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Floyd Kirk Haskell

Senator from Colorado
SENATEDEMOCRAT1973–1979ID H000317
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 1,309 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 1,309 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓1973
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.1%with Democrats
of 383 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, −5 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 13, 1978H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1978S. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13511), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 5, 1978H.R. 13635No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1978H.J.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1978H.J.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1978H.J.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 27, 1978H.R. 12929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 27, 1978H.R. 5289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 383 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance87% · 154 votes
Government Operations and Politics85.9% · 149 votes
Energy79.3% · 121 votes
Armed Forces and National Security91.7% · 72 votes
Taxation89.4% · 66 votes
Law93.8% · 64 votes
Agriculture and Food98% · 51 votes
International Affairs96% · 50 votes
Congress81.3% · 48 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources85.3% · 34 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance83.3% · 30 votes
Animals96% · 25 votes
Labor and Employment80% · 25 votes
Depletion allowances95.7% · 23 votes
Commerce81.8% · 22 votes
Education52.4% · 21 votes
Social Welfare95% · 20 votes
Income tax94.1% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works58.8% · 17 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 16 votes
Environmental Protection68.8% · 16 votes
Health87.5% · 16 votes
Power resources93.8% · 16 votes
Independent regulatory commissions100% · 15 votes
Finance and Financial Sector85.7% · 14 votes
Political participation80% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Political representation— · 9 votes
Automobile insurance— · 8 votes
Economic stabilization— · 8 votes
Public works— · 8 votes
Age and employment— · 6 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Petroleum industry— · 5 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 5 votes
Amnesties— · 4 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Embargo— · 4 votes
Industrial relations— · 4 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes
Motor vehicles— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 3 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government corporations— · 2 votes
Government publications— · 2 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Government securities— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Ships and shipping— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Congressional oversight, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, International monetary system, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

3 Congresses
93rd · 197395th · 1977
Democrat · Senate · CO93rd–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
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Floyd Kirk Haskell

Senator from Colorado
SENATED1973–19793 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.2%with Democrats
of 1,309 votes · 12.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 1,309 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1975→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019731977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 383 votes84.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 383 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance87% · 154
Government Operations and Politics85.9% · 149
Energy79.3% · 121
Armed Forces and National Security91.7% · 72
Taxation89.4% · 66
Law93.8% · 64
Agriculture and Food98% · 51
International Affairs96% · 50
Congress81.3% · 48
Public Lands and Natural Resources85.3% · 34
Foreign Trade and International Finance83.3% · 30
Animals96% · 25
Labor and Employment80% · 25
Depletion allowances95.7% · 23
Commerce81.8% · 22
Education52.4% · 21
Social Welfare95% · 20
Income tax94.1% · 17
Transportation and Public Works58.8% · 17
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 16
Environmental Protection68.8% · 16
Health87.5% · 16
Power resources93.8% · 16
Independent regulatory commissions100% · 15
Finance and Financial Sector85.7% · 14
Political participation80% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Political representation— · 9
Automobile insurance— · 8
Economic stabilization— · 8
Public works— · 8
Age and employment— · 6
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Day care— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Petroleum industry— · 5
Solar heating and cooling— · 5
Amnesties— · 4
Credit— · 4
Embargo— · 4
Industrial relations— · 4
Heating— · 3
Mines and mineral resources— · 3
Motor vehicles— · 3
Range management— · 3
Territories (U.S.)— · 3
Constitutional amendments— · 2
District of Columbia— · 2
Government corporations— · 2
Government publications— · 2
Intergovernmental relations— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Commemorations— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Government securities— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Ships and shipping— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Congressional oversight, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, International monetary system, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

93rd · 197395th · 1977
Democrat93rd–95th

Party switchers

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