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The Vote Ledger

International Affairs

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

Members on International Affairs

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DLouis Stokes98.1% · 431 votesDSidney Richard Yates97.3% · 440 votesDCharles B. Rangel96% · 554 votesDMartin Olav Sabo96% · 448 votesDGeorge Edward Brown Jr.95.6% · 429 votesDBruce Frank Vento95.6% · 451 votesDEdward John Markey95.4% · 608 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman94.7% · 506 votesDRonald V. Dellums94.1% · 442 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.93.9% · 495 votesDGeorge Miller93.9% · 522 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.93.1% · 520 votesDWilliam Lacy Clay Sr.92.7% · 436 votesI→DJohn Joseph Moakley92.6% · 458 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer91.5% · 424 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer91.2% · 509 votesDDavid Edward Bonior91.1% · 461 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks89.9% · 515 votesDDavid Ross Obey89.6% · 548 votesDJames Louis Oberstar89.5% · 524 votesDHenry B. González89.3% · 439 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.88.4% · 526 votesDLee Herbert Hamilton88.2% · 474 votesDDale Edward Kildee85% · 534 votesDJohn Joseph LaFalce82.8% · 464 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur82.6% · 484 votesDNick Joe Rahall II75.1% · 530 votesDWillie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner68.6% · 440 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.66.9% · 544 votesRJames Albert Smith Leach59.1% · 499 votesDIsaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV51.7% · 507 votesRBenjamin Arthur Gilman46.6% · 506 votesRChristopher Henry Smith32% · 509 votesRDouglas Kent Bereuter29.7% · 431 votesRThomas Evert Petri25.4% · 457 votesRRalph Straus Regula24.5% · 551 votesRWilliam Franklin Goodling23.4% · 449 votesRHenry John Hyde20.3% · 512 votesRWilliam Marshall Thomas17.7% · 447 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis17.5% · 458 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.13.2% · 508 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley11.1% · 450 votesRDonald Edwin Young10.6% · 548 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers10.5% · 515 votesRFloyd Davidson Spence8.5% · 480 votesRWilliam Reynolds Archer Jr.7.9% · 492 votesRE. G. (Bud) Shuster7.9% · 484 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young6.9% · 550 votesRPhilip Miller Crane4.5% · 490 votesD→RRobert Lee Stump4.3% · 465 votes

The 50 members with the most contested International Affairs votes, of 2,571 who have cast one and 2,468 with enough to score. A further 20 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 International Affairs breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationInternational Affairs
James Albert Smith Leach+24.6 pts
Isaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV−18.8 pts
Lee Herbert Hamilton+12.3 pts
John Patrick Murtha Jr.−11.6 pts

James Albert Smith Leach sided with Democrats 25 points more often on International Affairs than on legislation overall. Isaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV went the other way by 18.

Policy areas

International Affairs

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

Members on International Affairs

MemberWith Dems · votes
DLouis Stokes98.1% · 431 votesDSidney Richard Yates97.3% · 440 votesDCharles B. Rangel96% · 554 votesDMartin Olav Sabo96% · 448 votesDGeorge Edward Brown Jr.95.6% · 429 votesDBruce Frank Vento95.6% · 451 votesDEdward John Markey95.4% · 608 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman94.7% · 506 votesDRonald V. Dellums94.1% · 442 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.93.9% · 495 votesDGeorge Miller93.9% · 522 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.93.1% · 520 votesDWilliam Lacy Clay Sr.92.7% · 436 votesI→DJohn Joseph Moakley92.6% · 458 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer91.5% · 424 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer91.2% · 509 votesDDavid Edward Bonior91.1% · 461 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks89.9% · 515 votesDDavid Ross Obey89.6% · 548 votesDJames Louis Oberstar89.5% · 524 votesDHenry B. González89.3% · 439 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.88.4% · 526 votesDLee Herbert Hamilton88.2% · 474 votesDDale Edward Kildee85% · 534 votesDJohn Joseph LaFalce82.8% · 464 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur82.6% · 484 votesDNick Joe Rahall II75.1% · 530 votesDWillie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner68.6% · 440 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.66.9% · 544 votesRJames Albert Smith Leach59.1% · 499 votesDIsaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV51.7% · 507 votesRBenjamin Arthur Gilman46.6% · 506 votesRChristopher Henry Smith32% · 509 votesRDouglas Kent Bereuter29.7% · 431 votesRThomas Evert Petri25.4% · 457 votesRRalph Straus Regula24.5% · 551 votesRWilliam Franklin Goodling23.4% · 449 votesRHenry John Hyde20.3% · 512 votesRWilliam Marshall Thomas17.7% · 447 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis17.5% · 458 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.13.2% · 508 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley11.1% · 450 votesRDonald Edwin Young10.6% · 548 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers10.5% · 515 votesRFloyd Davidson Spence8.5% · 480 votesRWilliam Reynolds Archer Jr.7.9% · 492 votesRE. G. (Bud) Shuster7.9% · 484 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young6.9% · 550 votesRPhilip Miller Crane4.5% · 490 votesD→RRobert Lee Stump4.3% · 465 votes

The 50 members with the most contested International Affairs votes, of 2,571 who have cast one and 2,468 with enough to score. A further 20 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 International Affairs breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationInternational Affairs
James Albert Smith Leach+24.6 pts
Isaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV−18.8 pts
Lee Herbert Hamilton+12.3 pts
John Patrick Murtha Jr.−11.6 pts

James Albert Smith Leach sided with Democrats 25 points more often on International Affairs than on legislation overall. Isaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV went the other way by 18.

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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