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The Vote Ledger

Education

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Education. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Education

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DRobert C. Scott99.5% · 216 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler99.5% · 211 votesDNydia M. Velázquez99.5% · 209 votesDJames P. McGovern99.5% · 195 votesDRichard Edmund Neal99.1% · 220 votesDMaxine Waters99.1% · 213 votesDSander Martin Levin99% · 210 votesDDiana Degette99% · 197 votesDDanny K. Davis99% · 195 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.98.7% · 238 votesDEdward John Markey98.7% · 230 votesDRosa L. DeLauro98.2% · 221 votesDBennie Thompson98.1% · 209 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer98% · 248 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.97.9% · 193 votesDCharles B. Rangel97.8% · 228 votesDJames Enos Clyburn97.6% · 210 votesDDale Edward Kildee97.6% · 206 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II97.5% · 199 votesDBarbara Ann Mikulski97% · 197 votesDJames Louis Oberstar96.9% · 196 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.96.7% · 214 votesDAnna Georges Eshoo96.5% · 201 votesDGeorge Miller96.4% · 221 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman95.9% · 218 votesDBrad Sherman95.4% · 197 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks94.1% · 203 votesDDavid Eugene Price94% · 201 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.93.4% · 213 votesDNick Joe Rahall II92.2% · 217 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.91.9% · 221 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur91.5% · 234 votesDDavid Ross Obey91.3% · 195 votesDAdam Smith87.9% · 190 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.84.5% · 193 votesRChristopher Henry Smith29.7% · 249 votesRDonald Edwin Young26% · 235 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby24% · 192 votesRThomas Evert Petri22.2% · 212 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton18.4% · 201 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young16.1% · 217 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran15.6% · 199 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis12% · 191 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers11.7% · 248 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley9.9% · 202 votesRFrank D. Lucas8.6% · 197 votesRKen Calvert3.8% · 208 votesRRobert Aderholt3.6% · 197 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.2.5% · 238 votesRPete Sessions1% · 192 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Education votes, of 2,557 who have cast one and 2,266 with enough to score. A further 25 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Education breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationEducation
Donald Edwin Young+9.9 pts
Nick Joe Rahall II+8.8 pts
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr.+7.2 pts
Thomas Evert Petri+6.7 pts

Donald Edwin Young sided with Democrats 10 points more often on Education than on legislation overall.

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Education

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Education. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Education

MemberWith Dems · votes
DRobert C. Scott99.5% · 216 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler99.5% · 211 votesDNydia M. Velázquez99.5% · 209 votesDJames P. McGovern99.5% · 195 votesDRichard Edmund Neal99.1% · 220 votesDMaxine Waters99.1% · 213 votesDSander Martin Levin99% · 210 votesDDiana Degette99% · 197 votesDDanny K. Davis99% · 195 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.98.7% · 238 votesDEdward John Markey98.7% · 230 votesDRosa L. DeLauro98.2% · 221 votesDBennie Thompson98.1% · 209 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer98% · 248 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.97.9% · 193 votesDCharles B. Rangel97.8% · 228 votesDJames Enos Clyburn97.6% · 210 votesDDale Edward Kildee97.6% · 206 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II97.5% · 199 votesDBarbara Ann Mikulski97% · 197 votesDJames Louis Oberstar96.9% · 196 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.96.7% · 214 votesDAnna Georges Eshoo96.5% · 201 votesDGeorge Miller96.4% · 221 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman95.9% · 218 votesDBrad Sherman95.4% · 197 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks94.1% · 203 votesDDavid Eugene Price94% · 201 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.93.4% · 213 votesDNick Joe Rahall II92.2% · 217 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.91.9% · 221 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur91.5% · 234 votesDDavid Ross Obey91.3% · 195 votesDAdam Smith87.9% · 190 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.84.5% · 193 votesRChristopher Henry Smith29.7% · 249 votesRDonald Edwin Young26% · 235 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby24% · 192 votesRThomas Evert Petri22.2% · 212 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton18.4% · 201 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young16.1% · 217 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran15.6% · 199 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis12% · 191 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers11.7% · 248 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley9.9% · 202 votesRFrank D. Lucas8.6% · 197 votesRKen Calvert3.8% · 208 votesRRobert Aderholt3.6% · 197 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.2.5% · 238 votesRPete Sessions1% · 192 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Education votes, of 2,557 who have cast one and 2,266 with enough to score. A further 25 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Education breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationEducation
Donald Edwin Young+9.9 pts
Nick Joe Rahall II+8.8 pts
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr.+7.2 pts
Thomas Evert Petri+6.7 pts

Donald Edwin Young sided with Democrats 10 points more often on Education than on legislation overall.

How areas work

1Each bill's area comes from the Library of Congress subject terms.
2Only contested votes count, as everywhere else.
3A member with too few votes in an area is listed with the count, not hidden — "too few to score" and "no contested votes" are different claims.
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