Members of Congress / Mike Synar

Biographical Information

SYNAR, Michael Lynn, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Vinita, Craig County, Okla., October 17, 1950; attended Muskogee public schools; graduated from Muskogee High School, 1968; B.S., University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1972; LL.B., University of Oklahoma Law Center, 1977; Rotary International Scholar, Graduate School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1973; M.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1974; rancher; real estate broker; admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1976 and commenced practice in Muskogee; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1995); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1988 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Alcee Lamar Hastings, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; chairman of the Campaign for America Project and of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission; was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there on January 9, 1996; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 103rd Congress: Representative, Oklahoma (Dist. 2), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Oklahoma (Dist. 2), 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	Yes	No	No
10/6/94	Vote 501: H RES 568: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on S. 21	Not Voting	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

Full list of votes by Mike Synar