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Members of Congress / Edward Roybal

Biographical Information

ROYBAL, Edward Ross, (father of Lucille Roybal-Allard), a Representative from California; born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.Mex., February 10, 1916; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1922; attended the public schools; graduated from Roosevelt High School, Fresno, Calif., 1934; joined the Civilian Conservation Corps until April 1, 1935; attended the University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., and at Southwestern University, Los Angeles, Calif.; public health educator with the California Tuberculosis Association, 1942-1944; United States Army, 1944-1945; director of health education for the Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Association, 1945-1949; member of the city council of Los Angeles, Calif., 1949-1962, and president pro tempore, July 1961; president of Eastland Savings& Loan Association, 1958-1968, chairman of the board; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1993); chair, Select Committee on Aging (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred Second Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on October 24, 2005, in Pasadena, Calif. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 102nd Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 25), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

 

Last Votes

DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion
10/5/92 Vote 488 Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 487: H R 6179: To Amend the Wild and Scenic River Act Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 486 No Yes No
10/5/92 Vote 485: S 1704: National Park Service Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 484: S 3100: Louisiana Land Conveyance Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 483: H R 5739: Export Enhancement Act of 1992 Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 482: H R 11: Revenue Act of 1992 Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 481: H RES 609: Providing for the Consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 11 Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 480: H R 429: Reclamations Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 No Yes No
10/5/92 Vote 479: H RES 604: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration on H.R. 429; Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 478: H RES 604: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration on H.R. 429; Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 477: S 12: Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 476: H R 5334: Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 475: H RES 603: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration of H.R. 5334; Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 474: H R 776: Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act Not Voting Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 473: H R 776: Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act No No No
10/5/92 Vote 472: H RES 602: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration of H.R. 5504; Department of Defense Appropriations for F.Y. 1993 Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 471: H RES 601: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 776; Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 470: H R 5368: Foreign Assistance Appropriations for Fy 1993 Not Voting Yes Yes
10/4/92 Vote 469: H R 918 No Yes No

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