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Joseph Patrick Addabbo

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1987ID A000052
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 3,757 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 3,757 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1967 → 1969
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19611967197319791985
1985–8699th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98.3%with Democrats
of 176 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −5 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 5, 1986H.R. 2418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 5, 1986H.R. 2418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 5, 1986H.R. 2418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2418), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 5, 1986H.R. 2418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1986H.Res. 384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1986H.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1986H.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1986H.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1986H.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 176 contested votes scored in the 99th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance93.5% · 650 votes
Congress97% · 331 votes
International Affairs91.7% · 218 votes
Government Operations and Politics91.4% · 209 votes
Armed Forces and National Security97.3% · 148 votes
Energy90.8% · 141 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance87.6% · 89 votes
Agriculture and Food88% · 75 votes
Transportation and Public Works94.4% · 72 votes
Labor and Employment98.6% · 70 votes
Taxation90.8% · 65 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources91.7% · 60 votes
Education85.5% · 55 votes
Science, Technology, Communications90.4% · 52 votes
Environmental Protection95.3% · 43 votes
Health97.7% · 43 votes
Law97.6% · 41 votes
Housing and Community Development100% · 34 votes
Commerce100% · 33 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 27 votes
Finance and Financial Sector95.2% · 21 votes
Social Welfare95.2% · 21 votes
Immigration93.8% · 16 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Industrial relations100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Native Americans— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Water Resources Development— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 5 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Mortgages— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Sports and Recreation— · 1 vote

They also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

13 Congresses
87th · 196199th · 1985
Democrat · House · NY87th–99th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JA

Joseph Patrick Addabbo

Representative from New York
HOUSED1961–198713 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.7%with Democrats
of 3,757 votes · 7.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 3,757 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611985
1985–86 · 99th · Democrat · of 176 votes98.3%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 176 contested votes scored in the 99th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance93.5% · 650
Congress97% · 331
International Affairs91.7% · 218
Government Operations and Politics91.4% · 209
Armed Forces and National Security97.3% · 148
Energy90.8% · 141
Foreign Trade and International Finance87.6% · 89
Agriculture and Food88% · 75
Transportation and Public Works94.4% · 72
Labor and Employment98.6% · 70
Taxation90.8% · 65
Public Lands and Natural Resources91.7% · 60
Education85.5% · 55
Science, Technology, Communications90.4% · 52
Environmental Protection95.3% · 43
Health97.7% · 43
Law97.6% · 41
Housing and Community Development100% · 34
Commerce100% · 33
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 27
Finance and Financial Sector95.2% · 21
Social Welfare95.2% · 21
Immigration93.8% · 16
District of Columbia100% · 15
Industrial relations100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources100% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Private Legislation— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Native Americans— · 6
Public works— · 6
Water Resources Development— · 6
Commemorations— · 5
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Mortgages— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Sports and Recreation— · 1

Also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196199th · 1985
Democrat87th–99th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
AD320 × 50 · Anchor