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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.

H.R. 680Introduced Feb 10, 1999Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. William Luther D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 17, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

16 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats

8 of 16 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Phil English (R-PA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), David Minge (D-MN), Tom Petri (R-WI), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Mark Sanford (R-SC), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mark Souder (R-IN), Gene Taylor (D-MS), David Wu (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Luther.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-6 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.