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Foreign Trade and International Finance

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

Members on Foreign Trade and International Finance

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DEdward John Markey94.8% · 194 votesDDavid Ross Obey94.1% · 188 votesDBarbara Ann Mikulski94.1% · 204 votesDJames Louis Oberstar92.5% · 187 votesDDale Edward Kildee92.1% · 191 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.91.3% · 172 votesDHarry Reid90.5% · 169 votesDDaniel Kahikina Akaka90% · 180 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.89.8% · 186 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur89.7% · 165 votesDCharles B. Rangel89.5% · 190 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer89.5% · 171 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.89.3% · 178 votesDGeorge Miller88.6% · 175 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy88.2% · 170 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy87.7% · 163 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer87.1% · 170 votesDNick Joe Rahall II86.8% · 182 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd86.4% · 169 votesDThomas Richard (Tom) Harkin80.7% · 192 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman80% · 180 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.78.6% · 182 votesDJohn Joseph LaFalce78.5% · 163 votesDRonald Lee Wyden74.5% · 165 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks69.7% · 188 votesDMax Sieben Baucus67.3% · 168 votesROlympia Jean Snowe66.9% · 175 votesR→IJames Merrill Jeffords61% · 164 votesDIsaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV60.7% · 173 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby58.7% · 184 votesRChristopher Henry Smith56.7% · 171 votesDJohn Berlinger Breaux55.1% · 178 votesRBenjamin Arthur Gilman51.5% · 169 votesRRalph Straus Regula42.9% · 191 votesRJames Albert Smith Leach38.9% · 175 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers30.2% · 172 votesRDonald Edwin Young26.4% · 174 votesRThomas Evert Petri21.4% · 173 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran20.9% · 163 votesRHenry John Hyde20.3% · 172 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens17.7% · 164 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley15.3% · 190 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young14.8% · 183 votesROrrin Grant Hatch14.5% · 166 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.13.8% · 181 votesRChester Trent Lott13.8% · 167 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis11% · 163 votesRJohn Sidney McCain III9% · 166 votesRRichard Green Lugar7.8% · 166 votesRPhilip Miller Crane6% · 167 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Foreign Trade and International Finance votes, of 2,447 who have cast one and 1,799 with enough to score. A further 120 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 Foreign Trade and International Finance breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationForeign Trade and International Finance
Richard C. Shelby+34.2 pts
Christopher Henry Smith+30.0 pts
Olympia Jean Snowe+26.6 pts
Ralph Straus Regula+21.8 pts

Richard C. Shelby sided with Democrats 35 points more often on Foreign Trade and International Finance than on legislation overall.

Policy areas

Foreign Trade and International Finance

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

Members on Foreign Trade and International Finance

MemberWith Dems · votes
DEdward John Markey94.8% · 194 votesDDavid Ross Obey94.1% · 188 votesDBarbara Ann Mikulski94.1% · 204 votesDJames Louis Oberstar92.5% · 187 votesDDale Edward Kildee92.1% · 191 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.91.3% · 172 votesDHarry Reid90.5% · 169 votesDDaniel Kahikina Akaka90% · 180 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.89.8% · 186 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur89.7% · 165 votesDCharles B. Rangel89.5% · 190 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer89.5% · 171 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.89.3% · 178 votesDGeorge Miller88.6% · 175 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy88.2% · 170 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy87.7% · 163 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer87.1% · 170 votesDNick Joe Rahall II86.8% · 182 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd86.4% · 169 votesDThomas Richard (Tom) Harkin80.7% · 192 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman80% · 180 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.78.6% · 182 votesDJohn Joseph LaFalce78.5% · 163 votesDRonald Lee Wyden74.5% · 165 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks69.7% · 188 votesDMax Sieben Baucus67.3% · 168 votesROlympia Jean Snowe66.9% · 175 votesR→IJames Merrill Jeffords61% · 164 votesDIsaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV60.7% · 173 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby58.7% · 184 votesRChristopher Henry Smith56.7% · 171 votesDJohn Berlinger Breaux55.1% · 178 votesRBenjamin Arthur Gilman51.5% · 169 votesRRalph Straus Regula42.9% · 191 votesRJames Albert Smith Leach38.9% · 175 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers30.2% · 172 votesRDonald Edwin Young26.4% · 174 votesRThomas Evert Petri21.4% · 173 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran20.9% · 163 votesRHenry John Hyde20.3% · 172 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens17.7% · 164 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley15.3% · 190 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young14.8% · 183 votesROrrin Grant Hatch14.5% · 166 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.13.8% · 181 votesRChester Trent Lott13.8% · 167 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis11% · 163 votesRJohn Sidney McCain III9% · 166 votesRRichard Green Lugar7.8% · 166 votesRPhilip Miller Crane6% · 167 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Foreign Trade and International Finance votes, of 2,447 who have cast one and 1,799 with enough to score. A further 120 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 Foreign Trade and International Finance breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationForeign Trade and International Finance
Richard C. Shelby+34.2 pts
Christopher Henry Smith+30.0 pts
Olympia Jean Snowe+26.6 pts
Ralph Straus Regula+21.8 pts

Richard C. Shelby sided with Democrats 35 points more often on Foreign Trade and International Finance 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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