Members of Congress / Lloyd Bentsen
Biographical InformationBENTSEN, Lloyd Millard, Jr., (uncle of Ken Bentsen), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Mission, Tex., February 11, 1921; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Texas Law School at Austin 1942 and was admitted to the bar the same year; served in the United States Army Air Forces 1942-1945, attaining rank of major; awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross; entered the private practice of law in McAllen, Tex., in 1945; county judge of Hidalgo County 1946-1948; elected in 1948 as a Democrat in to the Eighty-first Congress and, at a special election on December 4, 1948, to fill the vacancy in the Eightieth Congress caused by the death of Milton H. West; reelected to the Eighty-second and Eighty-third Congresses and served from December 4, 1948, to January 3, 1955; was not a candidate for renomination in 1954; founded and operated a financial holding company in Texas; elected as a Democrat in 1970 to the United States Senate for the term commencing January 3, 1971; reelected in 1976, 1982, and 1988, and served until his resignation on January 20, 1993; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1976; chairman, Joint Economic Committee (Ninety-eighth Congress), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Ninety-eighth Congress), Committee on Finance (One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States 1988; Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-1994; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 11, 1999; was a resident of Houston, Texas, at the time of his death on May 23, 2006; interment in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston, Texas. (Source.) More coverage of Lloyd Bentsen on washingtonpost.com Roles in Congress
· 102nd Congress: Senator, Texas, Democratic.
Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993. |
Last Votes
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 270: H R 11: Conference report; Revenue Act of 1992 Taxpayer Bill of Rights Social Security Amendments of 1992 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 269: H R 11: motion to waive cba @ conference rept to h.r.11; Revenue Act of 1992 Taxpayer Bill of Rights Social Security Amendments of 1992 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 268: On the Cloture Motion: cloture motion on conference report on h.r.11; Revenue Act of 1992 Taxpayer Bill of Rights Social Security Amendments of 1992 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 267: H R 429: conference report on h.r.429; Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 266: On the Cloture Motion: cloture motion on conference report on h.r.776; National Energy Efficiency Act of 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 265: H R 5427: conference report to h.r.5427; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1993 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 264: S 12: passage of s.12 over veto; Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 263: On the Cloture Motion: cloture motion; A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes. | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 262: On the Cloture Motion: cloture motion, motion to proceed to conf rept to h.r.3371; Federal Death Penalty Act of 1991 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 261: On the Cloture Motion: motion to proceed to conference report on s.2; Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act Neighborhood Schools Improvement Programs Act Flexibility for Education Effectiveness Act of 1992 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 260: H R 5678: Conference Report; Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 259: H R 5427: final passage of h.r.5427, as amended; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1993 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 258: H R 5427: danforth amdt no. 3358; To provide for the payment of attorney's fees incurred by a nominee in connection with the consideration by the Senate of a nomination to Federal office made by the President. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 257: H R 5427: seymour amdt no. 3357; To reduce the legislative branch budget by 15 percent over the next three years, to prohibit the carrying over of funds from one year to the next, and to require an audit of the current staff needs of the Congress. | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 256: H R 5368: H.R. 5368, as amended; Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1993 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 255: H R 5318: passage of h.r.5318 over veto; United States-China Act of 1992 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 254: S 323: Passage of s.323 over veto; Family Planning Amendments Act of 1992 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 253: H R 5368: resolution of ratification, start treaty, no. 102-20/23; The Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START Treaty), signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991, including Annexes on Agreed Statements and Definitions; Protocols on Conversion or Elimination, Inspection, Notification, Throw-weight, Telemetry, and Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission; and Memorandum of Understanding; all integral parts of the START Treaty | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 252: H R 5368: helms amdt no.3339; To reduce total budget authority in the bill by 10 percent (excluding amounts paid to foreign countries by law) and use the savings to reduce the deficit. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 251: H R 5368: kasten amdt.; Regarding peaceful settlement in the Western Sahara. | No | Yes | No |
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