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Robert Nicholas Giaimo

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1981ID G000151
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 2,679 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 2,679 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓1959196519711977
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.6%with Democrats
of 384 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +13 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
Dec 15, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1980H.Res. 829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1980S. 1097No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1097), 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
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.Res. 802No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 8378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1980H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 384 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance87.8% · 378 votes
Congress85.4% · 212 votes
Government Operations and Politics80.2% · 126 votes
International Affairs90.8% · 119 votes
Energy82.2% · 118 votes
Labor and Employment76.7% · 43 votes
Transportation and Public Works76.7% · 43 votes
Armed Forces and National Security90.5% · 42 votes
Taxation78.6% · 42 votes
Education75% · 40 votes
Agriculture and Food66.7% · 36 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance88.2% · 34 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources79.3% · 29 votes
Environmental Protection76% · 25 votes
Law70.8% · 24 votes
Health100% · 22 votes
Commerce85% · 20 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement60% · 20 votes
Finance and Financial Sector47.1% · 17 votes
District of Columbia93.3% · 15 votes
Housing and Community Development92.9% · 14 votes
Social Welfare92.3% · 13 votes
Industrial relations90.9% · 11 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Lobbying— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Native Americans— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Families— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 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
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Coins and coinage— · 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
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 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
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 75 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, Aquaculture, 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, Heating, 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, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Rivers, 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

11 Congresses
86th · 195996th · 1979
Democrat · House · CT86th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · Connecticut
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Robert Nicholas Giaimo

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSED1959–198111 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.2%with Democrats
of 2,679 votes · 16.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 2,679 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1971→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591979
1979–80 · 96th · Democrat · of 384 votes84.6%

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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 · 384 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance87.8% · 378
Congress85.4% · 212
Government Operations and Politics80.2% · 126
International Affairs90.8% · 119
Energy82.2% · 118
Labor and Employment76.7% · 43
Transportation and Public Works76.7% · 43
Armed Forces and National Security90.5% · 42
Taxation78.6% · 42
Education75% · 40
Agriculture and Food66.7% · 36
Foreign Trade and International Finance88.2% · 34
Public Lands and Natural Resources79.3% · 29
Environmental Protection76% · 25
Law70.8% · 24
Health100% · 22
Commerce85% · 20
Crime and Law Enforcement60% · 20
Finance and Financial Sector47.1% · 17
District of Columbia93.3% · 15
Housing and Community Development92.9% · 14
Social Welfare92.3% · 13
Industrial relations90.9% · 11
Mines and mineral resources100% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Lobbying— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Black lung— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Native Americans— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Families— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Coins and coinage— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 75 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Aquaculture, 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, Heating, 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, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Rivers, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

86th · 195996th · 1979
Democrat86th–96th

Party switchers

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