Members of Congress / Dan Rostenkowski

Biographical Information

ROSTENKOWSKI, Daniel David, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., January 2, 1928; graduated from St. John’s Military Academy in 1946 and attended Loyola University; served in Korea with the United States Infantry 1946-1948; served in the State house of representatives in the sixty-eighth general assembly in 1952; delegate, Illinois State Democratic convention every four years since 1952; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976; member of State senate, 1954-1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1995); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred Third Congresses), Joint Committee on Taxation (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred First Congresses). (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 103rd Congress: Representative, Illinois (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Illinois (Dist. 8), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/29/94	Vote 507: H R 5110: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	Yes	Yes	Yes
11/29/94	Vote 506: On Approving the Journal	Yes	No	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 505: H RES 579: Providing for the Adoption of H. Res. 578	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 504: S 1569: Minority Health Improvement Act of 1994	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 503: S 455	Yes	No	No
10/7/94	Vote 502: S 455	No	No	No
10/6/94	Vote 501: H RES 568: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on S. 21	Yes	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 500: H J RES 416: Limited Authorization of U.S. Troops in Haiti	Yes	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 499: H J RES 416	Yes	No	No
10/6/94	Vote 498: H J RES 416	Yes	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 497: H J RES 416	No	Yes	No
10/6/94	Vote 496: Call in Committee	Present	Present	Present
10/6/94	Vote 495: H RES 570: Providing for Further Consideration of H.J. Res 416; Limited Authorization of U.S. Troops in Haiti	Yes	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 494: H R 4278: Social Security Act Amendments of 1994	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 493: H RES 565: Providing for the Consideration of S. 455	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 492: H RES 564: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5110, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 491: S 1225: U.S. = Mexico Border Health Commission	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 490: S 1919: Rio Puerco Watershed Act 0f 1994	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 489: H R 4533: National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 488: H R 5139: Postal Service Reemployment	Yes	No	Yes

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