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Don Fuqua

Representative from Florida
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1987ID F000430
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LegislationHEADLINE
59%with Dems
of 3,760 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
59%with Dems
of 3,760 · both combined
Steepest move
−25 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓1963196919751981
1985–8699th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78%with Democrats
of 437 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −25 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
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 5300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6), 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
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 5484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 16, 1986H.R. 2127No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 16, 1986H.R. 5705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 16, 1986H.R. 5705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 16, 1986H.R. 5705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 437 contested votes scored in the 99th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance67.4% · 694 votes
Congress80.4% · 322 votes
International Affairs45% · 222 votes
Government Operations and Politics71.4% · 213 votes
Armed Forces and National Security36.8% · 182 votes
Energy49.7% · 145 votes
Agriculture and Food74.7% · 95 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance55.8% · 95 votes
Labor and Employment51.8% · 83 votes
Transportation and Public Works53.8% · 78 votes
Taxation66.7% · 66 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources88.1% · 59 votes
Education66.7% · 57 votes
Science, Technology, Communications74.1% · 54 votes
Environmental Protection47.1% · 51 votes
Housing and Community Development72% · 50 votes
Health65.9% · 41 votes
Law32.4% · 37 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement43.8% · 32 votes
Commerce53.3% · 30 votes
Social Welfare55.6% · 27 votes
Finance and Financial Sector61.9% · 21 votes
Immigration47.6% · 21 votes
Industrial relations42.9% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources71.4% · 14 votes
District of Columbia46.2% · 13 votes
Native Americans53.8% · 13 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues58.3% · 12 votes
Water Resources Development100% · 12 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion90.9% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 5 votes
Private Legislation— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Government securities— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Municipal finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 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
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
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Indian claims— · 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
Youth— · 1 vote

They also voted in 70 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, Cultural centers, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, 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, Solar energy, 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

12 Congresses
88th · 196399th · 1985
Democrat · House · FL88th–99th
Term datesexact
Members · Florida
DF

Don Fuqua

Representative from Florida
HOUSED1963–198712 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
58.8%with Democrats
of 3,760 votes · 41.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested59%of 3,760 · combined
Steepest move−25 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631985
1985–86 · 99th · Democrat · of 437 votes78%

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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 · 437 contested votes scored in the 99th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance67.4% · 694
Congress80.4% · 322
International Affairs45% · 222
Government Operations and Politics71.4% · 213
Armed Forces and National Security36.8% · 182
Energy49.7% · 145
Agriculture and Food74.7% · 95
Foreign Trade and International Finance55.8% · 95
Labor and Employment51.8% · 83
Transportation and Public Works53.8% · 78
Taxation66.7% · 66
Public Lands and Natural Resources88.1% · 59
Education66.7% · 57
Science, Technology, Communications74.1% · 54
Environmental Protection47.1% · 51
Housing and Community Development72% · 50
Health65.9% · 41
Law32.4% · 37
Crime and Law Enforcement43.8% · 32
Commerce53.3% · 30
Social Welfare55.6% · 27
Finance and Financial Sector61.9% · 21
Immigration47.6% · 21
Industrial relations42.9% · 14
Mines and mineral resources71.4% · 14
District of Columbia46.2% · 13
Native Americans53.8% · 13
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues58.3% · 12
Water Resources Development100% · 12
Arts, Culture, Religion90.9% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Commemorations— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Electronic surveillance— · 5
Private Legislation— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Government securities— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Municipal finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Sports and Recreation— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 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
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Indian claims— · 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
Youth— · 1

Also voted in 70 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, Cultural centers, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, 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, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196399th · 1985
Democrat88th–99th

Party switchers

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