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Charles Joseph Carney

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1969–1979ID C000164
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 1,633 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 1,633 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓19691975
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.6%with Democrats
of 543 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, −5 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. 4018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1978H.Res. 1416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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 13, 1978H.R. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1978H.Res. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1978H.Res. 1426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 11545No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 12931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 12931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 543 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance84.9% · 279 votes
Congress93.4% · 151 votes
Energy92.5% · 107 votes
Government Operations and Politics88.9% · 99 votes
International Affairs83.7% · 86 votes
Labor and Employment97.5% · 40 votes
Transportation and Public Works84.2% · 38 votes
Armed Forces and National Security83.8% · 37 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources87.9% · 33 votes
Taxation78.1% · 32 votes
Agriculture and Food96.7% · 30 votes
Law93.1% · 29 votes
Environmental Protection82.6% · 23 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance60.9% · 23 votes
Commerce95.2% · 21 votes
Education83.3% · 18 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement93.3% · 15 votes
District of Columbia86.7% · 15 votes
Finance and Financial Sector100% · 14 votes
Health100% · 14 votes
Industrial relations100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 13 votes
Housing and Community Development83.3% · 12 votes
Social Welfare91.7% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 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
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Museums— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Petroleum industry— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 71 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, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, 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, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, 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

5 Congresses
91st · 196995th · 1977
Democrat · House · OH91st–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Charles Joseph Carney

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1969–19795 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.2%with Democrats
of 1,633 votes · 10.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 1,633 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1975→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019691977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 543 votes85.6%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 543 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance84.9% · 279
Congress93.4% · 151
Energy92.5% · 107
Government Operations and Politics88.9% · 99
International Affairs83.7% · 86
Labor and Employment97.5% · 40
Transportation and Public Works84.2% · 38
Armed Forces and National Security83.8% · 37
Public Lands and Natural Resources87.9% · 33
Taxation78.1% · 32
Agriculture and Food96.7% · 30
Law93.1% · 29
Environmental Protection82.6% · 23
Foreign Trade and International Finance60.9% · 23
Commerce95.2% · 21
Education83.3% · 18
Crime and Law Enforcement93.3% · 15
District of Columbia86.7% · 15
Finance and Financial Sector100% · 14
Health100% · 14
Industrial relations100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources100% · 13
Housing and Community Development83.3% · 12
Social Welfare91.7% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Lobbying— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Public works— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Museums— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Petroleum industry— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 71 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, 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, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

91st · 196995th · 1977
Democrat91st–95th

Party switchers

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