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Henry Helstoski

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1977ID H000465
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 1,452 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 1,452 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 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 ↓19651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.4%with Democrats
of 456 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −10 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 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 456 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance87.9% · 140 votes
Congress93.1% · 87 votes
Energy91.8% · 85 votes
Government Operations and Politics93.1% · 58 votes
International Affairs96.6% · 29 votes
Transportation and Public Works96.2% · 26 votes
Agriculture and Food79.2% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment95.5% · 22 votes
Taxation72.7% · 22 votes
Armed Forces and National Security90.5% · 21 votes
Commerce100% · 16 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Law100% · 13 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 12 votes
Education75% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources91.7% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Health— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Private Legislation— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Conferences— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
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
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Petroleum industry— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote
Youth— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 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, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, 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, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

6 Congresses
89th · 196594th · 1975
Democrat · House · NJ89th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
HH

Henry Helstoski

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSED1965–19776 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.3%with Democrats
of 1,452 votes · 7.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 1,452 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 456 votes91.4%

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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 · 456 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance87.9% · 140
Congress93.1% · 87
Energy91.8% · 85
Government Operations and Politics93.1% · 58
International Affairs96.6% · 29
Transportation and Public Works96.2% · 26
Agriculture and Food79.2% · 24
Labor and Employment95.5% · 22
Taxation72.7% · 22
Armed Forces and National Security90.5% · 21
Commerce100% · 16
District of Columbia100% · 15
Law100% · 13
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 12
Education75% · 12
Mines and mineral resources91.7% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Health— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Private Legislation— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Coins and coinage— · 1
Conferences— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Petroleum industry— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1
Youth— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, 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, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

89th · 196594th · 1975
Democrat89th–94th

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