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James Kenneth Robinson

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1985ID R000337
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 3,010 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 3,010 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓197119771983
1983–8498th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.8%with Democrats
of 456 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, +4 pts — within one party label.
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 11, 1984H.R. 6027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1984H.R. 6027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1984H.R. 4230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4230), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Oct 11, 1984H.Res. 615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1984H.J.Res. 648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1984H.J.Res. 648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1984H.R. 6028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1984H.Res. 613No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 9, 1984S. 2574No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 456 contested votes scored in the 98th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance12% · 633 votes
Congress12.3% · 326 votes
International Affairs2% · 202 votes
Government Operations and Politics6.5% · 201 votes
Energy4% · 149 votes
Armed Forces and National Security9.2% · 131 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance5.1% · 78 votes
Transportation and Public Works6.7% · 75 votes
Labor and Employment2.8% · 72 votes
Agriculture and Food18.3% · 71 votes
Education7.9% · 63 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources8.5% · 59 votes
Taxation13.8% · 58 votes
Environmental Protection4.7% · 43 votes
Health7.1% · 42 votes
Law0% · 42 votes
Science, Technology, Communications0% · 40 votes
Housing and Community Development0% · 34 votes
Commerce0% · 30 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 29 votes
Social Welfare4.8% · 21 votes
Finance and Financial Sector15.8% · 19 votes
Immigration11.8% · 17 votes
District of Columbia0% · 15 votes
Industrial relations0% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources0% · 14 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Native Americans— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Water Resources Development— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 67 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

7 Congresses
92nd · 197198th · 1983
Republican · House · VA92nd–98th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
JR

James Kenneth Robinson

Representative from Virginia
HOUSER1971–19857 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
8.1%with Democrats
of 3,010 votes · 91.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 3,010 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1975→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711983
1983–84 · 98th · Republican · of 456 votes11.8%

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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 · 456 contested votes scored in the 98th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance12% · 633
Congress12.3% · 326
International Affairs2% · 202
Government Operations and Politics6.5% · 201
Energy4% · 149
Armed Forces and National Security9.2% · 131
Foreign Trade and International Finance5.1% · 78
Transportation and Public Works6.7% · 75
Labor and Employment2.8% · 72
Agriculture and Food18.3% · 71
Education7.9% · 63
Public Lands and Natural Resources8.5% · 59
Taxation13.8% · 58
Environmental Protection4.7% · 43
Health7.1% · 42
Law0% · 42
Science, Technology, Communications0% · 40
Housing and Community Development0% · 34
Commerce0% · 30
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 29
Social Welfare4.8% · 21
Finance and Financial Sector15.8% · 19
Immigration11.8% · 17
District of Columbia0% · 15
Industrial relations0% · 14
Mines and mineral resources0% · 14
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 11
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Private Legislation— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Native Americans— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Water Resources Development— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 67 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197198th · 1983
Republican92nd–98th

Party switchers

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