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John Henry Kyl

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1959–1973ID K000351
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 748 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 748 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓195919651971
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.8%with Democrats
of 203 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +12 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 18, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16810), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.Res. 1147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 92nd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

6 Congresses
86th · 195992nd · 1971
Republican · House · IA86th–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
JK

John Henry Kyl

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1959–19736 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.2%with Democrats
of 748 votes · 86.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 748 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591971
1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 203 votes11.8%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

86th · 195992nd · 1971
Republican86th–92nd

Party switchers

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