George Herbert Walker Bush

Representative from Texas

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1971ID B001166

LegislationHEADLINE

21%with Dems

of 250 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

21%with Dems

of 250 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 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 ↓1967

1969–7091st Congress

Sat as a Republican

27.7%with Democrats

of 101 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +11 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 31, 1970H.Res. 1421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 31, 1970H.Res. 1337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 31, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13000), 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

Open roll call

Dec 30, 1970S. 4268No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18582No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Dec 29, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 29, 1970H.R. 14984No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 22, 1970H.Res. 1315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 22, 1970noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 91st CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

2 Congresses

90th · 196791st · 1969

Republican · House · TX90th–91st

Term datesexact

George Herbert Walker Bush

Representative from Texas

HOUSER1967–19712 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

21.2%with Democrats

of 250 votes · 78.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested21%of 250 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671969

1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 101 votes27.7%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. 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 · 101 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

90th · 196791st · 1969

Republican90th–91st

Party switchers

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