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Sam Steiger

Representative from Arizona
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1977ID S000846
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 1,240 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 1,240 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1967 → 1969
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
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.1%with Democrats
of 397 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +4 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
Sep 28, 1976S. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 10612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10612), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 10612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 16, 1976H.R. 8800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 15, 1976H.R. 10498No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1976H.R. 10498No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 15, 1976H.R. 10498No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 15, 1976H.R. 10498No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 397 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance9.4% · 128 votes
Congress8.1% · 86 votes
Energy5.4% · 74 votes
Government Operations and Politics8% · 50 votes
International Affairs6.3% · 32 votes
Transportation and Public Works8% · 25 votes
Armed Forces and National Security9.5% · 21 votes
Agriculture and Food10% · 20 votes
Labor and Employment5% · 20 votes
Taxation0% · 20 votes
Commerce0% · 15 votes
District of Columbia0% · 15 votes
Law0% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources0% · 12 votes
Education9.1% · 11 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources9.1% · 11 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Health— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Environmental Protection— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Social Welfare— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 50 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

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

Service record

5 Congresses
90th · 196794th · 1975
Republican · House · AZ90th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Arizona
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Sam Steiger

Representative from Arizona
HOUSER1967–19775 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.1%with Democrats
of 1,240 votes · 91.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 1,240 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 397 votes7.1%

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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 · 397 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance9.4% · 128
Congress8.1% · 86
Energy5.4% · 74
Government Operations and Politics8% · 50
International Affairs6.3% · 32
Transportation and Public Works8% · 25
Armed Forces and National Security9.5% · 21
Agriculture and Food10% · 20
Labor and Employment5% · 20
Taxation0% · 20
Commerce0% · 15
District of Columbia0% · 15
Law0% · 14
Mines and mineral resources0% · 12
Education9.1% · 11
Public Lands and Natural Resources9.1% · 11
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Health— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Environmental Protection— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Social Welfare— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Credit— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Independent regulatory commissions— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Noise— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 50 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

Service record

90th · 196794th · 1975
Republican90th–94th

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