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Maryon Pittman Allen

Senator from Alabama
SENATEDEMOCRAT1977–1979ID A000139
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 81 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 81 · both combined

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 ↓1977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
33.3%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978S. 2493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 5285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 5285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Taxation16.7% · 12 votes
Economics and Public Finance54.5% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Energy— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Education— · 3 votes
International Affairs— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Political representation— · 3 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 3 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 2 votes
Congress— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 1 vote
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1 vote
Government Operations and Politics— · 1 vote
Labor and Employment— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote

They also voted in 14 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Agriculture and Food, Commemorations, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Law, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Public Lands and Natural Resources, Public works, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

1 Congresses
95th · 1977
Democrat · Senate · AL95th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
MA

Maryon Pittman Allen

Senator from Alabama
SENATED1977–19791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
33.3%with Democrats
of 81 votes · 66.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested33%of 81 · combined

Career arc

10050019771977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 81 votes33.3%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Taxation16.7% · 12
Economics and Public Finance54.5% · 11
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Energy— · 4
Health— · 4
Education— · 3
International Affairs— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Political representation— · 3
Transportation and Public Works— · 3
Armed Forces and National Security— · 2
Commerce— · 2
Congress— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 1
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1
Government Operations and Politics— · 1
Labor and Employment— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1

Also voted in 14 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Agriculture and Food, Commemorations, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Law, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Public Lands and Natural Resources, Public works, Water Resources Development.

Service record

95th · 197795th · 1977
Democrat95th–95th

Party switchers

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