Thomas Mankell Rees

Representative from California

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1977ID R000134

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 1,320 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 1,320 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 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 ↓19651971

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

81%with Democrats

of 443 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −10 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, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2278), 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

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 443 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance85.4% · 144 votes

Congress90.6% · 85 votes

Energy70.1% · 77 votes

Government Operations and Politics80.3% · 61 votes

International Affairs87.1% · 31 votes

Agriculture and Food73.1% · 26 votes

Transportation and Public Works76.9% · 26 votes

Labor and Employment87.5% · 24 votes

Armed Forces and National Security81.8% · 22 votes

Taxation80% · 20 votes

District of Columbia100% · 15 votes

Law100% · 13 votes

Mines and mineral resources92.3% · 13 votes

Commerce90.9% · 11 votes

Education100% · 11 votes

Health90.9% · 11 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources81.8% · 11 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9 votes

Environmental Protection— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Depletion allowances— · 5 votes

Social Welfare— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Public works— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Conferences— · 2 votes

Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes

International economic relations— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Private Legislation— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Congressional oversight— · 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

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 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 44 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, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Executive reorganization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, 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

6 Congresses

89th · 196594th · 1975

Democrat · House · CA89th–94th

Term datesexact

Thomas Mankell Rees

Representative from California

HOUSED1965–19776 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

87.2%with Democrats

of 1,320 votes · 12.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 1,320 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651975

1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 443 votes81%

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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 · 443 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance85.4% · 144

Congress90.6% · 85

Energy70.1% · 77

Government Operations and Politics80.3% · 61

International Affairs87.1% · 31

Agriculture and Food73.1% · 26

Transportation and Public Works76.9% · 26

Labor and Employment87.5% · 24

Armed Forces and National Security81.8% · 22

Taxation80% · 20

District of Columbia100% · 15

Law100% · 13

Mines and mineral resources92.3% · 13

Commerce90.9% · 11

Education100% · 11

Health90.9% · 11

Public Lands and Natural Resources81.8% · 11

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9

Environmental Protection— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8

Housing and Community Development— · 8

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Depletion allowances— · 5

Social Welfare— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Credit— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Public works— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Conferences— · 2

Constitutional amendments— · 2

International economic relations— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Private Legislation— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Congressional oversight— · 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

Native Americans— · 1

Noise— · 1

Postal service— · 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 44 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, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Executive reorganization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

89th · 196594th · 1975

Democrat89th–94th

Party switchers

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