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Robert Randolph Casey

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1977ID C000228
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LegislationHEADLINE
45%with Dems
of 1,614 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
45%with Dems
of 1,614 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
35.9%with Democrats
of 284 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −30 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
Jan 21, 1976H.R. 6721No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1976H.R. 6721No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1976H.R. 6721No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6721), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jan 21, 1976H.R. 6721No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1976H.Res. 965No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 20, 1976H.Con.Res. 527No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 20, 1976H.R. 3710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 20, 1976H.R. 10537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1976H.R. 7897No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 284 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance45.4% · 119 votes
Congress60% · 75 votes
Energy15.1% · 73 votes
Government Operations and Politics42.4% · 33 votes
Transportation and Public Works44.4% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment13.6% · 22 votes
International Affairs10% · 20 votes
Taxation30% · 20 votes
Agriculture and Food42.1% · 19 votes
Armed Forces and National Security21.1% · 19 votes
District of Columbia40% · 15 votes
Commerce18.2% · 11 votes
Law0% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Health— · 9 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8 votes
Education— · 8 votes
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Political participation— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 1 vote
Credit— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Noise— · 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
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Citizenship, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Gold, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

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

Service record

9 Congresses
86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat · House · TX86th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
RC

Robert Randolph Casey

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1959–19779 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
45%with Democrats
of 1,614 votes · 55% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested45%of 1,614 · combined
Steepest move−30 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 284 votes35.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 284 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance45.4% · 119
Congress60% · 75
Energy15.1% · 73
Government Operations and Politics42.4% · 33
Transportation and Public Works44.4% · 27
Labor and Employment13.6% · 22
International Affairs10% · 20
Taxation30% · 20
Agriculture and Food42.1% · 19
Armed Forces and National Security21.1% · 19
District of Columbia40% · 15
Commerce18.2% · 11
Law0% · 11
Health— · 9
Mines and mineral resources— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8
Education— · 8
Environmental Protection— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Political participation— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Youth— · 2
Conferences— · 1
Credit— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Citizenship, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Gold, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Service record

86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat86th–94th

Party switchers

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