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Jo Ann Emerson

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1997–2015ID E000172
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 5,698 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 5,698 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
2005 → 2007
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 ↓199720032009
2013–14113th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 5 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 2005 → 2007, +11 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
Jan 22, 2013noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 2013H.R. 307To reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 14, 2013noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jan 14, 2013noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 14, 2013H.R. 219To improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 4, 2013H.R. 41To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance ProgramLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 3, 2013H.Res. 5Adopting rules for the One Hundred Thirteenth CongressLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 3, 2013H.Res. 5Adopting rules for the One Hundred Thirteenth CongressLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 3, 2013H.Res. 5Adopting rules for the One Hundred Thirteenth CongressLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 113th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress1.9% · 1,509 votes
Economics and Public Finance23.4% · 1,335 votes
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 299 votes
Taxation4.5% · 199 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources3.2% · 190 votes
Government Operations and Politics11.7% · 188 votes
Health21% · 157 votes
Energy7.2% · 153 votes
International Affairs15.6% · 141 votes
Finance and Financial Sector14.4% · 139 votes
Emergency Management15.4% · 123 votes
Education19.3% · 119 votes
Environmental Protection4.3% · 116 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement4.7% · 106 votes
Labor and Employment15.8% · 101 votes
Housing and Community Development19% · 100 votes
Transportation and Public Works22% · 100 votes
Law3.4% · 87 votes
Agriculture and Food41.2% · 68 votes
Science, Technology, Communications17.5% · 57 votes
Commerce14.8% · 54 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance8.5% · 47 votes
Native Americans29.6% · 27 votes
Immigration0% · 26 votes
Commemorations4% · 25 votes
Water Resources Development8% · 25 votes
Social Welfare10% · 20 votes
Animals35.3% · 17 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Families— · 7 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 1 vote

They also voted in 1 area where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Social Sciences and History.

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

Service record

9 Congresses
105th · 1997113th · 2013
Republican · House · MO105th–113th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JE

Jo Ann Emerson

Representative from Missouri
HOUSER1997–20159 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.5%with Democrats
of 5,698 votes · 87.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 5,698 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts2005→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019972013
2013–14 · 113th · Republican · of 5 votes0%

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 · 5 contested votes scored in the 113th

By policy area

career
Congress1.9% · 1,509
Economics and Public Finance23.4% · 1,335
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 299
Taxation4.5% · 199
Public Lands and Natural Resources3.2% · 190
Government Operations and Politics11.7% · 188
Health21% · 157
Energy7.2% · 153
International Affairs15.6% · 141
Finance and Financial Sector14.4% · 139
Emergency Management15.4% · 123
Education19.3% · 119
Environmental Protection4.3% · 116
Crime and Law Enforcement4.7% · 106
Labor and Employment15.8% · 101
Housing and Community Development19% · 100
Transportation and Public Works22% · 100
Law3.4% · 87
Agriculture and Food41.2% · 68
Science, Technology, Communications17.5% · 57
Commerce14.8% · 54
Foreign Trade and International Finance8.5% · 47
Native Americans29.6% · 27
Immigration0% · 26
Commemorations4% · 25
Water Resources Development8% · 25
Social Welfare10% · 20
Animals35.3% · 17
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 13
Families— · 7
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 1

Also voted in 1 area where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Social Sciences and History.

Service record

105th · 1997113th · 2013
Republican105th–113th

Party switchers

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