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Robert Hampton Steele

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1969–1975ID S000836
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LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 544 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 544 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓1969
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
67%with Democrats
of 333 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +7 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 421), 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 333 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance64.8% · 71 votes
Congress41% · 39 votes
Energy86.4% · 22 votes
Labor and Employment81% · 21 votes
International Affairs76.5% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works86.7% · 15 votes
District of Columbia100% · 13 votes
Government Operations and Politics63.6% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9 votes
Law— · 8 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Environmental Protection— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

3 Congresses
91st · 196993rd · 1973
Republican · House · CT91st–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Connecticut
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Robert Hampton Steele

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSER1969–19753 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
64.2%with Democrats
of 544 votes · 35.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested64%of 544 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019691973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 333 votes67%

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 · 333 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance64.8% · 71
Congress41% · 39
Energy86.4% · 22
Labor and Employment81% · 21
International Affairs76.5% · 17
Transportation and Public Works86.7% · 15
District of Columbia100% · 13
Government Operations and Politics63.6% · 11
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9
Law— · 8
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Health— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Environmental Protection— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Education— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

91st · 196993rd · 1973
Republican91st–93rd

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