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John Emerson Moss

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1979ID M001035
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 2,431 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 2,431 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓19531959196519711977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.2%with Democrats
of 441 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +10 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 13, 1978H.Res. 1434No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1978H.R. 12928No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12928), 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 4, 1978H.R. 7843No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1978H.R. 7843No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1978H.R. 11445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1978H.R. 12255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1978H.R. 12930No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1978H.R. 12930No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 441 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance91.7% · 254 votes
Congress92.9% · 140 votes
Energy85.1% · 101 votes
Government Operations and Politics90.7% · 86 votes
International Affairs83.1% · 77 votes
Labor and Employment97.5% · 40 votes
Armed Forces and National Security90.9% · 33 votes
Transportation and Public Works90.6% · 32 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources90.3% · 31 votes
Agriculture and Food86.7% · 30 votes
Taxation100% · 28 votes
Law95.7% · 23 votes
Commerce94.7% · 19 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance94.7% · 19 votes
Environmental Protection94.4% · 18 votes
Education94.1% · 17 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement92.3% · 13 votes
District of Columbia100% · 13 votes
Finance and Financial Sector92.3% · 13 votes
Health100% · 13 votes
Industrial relations100% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources92.3% · 13 votes
Housing and Community Development100% · 12 votes
Social Welfare90.9% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
Municipal finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Financial disclosure— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Museums— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 74 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, Chemicals, 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, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, 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, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, 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

13 Congresses
83rd · 195395th · 1977
Democrat · House · CA83rd–95th
Term datesexact
Members · California
JM

John Emerson Moss

Representative from California
HOUSED1953–197913 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.1%with Democrats
of 2,431 votes · 7.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 2,431 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1953→55, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 441 votes90.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 441 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance91.7% · 254
Congress92.9% · 140
Energy85.1% · 101
Government Operations and Politics90.7% · 86
International Affairs83.1% · 77
Labor and Employment97.5% · 40
Armed Forces and National Security90.9% · 33
Transportation and Public Works90.6% · 32
Public Lands and Natural Resources90.3% · 31
Agriculture and Food86.7% · 30
Taxation100% · 28
Law95.7% · 23
Commerce94.7% · 19
Foreign Trade and International Finance94.7% · 19
Environmental Protection94.4% · 18
Education94.1% · 17
Crime and Law Enforcement92.3% · 13
District of Columbia100% · 13
Finance and Financial Sector92.3% · 13
Health100% · 13
Industrial relations100% · 13
Mines and mineral resources92.3% · 13
Housing and Community Development100% · 12
Social Welfare90.9% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 5
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Electronic surveillance— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
Municipal finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Financial disclosure— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Museums— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 74 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, Chemicals, 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, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, 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, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

83rd · 195395th · 1977
Democrat83rd–95th

Party switchers

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