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Patsy Takemoto Mink

Representative from Hawaii
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–2003ID M000797
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 5,076 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 5,076 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓1965197119771983198919952001
2001–02107th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.2%with Democrats
of 360 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −7 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

4 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
Jul 27, 2002H.R. 3009Andean Trade Preference ActLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 2002H.Res. 509Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on H.R. 2002, Trade Act of 2002LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 2002H.Res. 507Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on RulesLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textWaiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on RulesParty majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 26, 2002H.R. 5005Homeland Security ActLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 2002H.R. 5005Homeland Security ActLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 2002H.R. 5005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 26, 2002H.R. 5005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 2002H.R. 5005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 2002H.R. 5005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 360 contested votes scored in the 107th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance93.4% · 1,079 votes
Congress97% · 859 votes
Government Operations and Politics98.5% · 264 votes
International Affairs93.1% · 217 votes
Armed Forces and National Security87.8% · 213 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement98.8% · 162 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources97.8% · 135 votes
Labor and Employment99.1% · 117 votes
Taxation90.5% · 116 votes
Energy90.7% · 107 votes
Health90.2% · 92 votes
Education98.8% · 80 votes
Law95.7% · 69 votes
Transportation and Public Works90.9% · 66 votes
Finance and Financial Sector93.8% · 65 votes
Science, Technology, Communications91.9% · 62 votes
Environmental Protection91.7% · 48 votes
Commerce89.1% · 46 votes
Agriculture and Food85.4% · 41 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance92.7% · 41 votes
Housing and Community Development93.9% · 33 votes
Social Welfare92.9% · 28 votes
Water Resources Development85.7% · 28 votes
Immigration90% · 20 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues94.4% · 18 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14 votes
Native Americans100% · 13 votes
Commemorations83.3% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Families— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Emergency Management— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Livestock, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Postal rates and revenues, Prices, Printing, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right to counsel, 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

12 Congresses
89th · 1965107th · 2001
Democrat · House · HI89th–107th
Term datesexact
Members · Hawaii
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Patsy Takemoto Mink

Representative from Hawaii
HOUSED1965–200312 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
94.6%with Democrats
of 5,076 votes · 5.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 5,076 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019652001
2001–02 · 107th · Democrat · of 360 votes94.2%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 360 contested votes scored in the 107th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance93.4% · 1,079
Congress97% · 859
Government Operations and Politics98.5% · 264
International Affairs93.1% · 217
Armed Forces and National Security87.8% · 213
Crime and Law Enforcement98.8% · 162
Public Lands and Natural Resources97.8% · 135
Labor and Employment99.1% · 117
Taxation90.5% · 116
Energy90.7% · 107
Health90.2% · 92
Education98.8% · 80
Law95.7% · 69
Transportation and Public Works90.9% · 66
Finance and Financial Sector93.8% · 65
Science, Technology, Communications91.9% · 62
Environmental Protection91.7% · 48
Commerce89.1% · 46
Agriculture and Food85.4% · 41
Foreign Trade and International Finance92.7% · 41
Housing and Community Development93.9% · 33
Social Welfare92.9% · 28
Water Resources Development85.7% · 28
Immigration90% · 20
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues94.4% · 18
District of Columbia100% · 15
Arts, Culture, Religion100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14
Native Americans100% · 13
Commemorations83.3% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Families— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Emergency Management— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Livestock, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Postal rates and revenues, Prices, Printing, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

89th · 1965107th · 2001
Democrat89th–107th

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