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Paul Dominique Laxalt

Senator from Nevada
SENATEREPUBLICAN1973–1987ID L000148
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 2,340 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 2,340 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1973 → 1975
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 ↓197319791985
1985–8699th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.9%with Democrats
of 330 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +5 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 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 330 contested votes scored in the 99th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance5.7% · 541 votes
Armed Forces and National Security5.7% · 212 votes
Government Operations and Politics5.4% · 167 votes
Taxation5.8% · 154 votes
International Affairs7.1% · 140 votes
Agriculture and Food5.3% · 133 votes
Energy7.9% · 126 votes
Transportation and Public Works8.8% · 68 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance6.2% · 65 votes
Congress8.2% · 61 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources1.8% · 55 votes
Labor and Employment12.5% · 48 votes
Education2.4% · 42 votes
Immigration2.4% · 41 votes
Social Welfare2.5% · 40 votes
Animals0% · 31 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues3.2% · 31 votes
Environmental Protection17.9% · 28 votes
Commerce3.8% · 26 votes
Depletion allowances0% · 23 votes
Housing and Community Development4.8% · 21 votes
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 19 votes
Income tax5.3% · 19 votes
Law0% · 19 votes
Sports and Recreation0% · 19 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement22.2% · 18 votes
Power resources0% · 15 votes
Science, Technology, Communications25% · 12 votes
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 10 votes
Political participation0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Age and employment— · 6 votes
Amnesties— · 6 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Embargo— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
Water Resources Development— · 3 votes
Automobile insurance— · 2 votes
Families— · 2 votes
Government corporations— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
International monetary system— · 2 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 2 votes
Motor vehicles— · 2 votes
Native Americans— · 2 votes
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Commemorations, Disabled, Disaster relief, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Gambling, Gold, Government publications, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Petroleum industry, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Ships and shipping, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Terrorism.

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

Service record

7 Congresses
93rd · 197399th · 1985
Republican · Senate · NV93rd–99th
Term datesexact
Members · Nevada
PL

Paul Dominique Laxalt

Senator from Nevada
SENATER1973–19877 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.8%with Democrats
of 2,340 votes · 94.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 2,340 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1973→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019731985
1985–86 · 99th · Republican · of 330 votes7.9%

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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 · 330 contested votes scored in the 99th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance5.7% · 541
Armed Forces and National Security5.7% · 212
Government Operations and Politics5.4% · 167
Taxation5.8% · 154
International Affairs7.1% · 140
Agriculture and Food5.3% · 133
Energy7.9% · 126
Transportation and Public Works8.8% · 68
Foreign Trade and International Finance6.2% · 65
Congress8.2% · 61
Public Lands and Natural Resources1.8% · 55
Labor and Employment12.5% · 48
Education2.4% · 42
Immigration2.4% · 41
Social Welfare2.5% · 40
Animals0% · 31
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues3.2% · 31
Environmental Protection17.9% · 28
Commerce3.8% · 26
Depletion allowances0% · 23
Housing and Community Development4.8% · 21
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 19
Income tax5.3% · 19
Law0% · 19
Sports and Recreation0% · 19
Crime and Law Enforcement22.2% · 18
Power resources0% · 15
Science, Technology, Communications25% · 12
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 10
Political participation0% · 10
Political representation— · 9
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Age and employment— · 6
Amnesties— · 6
Intergovernmental relations— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Day care— · 5
Embargo— · 5
Health— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Heating— · 3
Public works— · 3
Range management— · 3
Water Resources Development— · 3
Automobile insurance— · 2
Families— · 2
Government corporations— · 2
Government securities— · 2
International monetary system— · 2
Mines and mineral resources— · 2
Motor vehicles— · 2
Native Americans— · 2
Congressional oversight— · 1
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Commemorations, Disabled, Disaster relief, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Gambling, Gold, Government publications, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Petroleum industry, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Ships and shipping, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Terrorism.

Service record

93rd · 197399th · 1985
Republican93rd–99th

Party switchers

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