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William Aloysius Barrett

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1977ID B000178
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 2,056 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 2,056 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓194519511957196319691975
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.8%with Democrats
of 283 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +8 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
Apr 9, 1976H.R. 12438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 8, 1976H.R. 12438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1976H.Res. 1060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1060), 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
Mar 29, 1976H.Res. 1079No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 24, 1976H.R. 10799No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1976H.J.Res. 280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1976H.R. 8532No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1976H.R. 12203No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1976H.R. 11963No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 283 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance84.9% · 106 votes
Congress94.3% · 70 votes
Energy82% · 61 votes
Government Operations and Politics97.4% · 38 votes
Transportation and Public Works88.5% · 26 votes
Labor and Employment90.9% · 22 votes
Taxation90.5% · 21 votes
Agriculture and Food73.7% · 19 votes
Armed Forces and National Security88.9% · 18 votes
District of Columbia93.3% · 15 votes
International Affairs93.3% · 15 votes
Commerce100% · 13 votes
Law100% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Health— · 9 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Education— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 7 votes
Environmental Protection— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Depletion allowances— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Political participation— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 1 vote
Credit— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 35 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Noise, Postal service, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Witnesses.

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

Service record

15 Congresses
79th · 194594th · 1975
Democrat · House · PA79th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
WB

William Aloysius Barrett

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1945–197715 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.7%with Democrats
of 2,056 votes · 8.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 2,056 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 283 votes89.8%

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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 · 283 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance84.9% · 106
Congress94.3% · 70
Energy82% · 61
Government Operations and Politics97.4% · 38
Transportation and Public Works88.5% · 26
Labor and Employment90.9% · 22
Taxation90.5% · 21
Agriculture and Food73.7% · 19
Armed Forces and National Security88.9% · 18
District of Columbia93.3% · 15
International Affairs93.3% · 15
Commerce100% · 13
Law100% · 13
Health— · 9
Mines and mineral resources— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Education— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 7
Environmental Protection— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Depletion allowances— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Political participation— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 1
Credit— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 35 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Noise, Postal service, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Witnesses.

Service record

79th · 194594th · 1975
Democrat79th–94th

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