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Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1989ID R000374
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 4,851 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 4,851 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓1949195519611967197319791985
1987–88100th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98.3%with Democrats
of 480 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −24 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 21, 1988S. 2204No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988S. 2100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2100), 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
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5264No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 3048No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 4399No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1988S. 2751No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1988S. 2840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 480 contested votes scored in the 100th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance93.3% · 802 votes
Congress97.6% · 331 votes
Armed Forces and National Security96.8% · 278 votes
International Affairs99.2% · 249 votes
Government Operations and Politics96.4% · 222 votes
Energy95.1% · 144 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance98.1% · 107 votes
Labor and Employment97.2% · 106 votes
Agriculture and Food88% · 92 votes
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 81 votes
Taxation93.8% · 64 votes
Housing and Community Development100% · 61 votes
Education95% · 60 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources96.4% · 56 votes
Environmental Protection96.4% · 55 votes
Law100% · 51 votes
Health93.6% · 47 votes
Science, Technology, Communications95.7% · 47 votes
Social Welfare97.9% · 47 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement97.8% · 45 votes
Commerce91.7% · 36 votes
Immigration93.3% · 30 votes
Finance and Financial Sector95.5% · 22 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues100% · 19 votes
Water Resources Development86.7% · 15 votes
District of Columbia100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14 votes
Industrial relations100% · 13 votes
Native Americans100% · 13 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion100% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Commemorations— · 8 votes
Private Legislation— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Families— · 5 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 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
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Municipal finance— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 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
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Home repair and improvement— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 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
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 76 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, Domestic relations, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Government securities, Human rights, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Indian claims, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Museums, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, 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

20 Congresses
81st · 1949100th · 1987
Democrat · House · NJ81st–100th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSED1949–198920 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
94.1%with Democrats
of 4,851 votes · 5.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 4,851 · combined
Steepest move−24 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491987
1987–88 · 100th · Democrat · of 480 votes98.3%

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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 · 480 contested votes scored in the 100th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance93.3% · 802
Congress97.6% · 331
Armed Forces and National Security96.8% · 278
International Affairs99.2% · 249
Government Operations and Politics96.4% · 222
Energy95.1% · 144
Foreign Trade and International Finance98.1% · 107
Labor and Employment97.2% · 106
Agriculture and Food88% · 92
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 81
Taxation93.8% · 64
Housing and Community Development100% · 61
Education95% · 60
Public Lands and Natural Resources96.4% · 56
Environmental Protection96.4% · 55
Law100% · 51
Health93.6% · 47
Science, Technology, Communications95.7% · 47
Social Welfare97.9% · 47
Crime and Law Enforcement97.8% · 45
Commerce91.7% · 36
Immigration93.3% · 30
Finance and Financial Sector95.5% · 22
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues100% · 19
Water Resources Development86.7% · 15
District of Columbia100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14
Industrial relations100% · 13
Native Americans100% · 13
Arts, Culture, Religion100% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Commemorations— · 8
Private Legislation— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Families— · 5
Public works— · 5
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Sports and Recreation— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Municipal finance— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Home repair and improvement— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 76 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, Domestic relations, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Government securities, Human rights, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Indian claims, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Museums, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

81st · 1949100th · 1987
Democrat81st–100th

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