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Karen Handel

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN2017–2019ID H001078
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LegislationHEADLINE
2%with Dems
of 591 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
2%with Dems
of 591 · 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 ↓2017
2017–18115th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.5%with Democrats
of 591 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

1 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 21, 2018S. 3628National Flood Insurance Program Extention ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018H.Con.Res. 148Correct Enrollment to S. 3628LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 21, 2018H.R. 7388National Flood Insurance Program Competition and Extension Act of 2018LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 2018S. 3456To redesignate Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge as the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018H.R. 62879/11 Memorial ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018S. 1934Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection ActLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 2018S. 512Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018S. 3247Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic and Empowerment ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 591 contested votes scored in the 115th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress0% · 181 votes
Economics and Public Finance5.9% · 135 votes
Armed Forces and National Security2% · 49 votes
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 35 votes
Taxation0% · 19 votes
Health0% · 17 votes
Energy0% · 14 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 13 votes
Environmental Protection0% · 12 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 11 votes
Government Operations and Politics0% · 11 votes
Immigration0% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Agriculture and Food— · 9 votes
Water Resources Development— · 8 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 7 votes
Law— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Animals— · 2 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 2 votes
Emergency Management— · 2 votes
International Affairs— · 2 votes
Labor and Employment— · 2 votes
Education— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote

They also voted in 4 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Families, Native Americans, Sports and Recreation.

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

Service record

1 Congresses
115th · 2017
Republican · House · GA115th–115th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
KH

Karen Handel

Representative from Georgia
HOUSER2017–20191 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
1.5%with Democrats
of 591 votes · 98.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested2%of 591 · combined

Career arc

10050020172017
2017–18 · 115th · Republican · of 591 votes1.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 591 contested votes scored in the 115th

By policy area

career
Congress0% · 181
Economics and Public Finance5.9% · 135
Armed Forces and National Security2% · 49
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 35
Taxation0% · 19
Health0% · 17
Energy0% · 14
Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 13
Environmental Protection0% · 12
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 11
Government Operations and Politics0% · 11
Immigration0% · 11
Agriculture and Food— · 9
Water Resources Development— · 8
Transportation and Public Works— · 7
Law— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Animals— · 2
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2
Commerce— · 2
Emergency Management— · 2
International Affairs— · 2
Labor and Employment— · 2
Education— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1

Also voted in 4 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Families, Native Americans, Sports and Recreation.

Service record

115th · 2017115th · 2017
Republican115th–115th

Party switchers

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