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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1973–1979ID B001102
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 1,262 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 1,262 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 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 ↓1973
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.2%with Democrats
of 455 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +1 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
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 14104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 12370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1978H.Res. 1434No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1434), 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
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 12931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 12931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 12050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978S. 957No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978S. 1566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 12929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 455 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance92.3% · 246 votes
Congress97.8% · 135 votes
Government Operations and Politics95.7% · 93 votes
Energy98.8% · 84 votes
International Affairs98.8% · 81 votes
Labor and Employment94.9% · 39 votes
Armed Forces and National Security84.8% · 33 votes
Agriculture and Food86.2% · 29 votes
Taxation100% · 29 votes
Transportation and Public Works96.6% · 29 votes
Law100% · 27 votes
Environmental Protection100% · 23 votes
Commerce94.4% · 18 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources77.8% · 18 votes
Education100% · 17 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance93.8% · 16 votes
Industrial relations100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14 votes
District of Columbia100% · 13 votes
Social Welfare76.9% · 13 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 12 votes
Finance and Financial Sector75% · 12 votes
Housing and Community Development100% · 12 votes
Health81.8% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Lobbying— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Income tax— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Black lung— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Financial disclosure— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Indian claims— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 77 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Museums, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Noise, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

3 Congresses
93rd · 197395th · 1977
Democrat · House · CA93rd–95th
Term datesexact
Members · California
YB

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Representative from California
HOUSED1973–19793 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.8%with Democrats
of 1,262 votes · 5.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 1,262 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1973→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019731977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 455 votes95.2%

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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 455 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance92.3% · 246
Congress97.8% · 135
Government Operations and Politics95.7% · 93
Energy98.8% · 84
International Affairs98.8% · 81
Labor and Employment94.9% · 39
Armed Forces and National Security84.8% · 33
Agriculture and Food86.2% · 29
Taxation100% · 29
Transportation and Public Works96.6% · 29
Law100% · 27
Environmental Protection100% · 23
Commerce94.4% · 18
Public Lands and Natural Resources77.8% · 18
Education100% · 17
Foreign Trade and International Finance93.8% · 16
Industrial relations100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14
District of Columbia100% · 13
Social Welfare76.9% · 13
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 12
Finance and Financial Sector75% · 12
Housing and Community Development100% · 12
Health81.8% · 11
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Mortgages— · 6
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Lobbying— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Electronic surveillance— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Income tax— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Black lung— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Financial disclosure— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Indian claims— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 77 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Museums, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Noise, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

93rd · 197395th · 1977
Democrat93rd–95th

Party switchers

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