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Ella Tambussi Grasso

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1971–1975ID G000387
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 529 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 529 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 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 ↓1971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86%with Democrats
of 335 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +1 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 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1974H.R. 16900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1974H.R. 12628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12628), 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
Nov 26, 1974H.R. 15580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 20, 1974H.R. 6624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 20, 1974H.R. 12471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 20, 1974H.R. 14225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1974H.J.Res. 1163No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 15, 1974H.R. 15427No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 335 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance88.4% · 69 votes
Congress81.1% · 37 votes
Energy90.9% · 33 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 21 votes
Transportation and Public Works87.5% · 16 votes
Armed Forces and National Security100% · 12 votes
International Affairs75% · 12 votes
Government Operations and Politics90.9% · 11 votes
Law81.8% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
District of Columbia— · 9 votes
Health— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

2 Congresses
92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Democrat · House · CT92nd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Connecticut
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Ella Tambussi Grasso

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSED1971–19752 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.4%with Democrats
of 529 votes · 14.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 529 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1971→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019711973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 335 votes86%

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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 · 335 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance88.4% · 69
Congress81.1% · 37
Energy90.9% · 33
Labor and Employment100% · 21
Transportation and Public Works87.5% · 16
Armed Forces and National Security100% · 12
International Affairs75% · 12
Government Operations and Politics90.9% · 11
Law81.8% · 11
District of Columbia— · 9
Health— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Mines and mineral resources— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Education— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Democrat92nd–93rd

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