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Charles W. Dent

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN2005–2019ID D000604
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 6,123 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 6,123 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
2009 → 2011
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 ↓200520112017
2017–18115th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.9%with Democrats
of 642 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 2009 → 2011, −10 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

3 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
May 10, 2018noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 2018H.R. 3053Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 10, 2018H.R. 3053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3053), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 9, 2018H.R. 5645Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules ActLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 9, 2018H.R. 5645Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules ActLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 9, 2018H.R. 2152Citizens’ Right to Know ActLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 9, 2018H.Res. 879Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3053) to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 9, 2018H.Res. 879Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3053) to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 8, 2018H.Res. 878No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 642 contested votes scored in the 115th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress1.1% · 1,670 votes
Economics and Public Finance31.9% · 1,297 votes
Armed Forces and National Security18.1% · 432 votes
Government Operations and Politics13.5% · 260 votes
Energy11.1% · 234 votes
Finance and Financial Sector9% · 212 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources15.7% · 210 votes
Environmental Protection7.7% · 209 votes
Emergency Management28.4% · 162 votes
Health20.7% · 150 votes
Taxation8.6% · 139 votes
Transportation and Public Works24.1% · 116 votes
Agriculture and Food31% · 100 votes
Education34% · 100 votes
Housing and Community Development26.9% · 93 votes
Labor and Employment21.7% · 83 votes
Law8.2% · 73 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement19.7% · 66 votes
Science, Technology, Communications21.7% · 60 votes
International Affairs22% · 59 votes
Water Resources Development9.6% · 52 votes
Commerce22.2% · 45 votes
Immigration2.9% · 34 votes
Native Americans6.9% · 29 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance15.4% · 26 votes
Animals93.8% · 16 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14.3% · 14 votes
Commemorations0% · 14 votes
Social Welfare27.3% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Families— · 3 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes

They also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Social Sciences and History.

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

Service record

7 Congresses
109th · 2005115th · 2017
Republican · House · PA109th–115th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Charles W. Dent

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER2005–20197 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.5%with Democrats
of 6,123 votes · 83.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 6,123 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts2009→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050020052017
2017–18 · 115th · Republican · of 642 votes7.9%

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 642 contested votes scored in the 115th

By policy area

career
Congress1.1% · 1,670
Economics and Public Finance31.9% · 1,297
Armed Forces and National Security18.1% · 432
Government Operations and Politics13.5% · 260
Energy11.1% · 234
Finance and Financial Sector9% · 212
Public Lands and Natural Resources15.7% · 210
Environmental Protection7.7% · 209
Emergency Management28.4% · 162
Health20.7% · 150
Taxation8.6% · 139
Transportation and Public Works24.1% · 116
Agriculture and Food31% · 100
Education34% · 100
Housing and Community Development26.9% · 93
Labor and Employment21.7% · 83
Law8.2% · 73
Crime and Law Enforcement19.7% · 66
Science, Technology, Communications21.7% · 60
International Affairs22% · 59
Water Resources Development9.6% · 52
Commerce22.2% · 45
Immigration2.9% · 34
Native Americans6.9% · 29
Foreign Trade and International Finance15.4% · 26
Animals93.8% · 16
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14.3% · 14
Commemorations0% · 14
Social Welfare27.3% · 11
Families— · 3
Sports and Recreation— · 2

Also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Social Sciences and History.

Service record

109th · 2005115th · 2017
Republican109th–115th

Party switchers

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