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Jerry Lyle Pettis

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1977ID P000272
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 830 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 830 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20%with Democrats
of 5 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, +6 pts — within one party label.
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
Feb 5, 1975H.R. 2634No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1975H.R. 1767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1975H.R. 1589No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1589), 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
Jan 14, 1975H.Res. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1975H.Res. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1975noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
6 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance23.3% · 73 votes
Congress20% · 50 votes
Energy27.3% · 33 votes
Labor and Employment23.8% · 21 votes
International Affairs17.6% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works29.4% · 17 votes
District of Columbia40% · 15 votes
Government Operations and Politics15.4% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security18.2% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Law— · 9 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Environmental Protection— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 30 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Conferences, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Life insurance, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Political participation, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

5 Congresses
90th · 196794th · 1975
Republican · House · CA90th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · California
JP

Jerry Lyle Pettis

Representative from California
HOUSER1967–19775 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
21.4%with Democrats
of 830 votes · 78.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 830 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 5 votes20%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 5 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance23.3% · 73
Congress20% · 50
Energy27.3% · 33
Labor and Employment23.8% · 21
International Affairs17.6% · 17
Transportation and Public Works29.4% · 17
District of Columbia40% · 15
Government Operations and Politics15.4% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security18.2% · 11
Law— · 9
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Education— · 5
Health— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Petroleum industry— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 2
Environmental Protection— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 30 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Conferences, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Life insurance, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Political participation, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196794th · 1975
Republican90th–94th

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