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Charles Thone

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1979ID T000234
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 1,632 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 1,632 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1973 → 1975
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 ↓19711977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.9%with Democrats
of 504 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, −19 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.R. 4018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 12929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12929), 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
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 14104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 14104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1978S. 2534No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 12370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 12370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 12370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 504 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance19.6% · 275 votes
Congress24.4% · 156 votes
Energy26.1% · 111 votes
Government Operations and Politics22.1% · 95 votes
International Affairs10.1% · 89 votes
Labor and Employment16.3% · 43 votes
Transportation and Public Works29.3% · 41 votes
Armed Forces and National Security52.6% · 38 votes
Taxation3.1% · 32 votes
Agriculture and Food54.8% · 31 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources30% · 30 votes
Law50% · 28 votes
Commerce9.5% · 21 votes
Environmental Protection19% · 21 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance20% · 20 votes
Education43.8% · 16 votes
Health25% · 16 votes
District of Columbia60% · 15 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement28.6% · 14 votes
Industrial relations7.1% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources50% · 14 votes
Finance and Financial Sector15.4% · 13 votes
Housing and Community Development16.7% · 12 votes
Social Welfare9.1% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Government securities— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 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
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Electronic surveillance— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Financial disclosure— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Museums— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 72 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, Impeachments, Import restrictions, 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, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, 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

4 Congresses
92nd · 197195th · 1977
Republican · House · NE92nd–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Nebraska
CT

Charles Thone

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSER1971–19794 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
23.5%with Democrats
of 1,632 votes · 76.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 1,632 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1973→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 504 votes16.9%

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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 · 504 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance19.6% · 275
Congress24.4% · 156
Energy26.1% · 111
Government Operations and Politics22.1% · 95
International Affairs10.1% · 89
Labor and Employment16.3% · 43
Transportation and Public Works29.3% · 41
Armed Forces and National Security52.6% · 38
Taxation3.1% · 32
Agriculture and Food54.8% · 31
Public Lands and Natural Resources30% · 30
Law50% · 28
Commerce9.5% · 21
Environmental Protection19% · 21
Foreign Trade and International Finance20% · 20
Education43.8% · 16
Health25% · 16
District of Columbia60% · 15
Crime and Law Enforcement28.6% · 14
Industrial relations7.1% · 14
Mines and mineral resources50% · 14
Finance and Financial Sector15.4% · 13
Housing and Community Development16.7% · 12
Social Welfare9.1% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Government securities— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Electronic surveillance— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Financial disclosure— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Museums— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 72 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, Impeachments, Import restrictions, 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, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197195th · 1977
Republican92nd–95th

Party switchers

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