John Yetter McCollister

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1977ID M000349

LegislationHEADLINE

14%with Dems

of 1,080 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

14%with Dems

of 1,080 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 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 ↓1971

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.9%with Democrats

of 483 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, −13 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

Sep 29, 1976H.R. 13655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 28, 1976S. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 27, 1976H.R. 14260No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14260), 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

Open roll call

Sep 17, 1976H.R. 12987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 17, 1976H.R. 15194No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 17, 1976H.R. 15069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 17, 1976H.R. 1450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 16, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 16, 1976S.Con.Res. 139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 483 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance17.9% · 156 votes

Congress9.6% · 94 votes

Energy8.2% · 85 votes

Government Operations and Politics13.1% · 61 votes

International Affairs26.5% · 34 votes

Transportation and Public Works10.7% · 28 votes

Agriculture and Food23.1% · 26 votes

Labor and Employment19.2% · 26 votes

Armed Forces and National Security16% · 25 votes

Taxation9.1% · 22 votes

Law11.8% · 17 votes

Commerce6.3% · 16 votes

District of Columbia60% · 15 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources14.3% · 14 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement25% · 12 votes

Education0% · 12 votes

Mines and mineral resources0% · 12 votes

Health0% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes

Environmental Protection— · 9 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Social Welfare— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Credit— · 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

Finance and Financial Sector— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Chemicals— · 1 vote

Coins and coinage— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 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 43 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Printing, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, 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

3 Congresses

92nd · 197194th · 1975

Republican · House · NE92nd–94th

Term datesexact

John Yetter McCollister

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSER1971–19773 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

14.2%with Democrats

of 1,080 votes · 85.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested14%of 1,080 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1973→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711975

1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 483 votes8.9%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 483 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance17.9% · 156

Congress9.6% · 94

Energy8.2% · 85

Government Operations and Politics13.1% · 61

International Affairs26.5% · 34

Transportation and Public Works10.7% · 28

Agriculture and Food23.1% · 26

Labor and Employment19.2% · 26

Armed Forces and National Security16% · 25

Taxation9.1% · 22

Law11.8% · 17

Commerce6.3% · 16

District of Columbia60% · 15

Public Lands and Natural Resources14.3% · 14

Crime and Law Enforcement25% · 12

Education0% · 12

Mines and mineral resources0% · 12

Health0% · 10

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9

Environmental Protection— · 9

Housing and Community Development— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Social Welfare— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Credit— · 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

Finance and Financial Sector— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Chemicals— · 1

Coins and coinage— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 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 43 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Printing, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197194th · 1975

Republican92nd–94th

Party switchers

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