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Leslie Cornelius Arends

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1935–1975ID A000216
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 2,469 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 2,469 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1959 → 1961
still a Republican

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 ↓1935194119471953195919651971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
17%with Democrats
of 352 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +12 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 352 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance15.9% · 69 votes
Congress19.1% · 47 votes
Energy21.2% · 33 votes
Labor and Employment0% · 21 votes
Government Operations and Politics23.1% · 13 votes
International Affairs69.2% · 13 votes
Transportation and Public Works7.7% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security18.2% · 11 votes
Law9.1% · 11 votes
District of Columbia30% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Health— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

20 Congresses
74th · 193593rd · 1973
Republican · House · IL74th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Leslie Cornelius Arends

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1935–197520 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
11.7%with Democrats
of 2,469 votes · 88.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 2,469 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019351973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 352 votes17%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 352 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance15.9% · 69
Congress19.1% · 47
Energy21.2% · 33
Labor and Employment0% · 21
Government Operations and Politics23.1% · 13
International Affairs69.2% · 13
Transportation and Public Works7.7% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security18.2% · 11
Law9.1% · 11
District of Columbia30% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Health— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Education— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Housing and Community Development— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

74th · 193593rd · 1973
Republican74th–93rd

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