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John Richard Rarick

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1967–1975ID R000065
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 772 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 772 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
27.1%with Democrats
of 325 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +11 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
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2439), 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
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 325 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance31.7% · 63 votes
Congress38.5% · 39 votes
Energy12.5% · 32 votes
Labor and Employment15% · 20 votes
International Affairs6.3% · 16 votes
District of Columbia7.7% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security41.7% · 12 votes
Government Operations and Politics27.3% · 11 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Law— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Real property— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote

They also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water Resources Development, Youth.

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

Service record

4 Congresses
90th · 196793rd · 1973
Democrat · House · LA90th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
JR

John Richard Rarick

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1967–19754 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
22.9%with Democrats
of 772 votes · 77.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 772 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019671973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 325 votes27.1%

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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 325 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance31.7% · 63
Congress38.5% · 39
Energy12.5% · 32
Labor and Employment15% · 20
International Affairs6.3% · 16
District of Columbia7.7% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security41.7% · 12
Government Operations and Politics27.3% · 11
Transportation and Public Works0% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Health— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Law— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Education— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Public works— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Real property— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1

Also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water Resources Development, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196793rd · 1973
Democrat90th–93rd

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