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John Carl Kluczynski

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1951–1977ID K000273
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,551 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,551 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1967 → 1969
still a Democrat

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 ↓19511957196319691975
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 3 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

3 of these 3 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
Jan 14, 1975H.Res. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1975H.Res. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1975noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
3 most recent roll calls shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance85.5% · 69 votes
Congress87.5% · 48 votes
Energy75% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment95.2% · 21 votes
International Affairs88.2% · 17 votes
District of Columbia100% · 13 votes
Government Operations and Politics100% · 13 votes
Transportation and Public Works100% · 11 votes
Law90% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Armed Forces and National Security— · 7 votes
Health— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

13 Congresses
82nd · 195194th · 1975
Democrat · House · IL82nd–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JK

John Carl Kluczynski

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1951–197713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.4%with Democrats
of 1,551 votes · 8.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,551 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019511975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 3 votes100%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 3 shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance85.5% · 69
Congress87.5% · 48
Energy75% · 24
Labor and Employment95.2% · 21
International Affairs88.2% · 17
District of Columbia100% · 13
Government Operations and Politics100% · 13
Transportation and Public Works100% · 11
Law90% · 10
Armed Forces and National Security— · 7
Health— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Mines and mineral resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Education— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Commerce— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

82nd · 195194th · 1975
Democrat82nd–94th

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