John James Rooney

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1975ID R000424

LegislationHEADLINE

89%with Dems

of 1,688 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

89%with Dems

of 1,688 · both combined

Steepest move

+26 pts

1971 → 1973

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 ↓194319491955196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

91.7%with Democrats

of 109 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +26 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 recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3394), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 16, 1974H.R. 16900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Nov 20, 1974H.R. 6624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 11, 1974H.R. 8193No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1974H.R. 17027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 7, 1974H.R. 17027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Congress94.7% · 19 votes

Economics and Public Finance66.7% · 15 votes

Too few contested votes to score

District of Columbia— · 9 votes

International Affairs— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Government Operations and Politics— · 5 votes

Transportation and Public Works— · 5 votes

Energy— · 4 votes

Labor and Employment— · 4 votes

Armed Forces and National Security— · 3 votes

Commemorations— · 3 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes

Health— · 2 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 1 vote

Coins and coinage— · 1 vote

Commerce— · 1 vote

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 1 vote

Environmental Protection— · 1 vote

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Law— · 1 vote

Petroleum industry— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1 vote

Public works— · 1 vote

Real property— · 1 vote

They also voted in 36 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Education, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Housing and Community Development, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Mines and mineral resources, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Water Resources Development, Youth.

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

Service record

16 Congresses

78th · 194393rd · 1973

Democrat · House · NY78th–93rd

Term datesexact

John James Rooney

Representative from New York

HOUSED1943–197516 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

88.6%with Democrats

of 1,688 votes · 11.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested89%of 1,688 · combined

Steepest move+26 pts1971→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431973

1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 109 votes91.7%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Congress94.7% · 19

Economics and Public Finance66.7% · 15

District of Columbia— · 9

International Affairs— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Government Operations and Politics— · 5

Transportation and Public Works— · 5

Energy— · 4

Labor and Employment— · 4

Armed Forces and National Security— · 3

Commemorations— · 3

Congressional-executive relations— · 2

Health— · 2

Agriculture and Food— · 1

Coins and coinage— · 1

Commerce— · 1

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 1

Environmental Protection— · 1

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Law— · 1

Petroleum industry— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1

Public works— · 1

Real property— · 1

Also voted in 36 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Education, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Housing and Community Development, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Mines and mineral resources, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Water Resources Development, Youth.

Service record

78th · 194393rd · 1973

Democrat78th–93rd

Party switchers

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