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Philip Edward Ruppe

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1979ID R000512
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LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Dems
of 1,699 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
35%with Dems
of 1,699 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19671973
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.7%with Democrats
of 486 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −22 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 14, 1978H.Res. 1439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 1487No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1487), 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 14, 1978H.R. 7010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 10173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 11274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 12929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 14104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 486 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance32.9% · 252 votes
Congress33.1% · 133 votes
Energy23.8% · 105 votes
International Affairs49.4% · 87 votes
Government Operations and Politics28.9% · 83 votes
Labor and Employment51.2% · 41 votes
Transportation and Public Works24.3% · 37 votes
Armed Forces and National Security42.4% · 33 votes
Taxation6.9% · 29 votes
Law59.3% · 27 votes
Agriculture and Food28.6% · 21 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance47.6% · 21 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources21.1% · 19 votes
Commerce16.7% · 18 votes
Environmental Protection35.3% · 17 votes
Education40% · 15 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement14.3% · 14 votes
District of Columbia53.8% · 13 votes
Industrial relations38.5% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources54.5% · 11 votes
Health10% · 10 votes
Social Welfare40% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Depletion allowances— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 4 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Government securities— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Municipal finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Conferences— · 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
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Museums— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 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, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Coins and coinage, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Embargo, 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, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

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

Service record

6 Congresses
90th · 196795th · 1977
Republican · House · MI90th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Philip Edward Ruppe

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1967–19796 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
34.9%with Democrats
of 1,699 votes · 65.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested35%of 1,699 · combined
Steepest move−22 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 486 votes30.7%

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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 486 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance32.9% · 252
Congress33.1% · 133
Energy23.8% · 105
International Affairs49.4% · 87
Government Operations and Politics28.9% · 83
Labor and Employment51.2% · 41
Transportation and Public Works24.3% · 37
Armed Forces and National Security42.4% · 33
Taxation6.9% · 29
Law59.3% · 27
Agriculture and Food28.6% · 21
Foreign Trade and International Finance47.6% · 21
Public Lands and Natural Resources21.1% · 19
Commerce16.7% · 18
Environmental Protection35.3% · 17
Education40% · 15
Crime and Law Enforcement14.3% · 14
District of Columbia53.8% · 13
Industrial relations38.5% · 13
Mines and mineral resources54.5% · 11
Health10% · 10
Social Welfare40% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Depletion allowances— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Science, Technology, Communications— · 4
Credit— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Government securities— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Municipal finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Animals— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Conferences— · 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
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Museums— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 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, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Coins and coinage, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Embargo, 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, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196795th · 1977
Republican90th–95th

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