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Joe Richard Pool

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1969ID P000426
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LegislationHEADLINE
34%with Dems
of 371 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
34%with Dems
of 371 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 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 ↓1963
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
28.2%with Democrats
of 103 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −6 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Jul 10, 1968H.R. 17989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 10, 1968H.R. 17989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1968H.R. 17989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17989), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jul 2, 1968S. 1166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1968H.R. 17734No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1968S. 2837No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1968H.R. 17813No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1968H.R. 17872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 27, 1968H.R. 18038No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 103 contested votes scored in the 90th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses
88th · 196390th · 1967
Democrat · House · TX88th–90th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JP

Joe Richard Pool

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1963–19693 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
33.7%with Democrats
of 371 votes · 66.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested34%of 371 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631967
1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 103 votes28.2%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. 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 · 103 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

88th · 196390th · 1967
Democrat88th–90th

Party switchers

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