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FILE · P000215
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Timothy Joseph Penny

Representative for Minnesota, district 1 · Democrat

Born 1951

Democrat · MN House 1983–1995
5,567votes cast 99.3%attendance 71.7%party loyalty 6congresses served
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Timothy Joseph Penny

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 5234 · Food for Trade Act of 1994 October 6, 1994 · In committee
  • H.R. 5171 · To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require nutrient fortification of a… October 4, 1994 · In committee
  • H.R. 5065 · Beginning Farmer Technical Corrections Act of 1994 September 20, 1994 · Passed House
  • H.R. 4617 · Freedom Support Amendment Act of 1994 June 21, 1994 · In committee
  • H.R. 4374 · Social Security Access to Information Act of 1994 May 10, 1994 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
6 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseMinnesota · District 1DemocratJanuary 5, 1993 – January 3, 1995
HouseMinnesota · District 1DemocratJanuary 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
HouseMinnesota · District 1DemocratJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
HouseMinnesota · District 1DemocratJanuary 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989
HouseMinnesota · District 1DemocratJanuary 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
HouseMinnesota · District 1DemocratJanuary 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

Source: congress-legislators, a public-domain record of every member of Congress, checked October 20, 2026.

The Constitution
Where they sit

Ideology, measured from every vote they cast

DW-NOMINATE first dimension (Voteview, UCLA), shown against the 103rd Congress House.

The record

Every roll-call vote on file

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Record timeline

  1. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Passage: H.R. 5110 (House Roll Call 507 (103rd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  2. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Approving the Journal (House Roll Call 506 (103rd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  3. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 5234: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  4. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 5171: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  5. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 5065: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  6. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Agreeing to the Resolution: H.Res. 579 (House Roll Call 505 (103rd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  7. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: S. 1569 (House Roll Call 504 (103rd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Amendment: S. 455 (House Roll Call 503 (103rd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Amendment: S. 455 (House Roll Call 502 (103rd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — On Agreeing to the Resolution: H.Res. 568 (House Roll Call 501 (103rd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

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  • Campaign finance (FEC): No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
  • Lobbyist contribution reports: No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
  • Court and ethics records: No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.

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Same measure, over time

Recorded positions over time

On 24 measures the recorded Yea or Nay differs between two votes. On 69 measures the recorded position is the same across two or more votes.

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Attendance

Last 96 roll calls

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Votes cast by year

In the courts

Court cases naming this member in their official role

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Voting records reproduced from the official Journals of the House and Senate (compiled by Voteview, UCLA) · each measure's file links its official government record · sources & methodology · data as of October 24, 2026