Rep. Edward Koch
Former Representative for New York’s 18th District
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Koch is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1978 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 Koch sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1973 to Oct 15, 1978. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Koch was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 568 (94th): A bill to grant an alien child adopted by an unmarried U.S. citizen the same immigrant status as an alien child adopted by a U.S. citizen and …
- H.R. 5593 (94th): A bill to grant an alien child adopted by an unmarried U.S. citizen the same immigrant status as an alien child adopted by a U.S. citizen and …
- H.R. 2084 (94th): A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964.
- H.R. 689 (93rd): A bill to amend section 712 of title 18 of the United States Code, to prohibit persons attempting to collect their own debts from misusing names in …
Does 4 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
Koch sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Social Welfare (18%) Health (16%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Taxation (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Education (11%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Koch recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9987 (95th): Bikeway Transportation Act
- H.R. 9989 (95th): A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the …
- H.R. 9988 (95th): A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits …
- H.R. 9986 (95th): Federal Information and Privacy Board Act
- H.J.Res. 651 (95th): Joint resolution to increase the authorization provided for the development of Ellis …
- H.R. 9455 (95th): Bikeway Transportation Act
- H.R. 9454 (95th): Bikeway Transportation Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1969 to Dec 1977, Koch missed 666 of 4,149 roll call votes, which is 16.1%. This is much worse than the median of 8.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1977. 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
- 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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
