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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1983ID R000442
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 2,933 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 2,933 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 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 ↓1961196719731979
1981–8297th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.8%with Democrats
of 217 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −9 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 17, 1982H.R. 7144No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1982H.R. 7397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1982H.R. 7397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7397), 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
Dec 16, 1982S. 1965No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1982H.R. 3191No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1982H.Res. 623No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1982H.Res. 628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1982H.R. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1982H.R. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 217 contested votes scored in the 97th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance95.2% · 460 votes
Congress96.3% · 271 votes
International Affairs99.4% · 155 votes
Government Operations and Politics95.4% · 151 votes
Energy96% · 125 votes
Armed Forces and National Security96.9% · 65 votes
Transportation and Public Works100% · 64 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 50 votes
Agriculture and Food83.7% · 49 votes
Education85.7% · 42 votes
Taxation100% · 42 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance90.2% · 41 votes
Law97.4% · 39 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources97.1% · 34 votes
Environmental Protection93.3% · 30 votes
Commerce100% · 28 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 24 votes
Health95.5% · 22 votes
Housing and Community Development95.2% · 21 votes
Science, Technology, Communications90.5% · 21 votes
Finance and Financial Sector87.5% · 16 votes
Social Welfare93.8% · 16 votes
District of Columbia100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14 votes
Industrial relations100% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8 votes
Lobbying— · 8 votes
Private Legislation— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Native Americans— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Black lung— · 3 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3 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
Water Resources Development— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 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
Museums— · 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 68 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, Families, 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

11 Congresses
87th · 196197th · 1981
Democrat · House · NY87th–97th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal

Representative from New York
HOUSED1961–198311 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Democrats
of 2,933 votes · 5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 2,933 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611981
1981–82 · 97th · Democrat · of 217 votes96.8%

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 · 217 contested votes scored in the 97th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance95.2% · 460
Congress96.3% · 271
International Affairs99.4% · 155
Government Operations and Politics95.4% · 151
Energy96% · 125
Armed Forces and National Security96.9% · 65
Transportation and Public Works100% · 64
Labor and Employment100% · 50
Agriculture and Food83.7% · 49
Education85.7% · 42
Taxation100% · 42
Foreign Trade and International Finance90.2% · 41
Law97.4% · 39
Public Lands and Natural Resources97.1% · 34
Environmental Protection93.3% · 30
Commerce100% · 28
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 24
Health95.5% · 22
Housing and Community Development95.2% · 21
Science, Technology, Communications90.5% · 21
Finance and Financial Sector87.5% · 16
Social Welfare93.8% · 16
District of Columbia100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14
Industrial relations100% · 13
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8
Lobbying— · 8
Private Legislation— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Mortgages— · 6
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Native Americans— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Black lung— · 3
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3
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
Water Resources Development— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Social Sciences and History— · 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
Museums— · 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 68 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, Families, 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

87th · 196197th · 1981
Democrat87th–97th

Party switchers

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