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Otto Ernest Passman

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1977ID P000098
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LegislationHEADLINE
44%with Dems
of 2,219 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
44%with Dems
of 2,219 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓19471953195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
37.9%with Democrats
of 462 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −17 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 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14232), 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
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1976S. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 462 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance43.4% · 143 votes
Congress50% · 84 votes
Energy26.6% · 79 votes
Government Operations and Politics38.9% · 54 votes
International Affairs43.3% · 30 votes
Armed Forces and National Security26.9% · 26 votes
Agriculture and Food44% · 25 votes
Labor and Employment72% · 25 votes
Taxation33.3% · 21 votes
Transportation and Public Works33.3% · 21 votes
District of Columbia0% · 13 votes
Law15.4% · 13 votes
Commerce18.2% · 11 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement18.2% · 11 votes
Education27.3% · 11 votes
Health81.8% · 11 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources27.3% · 11 votes
Environmental Protection40% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Political participation— · 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
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Lobbying— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Real property— · 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

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, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

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

Service record

15 Congresses
80th · 194794th · 1975
Democrat · House · LA80th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
OP

Otto Ernest Passman

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1947–197715 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
43.8%with Democrats
of 2,219 votes · 56.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested44%of 2,219 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 462 votes37.9%

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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 · 462 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance43.4% · 143
Congress50% · 84
Energy26.6% · 79
Government Operations and Politics38.9% · 54
International Affairs43.3% · 30
Armed Forces and National Security26.9% · 26
Agriculture and Food44% · 25
Labor and Employment72% · 25
Taxation33.3% · 21
Transportation and Public Works33.3% · 21
District of Columbia0% · 13
Law15.4% · 13
Commerce18.2% · 11
Crime and Law Enforcement18.2% · 11
Education27.3% · 11
Health81.8% · 11
Public Lands and Natural Resources27.3% · 11
Environmental Protection40% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Mines and mineral resources— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Political participation— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Lobbying— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Youth— · 2
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Real property— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 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, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

Service record

80th · 194794th · 1975
Democrat80th–94th

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