Members of Congress / Alan Cranston
Biographical InformationCRANSTON, Alan, a Senator from California; born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 19, 1914; attended the public schools in Los Altos, Calif., Pomona College, and the University of Mexico; graduated, Stanford University 1936; International News Service, covering England, Germany, Italy, and Ethiopia 1937-1938; chief, foreign language division, Office of War Information 1940-1944; enlisted in the United States Army in 1944 and served until the conclusion of the Second World War; national president, United World Federalists 1949-1952; elected State comptroller of California in 1958, and reelected in 1962; business career in land investment and home construction; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 for the term commencing January 3, 1969; reelected in 1974, 1980, and again in 1986 and served from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992; reprimanded by the Select Committee on Ethics for “improper conduct” on November 20, 1991; Democratic whip 1977-1991; chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1984; was a resident of Los Altos, Calif., until his death on December 31, 2000; remains were cremated. (Source.) More coverage of Alan Cranston on washingtonpost.com Roles in Congress
· 102nd Congress: Senator, California, 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 | No | 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. | No | 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. | No | 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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