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Jack French Kemp

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1989ID K000086
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 3,432 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 3,432 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1985 → 1987
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 ↓197119771983
1987–88100th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.9%with Democrats
of 192 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1985 → 1987, −18 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
Oct 21, 1988S. 2204No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988S. 2100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2100), 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 21, 1988H.R. 5043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5264No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 3048No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 4399No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1988H.R. 5043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1988H.Res. 574No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 192 contested votes scored in the 100th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance14.7% · 755 votes
Congress15.3% · 339 votes
Armed Forces and National Security10.5% · 239 votes
International Affairs11.3% · 239 votes
Government Operations and Politics15% · 220 votes
Energy14.4% · 139 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance15.5% · 116 votes
Agriculture and Food21.6% · 88 votes
Labor and Employment25.9% · 85 votes
Transportation and Public Works28% · 82 votes
Housing and Community Development25% · 68 votes
Taxation10.9% · 64 votes
Education25.8% · 62 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources21.7% · 60 votes
Science, Technology, Communications7.4% · 54 votes
Environmental Protection14.3% · 49 votes
Health19.6% · 46 votes
Social Welfare10.8% · 37 votes
Law2.8% · 36 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement20.6% · 34 votes
Commerce3.3% · 30 votes
Immigration43.5% · 23 votes
Finance and Financial Sector5.6% · 18 votes
District of Columbia20% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues30.8% · 13 votes
Industrial relations7.7% · 13 votes
Native Americans58.3% · 12 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion36.4% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Water Resources Development— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Private Legislation— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Financial disclosure— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Families— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 71 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Domestic relations, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

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

Service record

9 Congresses
92nd · 1971100th · 1987
Republican · House · NY92nd–100th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JK

Jack French Kemp

Representative from New York
HOUSER1971–19899 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
16.3%with Democrats
of 3,432 votes · 83.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 3,432 · combined
Steepest move−18 pts1985→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711987
1987–88 · 100th · Republican · of 192 votes8.9%

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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 · 192 contested votes scored in the 100th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance14.7% · 755
Congress15.3% · 339
Armed Forces and National Security10.5% · 239
International Affairs11.3% · 239
Government Operations and Politics15% · 220
Energy14.4% · 139
Foreign Trade and International Finance15.5% · 116
Agriculture and Food21.6% · 88
Labor and Employment25.9% · 85
Transportation and Public Works28% · 82
Housing and Community Development25% · 68
Taxation10.9% · 64
Education25.8% · 62
Public Lands and Natural Resources21.7% · 60
Science, Technology, Communications7.4% · 54
Environmental Protection14.3% · 49
Health19.6% · 46
Social Welfare10.8% · 37
Law2.8% · 36
Crime and Law Enforcement20.6% · 34
Commerce3.3% · 30
Immigration43.5% · 23
Finance and Financial Sector5.6% · 18
District of Columbia20% · 15
Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues30.8% · 13
Industrial relations7.7% · 13
Native Americans58.3% · 12
Arts, Culture, Religion36.4% · 11
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Water Resources Development— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Private Legislation— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Electronic surveillance— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Commemorations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Social Sciences and History— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Financial disclosure— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Families— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 71 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Domestic relations, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

Service record

92nd · 1971100th · 1987
Republican92nd–100th

Party switchers

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