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Edward Irving Koch

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1969–1979ID K000302
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,414 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,414 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19691975
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.5%with Democrats
of 184 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, +8 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 15, 1977H.R. 9346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1977H.Res. 937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1977H.J.Res. 662No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 662), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 7, 1977H.J.Res. 622No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1977H.R. 9375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1977H.R. 9375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1977H.J.Res. 662No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 30, 1977H.R. 9346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 30, 1977H.R. 9346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 184 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance92.2% · 206 votes
Congress92.4% · 118 votes
Energy89.2% · 102 votes
Government Operations and Politics91% · 78 votes
International Affairs94.7% · 57 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 35 votes
Armed Forces and National Security96.7% · 30 votes
Transportation and Public Works96.6% · 29 votes
Agriculture and Food74.1% · 27 votes
Law96% · 25 votes
Taxation100% · 22 votes
Commerce100% · 17 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 16 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 15 votes
District of Columbia93.3% · 15 votes
Education100% · 15 votes
Housing and Community Development100% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources83.3% · 12 votes
Environmental Protection100% · 11 votes
Health90.9% · 11 votes
Industrial relations100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Social Welfare— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Income tax— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Municipal finance— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 67 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Barber and beauty shops, Black lung, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Clergy, Climate, Conservation of natural resources, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Droughts, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Home repair and improvement, Impeachments, Indian claims, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear weapons, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

5 Congresses
91st · 196995th · 1977
Democrat · House · NY91st–95th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Edward Irving Koch

Representative from New York
HOUSED1969–19795 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.2%with Democrats
of 1,414 votes · 8.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,414 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019691977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 184 votes93.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 184 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance92.2% · 206
Congress92.4% · 118
Energy89.2% · 102
Government Operations and Politics91% · 78
International Affairs94.7% · 57
Labor and Employment100% · 35
Armed Forces and National Security96.7% · 30
Transportation and Public Works96.6% · 29
Agriculture and Food74.1% · 27
Law96% · 25
Taxation100% · 22
Commerce100% · 17
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 16
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 15
District of Columbia93.3% · 15
Education100% · 15
Housing and Community Development100% · 12
Mines and mineral resources83.3% · 12
Environmental Protection100% · 11
Health90.9% · 11
Industrial relations100% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Social Welfare— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Income tax— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Municipal finance— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 67 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Barber and beauty shops, Black lung, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Clergy, Climate, Conservation of natural resources, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Droughts, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Home repair and improvement, Impeachments, Indian claims, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear weapons, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

91st · 196995th · 1977
Democrat91st–95th

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