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Gillis William Long

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1987ID L000417
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 2,763 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 2,763 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1983 → 1985
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 ↓1963196919751981
1985–8699th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 5 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1983 → 1985, +12 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

6 of these 6 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 3, 1985H.Res. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1985noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1985noneNo 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
Jan 3, 1985H.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 3, 1985H.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1985noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
6 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 99th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance82.6% · 596 votes
Congress90.8% · 306 votes
Government Operations and Politics78.1% · 192 votes
International Affairs74.6% · 177 votes
Energy51.1% · 141 votes
Armed Forces and National Security60% · 125 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance81.3% · 75 votes
Labor and Employment85.9% · 71 votes
Transportation and Public Works81.4% · 70 votes
Agriculture and Food79.7% · 69 votes
Education87.7% · 57 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources84.2% · 57 votes
Taxation53.6% · 56 votes
Science, Technology, Communications84.4% · 45 votes
Environmental Protection47.6% · 42 votes
Law75.6% · 41 votes
Health80% · 40 votes
Housing and Community Development87.1% · 31 votes
Commerce93.3% · 30 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement89.3% · 28 votes
Finance and Financial Sector80% · 20 votes
Social Welfare75% · 20 votes
Immigration62.5% · 16 votes
Industrial relations64.3% · 14 votes
District of Columbia76.9% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources83.3% · 12 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues63.6% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Native Americans— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Water Resources Development— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Conferences— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Museums— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

8 Congresses
88th · 196399th · 1985
Democrat · House · LA88th–99th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
GL

Gillis William Long

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1963–19878 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.4%with Democrats
of 2,763 votes · 21.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 2,763 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1983→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631985
1985–86 · 99th · Democrat · of 5 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 6 shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 99th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance82.6% · 596
Congress90.8% · 306
Government Operations and Politics78.1% · 192
International Affairs74.6% · 177
Energy51.1% · 141
Armed Forces and National Security60% · 125
Foreign Trade and International Finance81.3% · 75
Labor and Employment85.9% · 71
Transportation and Public Works81.4% · 70
Agriculture and Food79.7% · 69
Education87.7% · 57
Public Lands and Natural Resources84.2% · 57
Taxation53.6% · 56
Science, Technology, Communications84.4% · 45
Environmental Protection47.6% · 42
Law75.6% · 41
Health80% · 40
Housing and Community Development87.1% · 31
Commerce93.3% · 30
Crime and Law Enforcement89.3% · 28
Finance and Financial Sector80% · 20
Social Welfare75% · 20
Immigration62.5% · 16
Industrial relations64.3% · 14
District of Columbia76.9% · 13
Mines and mineral resources83.3% · 12
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues63.6% · 11
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Private Legislation— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Native Americans— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Water Resources Development— · 6
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Conferences— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Museums— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196399th · 1985
Democrat88th–99th

Party switchers

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