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Spark Matsunaga

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 8, 1916 in Kukuiula, HI
Died: April 15, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario

Education:

  • University of Hawaii, 1941
  • Harvard Law School, 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1941
  • U.S. Army, 1941-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Honolulu prosecutor, 1952-1954
  • Author/poet

Elected Office:

  • HI Territorial Legislature, 1954-1959



Key Senate Vote Data for Spark Matsunaga in 1990


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


Click on the RESULT of a specific vote to see how all members voted.

DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Matsunaga
Voted
1990-02-28 National and Community Service Act [S1430] Rejected
(48-50)
No Vote
Gramm (R-TX) amendment to state the sense of the Senate that any savings from the "peace dividend" should be used to meet Gramm-Rudman deficit targets (without relying on the Social Security trust fund surplus) or be returned to taxpayers in the form of a refundable child-care tax credit. Also included in the amendement is a repeal of the Social Security earnings test, an increase in the personal exemption, expansion of a permanent research and development tax deduction, a long-term capital gains tax cut, lowering of marginal tax rates, and other savings and investment incentives.

1990-03-01 National and Community Service Act [S1430] Failed
(47-50)
No Vote
Armstrong (R-CO) motion to table (kill) the Kennedy (D-MA) amendment that prohibits organizations in the District of Columbia from barring any homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual who has been convicted of or charged with a sexual offense involving a minor from coaching, teaching or serving as a role model to minors. Under the Kennedy amendment, a volunteer also could not be barred, based on his or her sexual orientation, from serving as coach, teacher or mentor to a minor even if a parent or guardian of the minor objects to his or her participation.



  Represents a "Yes" vote.

  Represents a "No" vote.

  Indicates that this member voted against the conservative position on a particular vote.

"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No).