Dirk Kempthorne

Senator from Idaho

SENATEREPUBLICAN1993–1999ID K000088

LegislationHEADLINE

2%with Dems

of 1,338 votes

Nominations

3%with Dems

of 29 · confirmations only

All contested

2%with Dems

of 1,367 · both combined

Steepest move

+1 pts

1995 → 1997

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 ↓1993

1997–98105th Congress

Sat as a Republican

3.5%with Democrats

legislation only

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1995 → 1997, +1 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 21, 1998H.R. 4328A bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1998H.R. 3150A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1998H.R. 4104A bill making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textA bill making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Oct 9, 1998H.R. 4250A bill to provide new patient protections under group health plans.LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 9, 1998H.R. 2431An act to express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted in foreign countries on account of religion; to authorize United States actions in response to violations of religious freedom in foreign countries; to establish an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom within the Department of State, a Commission on International Religious Freedom, and a Special Advisor on International Religious Freedom within the National Security Council; and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1998noneWilliam A. Fletcher, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth CircuitNOMINATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 8, 1998S. 442A bill to establish a national policy against State and local government interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services, and to exercise Congressional jurisdiction over interstate commerce by establishing a moratorium on the imposition of exactions that would interfere with the free flow of commerce via the Internet, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1998H.R. 4194A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 7, 1998S. 442To make minor and technical changes in the moratorium provision.LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 324 contested votes scored in the 105th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance2.2% · 554 votes

Government Operations and Politics0.7% · 135 votes

Armed Forces and National Security5.7% · 106 votes

International Affairs1.9% · 54 votes

Labor and Employment1.9% · 54 votes

Social Welfare3.7% · 54 votes

Taxation2% · 50 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 47 votes

Transportation and Public Works2.8% · 36 votes

Health0% · 33 votes

Finance and Financial Sector3.3% · 30 votes

Commerce0% · 28 votes

Congress8% · 25 votes

Education8.3% · 24 votes

Environmental Protection0% · 22 votes

Immigration0% · 20 votes

Water Resources Development0% · 14 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 12 votes

Science, Technology, Communications9.1% · 11 votes

Agriculture and Food0% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Energy— · 4 votes

Law— · 4 votes

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3 votes

Commemorations— · 3 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1 vote

They also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Families, Housing and Community Development.

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

Service record

3 Congresses

103rd · 1993105th · 1997

Republican · Senate · ID103rd–105th

Term datesexact

Dirk Kempthorne

Senator from Idaho

SENATER1993–19993 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

2.5%with Democrats

of 1,338 votes · 97.5% with Republicans

Nominations3%of 29 votes

All contested2%of 1,367 · combined

Steepest move+1 pts1995→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019931997

1997–98 · 105th · Republican3.5%

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Votes

Democratic majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 324 contested votes scored in the 105th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance2.2% · 554

Government Operations and Politics0.7% · 135

Armed Forces and National Security5.7% · 106

International Affairs1.9% · 54

Labor and Employment1.9% · 54

Social Welfare3.7% · 54

Taxation2% · 50

Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 47

Transportation and Public Works2.8% · 36

Health0% · 33

Finance and Financial Sector3.3% · 30

Commerce0% · 28

Congress8% · 25

Education8.3% · 24

Environmental Protection0% · 22

Immigration0% · 20

Water Resources Development0% · 14

Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 12

Science, Technology, Communications9.1% · 11

Agriculture and Food0% · 10

Energy— · 4

Law— · 4

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3

Commemorations— · 3

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1

Also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Families, Housing and Community Development.

Service record

103rd · 1993105th · 1997

Republican103rd–105th

Party switchers

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