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Muriel Buck Humphrey

Senator from Minnesota
SENATEDEMOCRAT1977–1979ID H000956
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 212 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 212 · both combined

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 ↓1977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.3%with Democrats
of 212 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 14, 1978H.R. 13750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 9937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
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 YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.J.Res. 1139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 212 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance91.9% · 37 votes
Animals100% · 29 votes
Agriculture and Food100% · 28 votes
Taxation100% · 19 votes
International Affairs86.7% · 15 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Energy— · 6 votes
Age and employment— · 5 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 5 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Commerce— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Labor and Employment— · 1 vote

They also voted in 16 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Auditing, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Electronic surveillance, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Law, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Public works, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

1 Congresses
95th · 1977
Democrat · Senate · MN95th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Muriel Buck Humphrey

Senator from Minnesota
SENATED1977–19791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95.3%with Democrats
of 212 votes · 4.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 212 · combined

Career arc

10050019771977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 212 votes95.3%

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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 · 212 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance91.9% · 37
Animals100% · 29
Agriculture and Food100% · 28
Taxation100% · 19
International Affairs86.7% · 15
Political representation— · 9
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Energy— · 6
Age and employment— · 5
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Health— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Transportation and Public Works— · 5
Armed Forces and National Security— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government Operations and Politics— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Commerce— · 3
Education— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Labor and Employment— · 1

Also voted in 16 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Auditing, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Electronic surveillance, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Law, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Public works, Water Resources Development.

Service record

95th · 197795th · 1977
Democrat95th–95th

Party switchers

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