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Neil Joseph Linehan

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1951ID L000332
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 130 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 130 · both combined

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 ↓1949
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.4%with Democrats
of 130 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jan 2, 1951H.R. 5244No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

1 Congresses
81st · 1949
Democrat · House · IL81st–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Neil Joseph Linehan

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1949–19511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.4%with Democrats
of 130 votes · 14.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 130 · combined

Career arc

10050019491949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 130 votes85.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194981st · 1949
Democrat81st–81st

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