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The Vote Ledger

Law

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

Members on Law

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DCharles B. Rangel100% · 163 votesDJohn R. Lewis100% · 153 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.99.4% · 168 votesDNancy Pelosi99.4% · 156 votesDRosa L. DeLauro99.4% · 156 votesDJames P. McGovern99.3% · 152 votesDNita M. Lowey99.3% · 152 votesDRichard Edmund Neal98.8% · 165 votesDMaxine Waters98.7% · 157 votesDNydia M. Velázquez98.7% · 154 votesDBrad Sherman98.7% · 151 votesDDiana Degette98.6% · 148 votesDDavid Eugene Price98.1% · 162 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler98.1% · 158 votesDLouise McIntosh Slaughter98% · 153 votesDJosé E. Serrano98% · 152 votesDCarolyn Bosher Maloney98% · 148 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.97.8% · 178 votesDSander Martin Levin97.5% · 162 votesDPeter Visclosky97% · 165 votesDJames Enos Clyburn96.8% · 155 votesDRobert C. Scott96.2% · 159 votesDZoe Lofgren95.5% · 157 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II95.5% · 156 votesDEarl Blumenauer95.2% · 146 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur94.8% · 174 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer94.7% · 188 votesDDavid Ross Obey92.7% · 151 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio92.2% · 167 votesDMichael F. Doyle91.8% · 147 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.86.8% · 151 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.82.1% · 156 votesDCollin Clark Peterson39.4% · 155 votesRJohn J. Duncan Jr.19.1% · 152 votesRRalph Straus Regula15.8% · 152 votesRChristopher Henry Smith13.9% · 187 votesRDonald Edwin Young8.8% · 194 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton7.6% · 170 votesRDana Rohrabacher6.7% · 149 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young6.5% · 154 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.3.4% · 175 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers2.7% · 186 votesRFrank D. Lucas2.6% · 154 votesRKen Calvert1.9% · 157 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith1.9% · 162 votesRSteve Chabot1.4% · 147 votesRRobert Aderholt1.3% · 149 votesRWilliam McClellan (Mac) Thornberry0.7% · 147 votesRJoe Linus Barton0% · 155 votesRPete Sessions0% · 149 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Law votes, of 2,465 who have cast one and 1,965 with enough to score. A further 50 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 Law breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationLaw
Collin Clark Peterson−25.7 pts
Christopher Henry Smith−12.8 pts
John J. Duncan Jr.+8.9 pts
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers−7.4 pts

Collin Clark Peterson sided with Democrats 26 points less often on Law than on legislation overall. John J. Duncan Jr. went the other way by 9.

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Law

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

Members on Law

MemberWith Dems · votes
DCharles B. Rangel100% · 163 votesDJohn R. Lewis100% · 153 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.99.4% · 168 votesDNancy Pelosi99.4% · 156 votesDRosa L. DeLauro99.4% · 156 votesDJames P. McGovern99.3% · 152 votesDNita M. Lowey99.3% · 152 votesDRichard Edmund Neal98.8% · 165 votesDMaxine Waters98.7% · 157 votesDNydia M. Velázquez98.7% · 154 votesDBrad Sherman98.7% · 151 votesDDiana Degette98.6% · 148 votesDDavid Eugene Price98.1% · 162 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler98.1% · 158 votesDLouise McIntosh Slaughter98% · 153 votesDJosé E. Serrano98% · 152 votesDCarolyn Bosher Maloney98% · 148 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.97.8% · 178 votesDSander Martin Levin97.5% · 162 votesDPeter Visclosky97% · 165 votesDJames Enos Clyburn96.8% · 155 votesDRobert C. Scott96.2% · 159 votesDZoe Lofgren95.5% · 157 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II95.5% · 156 votesDEarl Blumenauer95.2% · 146 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur94.8% · 174 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer94.7% · 188 votesDDavid Ross Obey92.7% · 151 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio92.2% · 167 votesDMichael F. Doyle91.8% · 147 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.86.8% · 151 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.82.1% · 156 votesDCollin Clark Peterson39.4% · 155 votesRJohn J. Duncan Jr.19.1% · 152 votesRRalph Straus Regula15.8% · 152 votesRChristopher Henry Smith13.9% · 187 votesRDonald Edwin Young8.8% · 194 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton7.6% · 170 votesRDana Rohrabacher6.7% · 149 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young6.5% · 154 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.3.4% · 175 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers2.7% · 186 votesRFrank D. Lucas2.6% · 154 votesRKen Calvert1.9% · 157 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith1.9% · 162 votesRSteve Chabot1.4% · 147 votesRRobert Aderholt1.3% · 149 votesRWilliam McClellan (Mac) Thornberry0.7% · 147 votesRJoe Linus Barton0% · 155 votesRPete Sessions0% · 149 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Law votes, of 2,465 who have cast one and 1,965 with enough to score. A further 50 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 Law breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationLaw
Collin Clark Peterson−25.7 pts
Christopher Henry Smith−12.8 pts
John J. Duncan Jr.+8.9 pts
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers−7.4 pts

Collin Clark Peterson sided with Democrats 26 points less often on Law than on legislation overall. John J. Duncan Jr. went the other way by 9.

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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