Peter A. Peyser

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1971–1983ID P000280

LegislationHEADLINE

78%with Dems

of 1,714 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

78%with Dems

of 1,714 · both combined

Steepest move

+17 pts

1975 → 1979

the label changed

Changed parties

96th

R → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓19711977R→D · 96th

1981–8297th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

93.2%with Democrats

of 280 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1975 → 1979, +17 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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

Dec 20, 1982H.R. 3963No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1982H.R. 7357No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 18, 1982H.R. 7356No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7356), 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

Open roll call

Dec 18, 1982noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1982H.Res. 621No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 17, 1982H.R. 7144No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 17, 1982H.R. 7144No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1982H.R. 7397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Dec 17, 1982H.R. 7397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 280 contested votes scored in the 97th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance86.8% · 349 votes

Congress76.8% · 224 votes

Government Operations and Politics83.7% · 123 votes

Energy76.2% · 105 votes

International Affairs87.2% · 86 votes

Armed Forces and National Security75% · 56 votes

Transportation and Public Works86.8% · 53 votes

Agriculture and Food68.1% · 47 votes

Education81.6% · 38 votes

Taxation67.6% · 37 votes

Labor and Employment90.3% · 31 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance89.3% · 28 votes

Health92.3% · 26 votes

Law88.5% · 26 votes

Science, Technology, Communications85% · 20 votes

Commerce84.2% · 19 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources77.8% · 18 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement70.6% · 17 votes

Environmental Protection70.6% · 17 votes

Housing and Community Development86.7% · 15 votes

District of Columbia76.9% · 13 votes

Mines and mineral resources100% · 11 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes

Private Legislation— · 7 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes

Native Americans— · 5 votes

Social Welfare— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

Families— · 3 votes

Immigration— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Public works— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Mortgages— · 2 votes

Petroleum industry— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Social Sciences and History— · 2 votes

Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote

Conferences— · 1 vote

Constitutional amendments— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Emergency Management— · 1 vote

Executive reorganization— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Life insurance— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Lobbying— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Power resources— · 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 40 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, Congressional oversight, 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, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, 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

5 Congresses

92nd · 197196th · 197997th · 1981

Republican · House · NY92nd–94th

Democrat · House · NY96th–97th

Term datesexact

Peter A. Peyser

Representative from New York

HOUSER→D1971–19835 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

77.9%with Democrats

of 1,714 votes · 22.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested78%of 1,714 · combined

Steepest move+17 pts1975→79, as a Democrat

Changed parties96thR→D

Career arc

100500R→D19711981

1981–82 · 97th · Democrat · of 280 votes93.2%

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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 · 280 contested votes scored in the 97th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance86.8% · 349

Congress76.8% · 224

Government Operations and Politics83.7% · 123

Energy76.2% · 105

International Affairs87.2% · 86

Armed Forces and National Security75% · 56

Transportation and Public Works86.8% · 53

Agriculture and Food68.1% · 47

Education81.6% · 38

Taxation67.6% · 37

Labor and Employment90.3% · 31

Foreign Trade and International Finance89.3% · 28

Health92.3% · 26

Law88.5% · 26

Science, Technology, Communications85% · 20

Commerce84.2% · 19

Public Lands and Natural Resources77.8% · 18

Crime and Law Enforcement70.6% · 17

Environmental Protection70.6% · 17

Housing and Community Development86.7% · 15

District of Columbia76.9% · 13

Mines and mineral resources100% · 11

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Depletion allowances— · 7

Finance and Financial Sector— · 7

Private Legislation— · 7

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6

Native Americans— · 5

Social Welfare— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Independent regulatory commissions— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Credit— · 3

Families— · 3

Immigration— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Public works— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Mortgages— · 2

Petroleum industry— · 2

Printing— · 2

Real property— · 2

Social Sciences and History— · 2

Sports and Recreation— · 2

Youth— · 2

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1

Conferences— · 1

Constitutional amendments— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Emergency Management— · 1

Executive reorganization— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Life insurance— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Lobbying— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Noise— · 1

Postal rates and revenues— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Power resources— · 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 40 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, Congressional oversight, 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, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197197th · 1981

Republican92nd–94th

Democrat96th–97th

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