Herman Badillo

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1971–1979ID B000025

LegislationHEADLINE

94%with Dems

of 1,237 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

94%with Dems

of 1,237 · both combined

Steepest move

+3 pts

1973 → 1975

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 ↓19711977

1977–7895th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

93.3%with Democrats

of 240 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +3 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

Dec 15, 1977H.R. 9346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 15, 1977H.Res. 937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 7, 1977H.J.Res. 662No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 662), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Dec 7, 1977H.J.Res. 622No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 6, 1977H.R. 9375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 6, 1977H.J.Res. 662No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Nov 30, 1977H.R. 9346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Nov 30, 1977H.R. 9346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Nov 30, 1977H.R. 9375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 240 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance88.9% · 189 votes

Congress94.9% · 117 votes

Energy94.1% · 101 votes

Government Operations and Politics100% · 72 votes

International Affairs96.5% · 57 votes

Labor and Employment100% · 35 votes

Armed Forces and National Security96.6% · 29 votes

Transportation and Public Works93.1% · 29 votes

Agriculture and Food84% · 25 votes

Taxation100% · 22 votes

Law100% · 19 votes

Commerce100% · 16 votes

Education93.3% · 15 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources93.3% · 15 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 14 votes

District of Columbia100% · 13 votes

Industrial relations100% · 13 votes

Mines and mineral resources91.7% · 12 votes

Environmental Protection100% · 11 votes

Finance and Financial Sector100% · 10 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance90% · 10 votes

Social Welfare70% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Health— · 9 votes

Lobbying— · 9 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Public works— · 4 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

Embargo— · 3 votes

Income tax— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Political participation— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Coins and coinage— · 2 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes

Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes

Contested elections— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Municipal finance— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Animals— · 1 vote

Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote

Black lung— · 1 vote

Conferences— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Cultural centers— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Droughts— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Home repair and improvement— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Reclamation of land— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 67 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Clergy, Climate, Conservation of natural resources, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Impeachments, Indian claims, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Nuclear weapons, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

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

Service record

4 Congresses

92nd · 197195th · 1977

Democrat · House · NY92nd–95th

Term datesexact

Herman Badillo

Representative from New York

HOUSED1971–19794 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

93.8%with Democrats

of 1,237 votes · 6.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested94%of 1,237 · combined

Steepest move+3 pts1973→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019711977

1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 240 votes93.3%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 240 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance88.9% · 189

Congress94.9% · 117

Energy94.1% · 101

Government Operations and Politics100% · 72

International Affairs96.5% · 57

Labor and Employment100% · 35

Armed Forces and National Security96.6% · 29

Transportation and Public Works93.1% · 29

Agriculture and Food84% · 25

Taxation100% · 22

Law100% · 19

Commerce100% · 16

Education93.3% · 15

Public Lands and Natural Resources93.3% · 15

Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 14

District of Columbia100% · 13

Industrial relations100% · 13

Mines and mineral resources91.7% · 12

Environmental Protection100% · 11

Finance and Financial Sector100% · 10

Foreign Trade and International Finance90% · 10

Social Welfare70% · 10

Health— · 9

Lobbying— · 9

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Vietnamese Conflict— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Housing and Community Development— · 7

Independent regulatory commissions— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Commemorations— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Public works— · 4

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3

Credit— · 3

Embargo— · 3

Income tax— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Political participation— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Coins and coinage— · 2

Congressional-executive relations— · 2

Constitutional amendments— · 2

Contested elections— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Municipal finance— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Animals— · 1

Barber and beauty shops— · 1

Black lung— · 1

Conferences— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Cultural centers— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Droughts— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Home repair and improvement— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Native Americans— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Reclamation of land— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 67 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Clergy, Climate, Conservation of natural resources, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Impeachments, Indian claims, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Nuclear weapons, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197195th · 1977

Democrat92nd–95th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th