Leonard Farbstein

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1957–1971ID F000015

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 834 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 834 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 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 ↓195719631969

1969–7091st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

86.6%with Democrats

of 97 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +11 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18582No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Dec 29, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 22, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19953), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Dec 21, 1970H.J.Res. 1146No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Dec 21, 1970H.Res. 1308No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 21, 1970H.R. 14233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 16, 1970H.R. 17867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 15, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 91st CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

7 Congresses

85th · 195791st · 1969

Democrat · House · NY85th–91st

Term datesexact

Leonard Farbstein

Representative from New York

HOUSED1957–19717 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

92.8%with Democrats

of 834 votes · 7.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 834 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571969

1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 97 votes86.6%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. 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 · 97 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

85th · 195791st · 1969

Democrat85th–91st

Party switchers

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