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George Elmore Danielson

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1971–1983ID D000043
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 2,362 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 2,362 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 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 ↓19711977
1981–8297th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.5%with Democrats
of 120 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, +6 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
Mar 4, 1982S.J.Res. 142No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 4, 1982H.R. 5118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 4, 1982H.R. 5118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5118), 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
Mar 4, 1982noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1982H.Res. 357No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1982S. 1503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1982H.R. 5366No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1982H.J.Res. 373No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1982H.Con.Res. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 97th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance89.8% · 453 votes
Congress98.9% · 270 votes
Government Operations and Politics89.7% · 175 votes
International Affairs95.7% · 162 votes
Energy87.1% · 139 votes
Armed Forces and National Security76.9% · 65 votes
Transportation and Public Works94.9% · 59 votes
Labor and Employment98.2% · 56 votes
Agriculture and Food80.8% · 52 votes
Taxation93.3% · 45 votes
Education97.7% · 43 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance92.9% · 42 votes
Law95% · 40 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources84.2% · 38 votes
Health96.4% · 28 votes
Environmental Protection96.3% · 27 votes
Commerce88.5% · 26 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement84% · 25 votes
Housing and Community Development100% · 22 votes
Finance and Financial Sector83.3% · 18 votes
Social Welfare93.8% · 16 votes
District of Columbia93.3% · 15 votes
Industrial relations100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14 votes
Science, Technology, Communications90.9% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 5 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 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
Native Americans— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Families— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 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
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 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

They also voted in 69 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, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, 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, Social Sciences and History, 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

6 Congresses
92nd · 197197th · 1981
Democrat · House · CA92nd–97th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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George Elmore Danielson

Representative from California
HOUSED1971–19836 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.3%with Democrats
of 2,362 votes · 8.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 2,362 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1975→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019711981
1981–82 · 97th · Democrat · of 120 votes92.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 97th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance89.8% · 453
Congress98.9% · 270
Government Operations and Politics89.7% · 175
International Affairs95.7% · 162
Energy87.1% · 139
Armed Forces and National Security76.9% · 65
Transportation and Public Works94.9% · 59
Labor and Employment98.2% · 56
Agriculture and Food80.8% · 52
Taxation93.3% · 45
Education97.7% · 43
Foreign Trade and International Finance92.9% · 42
Law95% · 40
Public Lands and Natural Resources84.2% · 38
Health96.4% · 28
Environmental Protection96.3% · 27
Commerce88.5% · 26
Crime and Law Enforcement84% · 25
Housing and Community Development100% · 22
Finance and Financial Sector83.3% · 18
Social Welfare93.8% · 16
District of Columbia93.3% · 15
Industrial relations100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14
Science, Technology, Communications90.9% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Private Legislation— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 5
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Native Americans— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Families— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 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
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 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

Also voted in 69 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, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, 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, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197197th · 1981
Democrat92nd–97th

Party switchers

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