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William John Keating

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1975ID K000037
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 407 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 407 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1971 → 1973
still a Republican

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 ↓1971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.4%with Democrats
of 201 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +1 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 19, 1973H.R. 11510No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1973H.R. 11576No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1973H.R. 11763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11763), 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
Dec 18, 1973H.R. 11714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1973S. 2316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1973S. 2166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1973H.Res. 746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1973H.R. 9256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1973H.R. 11450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 201 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance6.3% · 48 votes
Congress12.5% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment15% · 20 votes
Energy9.1% · 11 votes
District of Columbia60% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
International Affairs— · 8 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Law— · 6 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Health— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Education— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 1 vote
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1 vote
Housing and Community Development— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Public works— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 19 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Gold, Minorities, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

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

Service record

2 Congresses
92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Republican · House · OH92nd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
WK

William John Keating

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1971–19752 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
19.9%with Democrats
of 407 votes · 80.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 407 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 201 votes20.4%

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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 · 201 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance6.3% · 48
Congress12.5% · 24
Labor and Employment15% · 20
Energy9.1% · 11
District of Columbia60% · 10
International Affairs— · 8
Transportation and Public Works— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Law— · 6
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Government Operations and Politics— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Health— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Education— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Commerce— · 1
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1
Housing and Community Development— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Public works— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 19 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Gold, Minorities, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Service record

92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Republican92nd–93rd

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