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Joel Thomas Broyhill

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1975ID B000967
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 1,555 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 1,555 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓1953195919651971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
17%with Democrats
of 359 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +14 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, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6668), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No 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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 359 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance20.5% · 73 votes
Congress27.9% · 43 votes
Energy18.8% · 32 votes
Labor and Employment4.8% · 21 votes
International Affairs17.6% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works41.2% · 17 votes
District of Columbia7.1% · 14 votes
Government Operations and Politics38.5% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security18.2% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Law— · 8 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 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, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, 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

11 Congresses
83rd · 195393rd · 1973
Republican · House · VA83rd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
JB

Joel Thomas Broyhill

Representative from Virginia
HOUSER1953–197511 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Democrats
of 1,555 votes · 79% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 1,555 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019531973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 359 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 · 359 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance20.5% · 73
Congress27.9% · 43
Energy18.8% · 32
Labor and Employment4.8% · 21
International Affairs17.6% · 17
Transportation and Public Works41.2% · 17
District of Columbia7.1% · 14
Government Operations and Politics38.5% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security18.2% · 11
Law— · 8
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Health— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Education— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Public works— · 3
Housing and Community Development— · 2
Real property— · 2
Vietnamese Conflict— · 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, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

83rd · 195393rd · 1973
Republican83rd–93rd

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