969197519811987
1989–90101st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.4%with Democrats
legislation only
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1985 → 1987, +12 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Apr 3, 1990S. 1630A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for attainment and maintenance of health protective national ambient air quality standards, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 3, 1990S. 1630To provide that nothing would prohibit States or localities from implementing more stringent standards for radio-nuclides.LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 3, 1990S. 1630To establish operating permits to facilitate enforcement and to provide a process for implementing new control requirements.LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textTo establish operating permits to facilitate enforcement and to provide a process for implementing new control requirements.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 29, 1990S. 1630To provide benefits for terminated coal mine workers.LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 21, 1990S. 1630Relating to visibility in national parks and wilderness areas.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 21, 1990S. 1630To require the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare a comprehensive Federal plan when a state has failed to submit an adequate state plan for attainment of an air quality standard by an area.LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1990S.J.Res. 212A joint resolution designating April 24, 1990, as "National Day of Remembrance of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923".LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1990noneThe Convention (No. 160) Concerning Labor Statistics, adopted by the International Labor Conference at Geneva on June 25, 1985LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1990H.R. 1048A bill to provide for the acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on race, religion, homosexuality or heterosexuality, or ethnicity.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 101st CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance88.4% · 725 votes
Armed Forces and National Security92.2% · 282 votes
Energy92.4% · 198 votes
Government Operations and Politics90.9% · 198 votes
International Affairs94.6% · 185 votes
Agriculture and Food90.3% · 155 votes
Taxation76.9% · 130 votes
Congress93.7% · 127 votes
Labor and Employment96.4% · 111 votes
Transportation and Public Works83.7% · 104 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance75.5% · 98 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources80.3% · 66 votes
Education96.7% · 61 votes
Immigration89.8% · 49 votes
Environmental Protection86.4% · 44 votes
Social Welfare93% · 43 votes
Finance and Financial Sector92.3% · 39 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues100% · 35 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement88.2% · 34 votes
Commerce93.9% · 33 votes
Housing and Community Development97% · 33 votes
Animals100% · 29 votes
Law96.2% · 26 votes
Income tax70% · 20 votes
Sports and Recreation90% · 20 votes
Health94.7% · 19 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Science, Technology, Communications35.7% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources75% · 12 votes
Families100% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Political representation— · 8 votes
Amnesties— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Industrial relations— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 6 votes
Age and employment— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Native Americans— · 5 votes
Water Resources Development— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Embargo— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 52 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Investment guaranty insurance, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal finance, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

14 Congresses
88th · 196395th · 1977101st · 1989
Democrat · House · HI88th–94th
Democrat · Senate · HI95th–101st
Term datesexact
Members · Hawaii
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Spark Masayuki Matsunaga

Senator from Hawaii
SENATED1963–199114 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.9%with Democrats
of 3,927 votes · 9.1% with Republicans
Nominations50%of 2 votes
All contested91%of 3,929 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1985→87, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631989
1989–90 · 101st · Democrat86.4%

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Votes

Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 101st

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance88.4% · 725
Armed Forces and National Security92.2% · 282
Energy92.4% · 198
Government Operations and Politics90.9% · 198
International Affairs94.6% · 185
Agriculture and Food90.3% · 155
Taxation76.9% · 130
Congress93.7% · 127
Labor and Employment96.4% · 111
Transportation and Public Works83.7% · 104
Foreign Trade and International Finance75.5% · 98
Public Lands and Natural Resources80.3% · 66
Education96.7% · 61
Immigration89.8% · 49
Environmental Protection86.4% · 44
Social Welfare93% · 43
Finance and Financial Sector92.3% · 39
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues100% · 35
Crime and Law Enforcement88.2% · 34
Commerce93.9% · 33
Housing and Community Development97% · 33
Animals100% · 29
Law96.2% · 26
Income tax70% · 20
Sports and Recreation90% · 20
Health94.7% · 19
District of Columbia100% · 15
Science, Technology, Communications35.7% · 14
Mines and mineral resources75% · 12
Families100% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Political representation— · 8
Amnesties— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Constitutional amendments— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Industrial relations— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Solar heating and cooling— · 6
Age and employment— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Black lung— · 5
Native Americans— · 5
Water Resources Development— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Embargo— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 52 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Investment guaranty insurance, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal finance, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 1963101st · 1989
Democrat88th–94th
Democrat95th–101st

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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