Members of Congress / Diane Watson

WATSON, Diane Edith, a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 12, 1933; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1956; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles, Calif., 1987; attended the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Calif., 1987; psychologist; faculty, California State University, Los Angeles, Calif., 1969-1971; health occupation specialist, Bureau of Industrial Education, California Department of Education, 1971-1973; member of the Los Angeles, Calif., unified school board, 1975-1978; member of the California state senate, 1978-1998; United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, 1999-2000; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Julian Dixon, and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (June 5, 2001-present). (Source.)

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· 110th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 33), Democratic. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 109th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 33), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.
· 108th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 33), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2003, to Jan. 3, 2005.
· 107th Congress: Representative, California (Dist. 32), Democratic. June 5, 2001, to Jan. 3, 2003.

See how Diane Watson voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.

Diane Watson has missed 61 votes (4.1%) during the current Congress. See a list of her missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Diane Watson has voted with a majority of her Democratic colleagues 97.4% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Watson did not vote. See a list of her votes against her party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the 110th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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• 2006
• 2005