Members of Congress / James Scheuer

Biographical Information

SCHEUER, James Haas, a Representative from New York; born in New York, New York, February 6, 1920; graduated from the Fieldston School, Riverdale, N.Y., 1938; A.B., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 1942; L.L.B., Columbia University Law School, New York, N.Y., 1948; I.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass., 1945; lawyer, private practice; United States Army, 1943-1945; staff, Foreign Economic Administration, 1945-1946; staff, Office of Price Stabilization, 1951-1957; writer; lecturer; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962; elected as a Democrat-Liberal to the Eighty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; served as president, National Alliance for Safer Cities, 1972-1973; president, National Housing Conference, 1972-1974; elected as a Democrat-Liberal to the Ninety-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; chair, Select Committee on Population (Ninety-fifth Congress); United States Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994-1996; died on August 30, 2005, in Washington, D.C. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 102nd Congress: Representative, New York (Dist. 8), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM 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	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/5/92	Vote 473: H R 776: Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act	Yes	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	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/4/92	Vote 469: H R 918	Not Voting	Yes	No

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