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Members of Congress / Robert Matsui

Biographical Information

MATSUI, Robert Takeo, (husband of Doris Matsui), a Representative from California; born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., September 17, 1941; graduated from C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento, Calif., 1959; A.B., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1963; J.D., Hastings College of Law, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., 1966; lawyer, private practice; councilman, Sacramento, Calif., city council, 1971-1978; city representative, Sacramento Regional Advisory Board of Justice Planning, Sacramento, Calif., Area Civil Defense and Disaster Council, and Sacramento-Yolo Port District Board of Elections; vice mayor, Sacramento, Calif., 1977; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 1, 2005); died on January 1, 2005, in Bethesda, Md. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 109th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.
· 108th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2003, to Jan. 3, 2005.
· 107th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2001, to Jan. 3, 2003.
· 106th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 3), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

 

Last Votes

DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion
6/9/05 Vote 240: H RES 310 No Yes No
6/9/05 Vote 239: H J RES 27: Withdrawing Approval of the United States From the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization No No No

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