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William Joseph Green

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1977ID G000420
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 1,487 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 1,487 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓196319691975
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.5%with Democrats
of 417 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −11 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
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 8532No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 8532No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 10612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10612), 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
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 10612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 10612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 8800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1976H.Res. 1444No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1976H.R. 9719No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1976H.R. 9719No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 417 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance89.6% · 135 votes
Congress88.1% · 84 votes
Energy95.2% · 83 votes
Government Operations and Politics90% · 50 votes
International Affairs100% · 29 votes
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 27 votes
Armed Forces and National Security87.5% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 24 votes
Agriculture and Food82.6% · 23 votes
Taxation100% · 21 votes
Law100% · 17 votes
Commerce100% · 15 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 12 votes
Education100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Health— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

7 Congresses
88th · 196394th · 1975
Democrat · House · PA88th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
WG

William Joseph Green

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1963–19777 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
93.6%with Democrats
of 1,487 votes · 6.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 1,487 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 417 votes93.5%

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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 · 417 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance89.6% · 135
Congress88.1% · 84
Energy95.2% · 83
Government Operations and Politics90% · 50
International Affairs100% · 29
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 27
Armed Forces and National Security87.5% · 24
Labor and Employment100% · 24
Agriculture and Food82.6% · 23
Taxation100% · 21
Law100% · 17
Commerce100% · 15
District of Columbia100% · 15
Mines and mineral resources100% · 12
Education100% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 9
Health— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Housing and Community Development— · 8
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Credit— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196394th · 1975
Democrat88th–94th

Party switchers

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