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John Anton Blatnik

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1975ID B000550
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 1,656 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 1,656 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓19471953195919651971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.5%with Democrats
of 275 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −11 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 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15977), 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 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1974H.R. 17481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 275 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance88% · 50 votes
Congress94.4% · 36 votes
Energy92.9% · 28 votes
Labor and Employment94.4% · 18 votes
International Affairs86.7% · 15 votes
Transportation and Public Works84.6% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9 votes
District of Columbia— · 9 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 8 votes
Law— · 7 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Environmental Protection— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 30 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, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Petroleum industry, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Social Welfare, 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

14 Congresses
80th · 194793rd · 1973
Democrat · House · MN80th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
JB

John Anton Blatnik

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSED1947–197514 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.6%with Democrats
of 1,656 votes · 7.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 1,656 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 275 votes90.5%

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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 · 275 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance88% · 50
Congress94.4% · 36
Energy92.9% · 28
Labor and Employment94.4% · 18
International Affairs86.7% · 15
Transportation and Public Works84.6% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9
District of Columbia— · 9
Government Operations and Politics— · 8
Law— · 7
Health— · 6
Mines and mineral resources— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4
Education— · 4
Environmental Protection— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Commemorations— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 30 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, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Petroleum industry, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

80th · 194793rd · 1973
Democrat80th–93rd

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