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Robert Owens Tiernan

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1967–1975ID T000265
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 801 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 801 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.9%with Democrats
of 355 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −5 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 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10710), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 355 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance94.2% · 69 votes
Congress89.4% · 47 votes
Energy78.8% · 33 votes
Labor and Employment95.2% · 21 votes
Transportation and Public Works92.9% · 14 votes
Armed Forces and National Security91.7% · 12 votes
District of Columbia91.7% · 12 votes
Government Operations and Politics100% · 12 votes
International Affairs58.3% · 12 votes
Law90.9% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Health— · 7 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Education— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 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, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, 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

4 Congresses
90th · 196793rd · 1973
Democrat · House · RI90th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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Robert Owens Tiernan

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSED1967–19754 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.9%with Democrats
of 801 votes · 9.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 801 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019671973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 355 votes87.9%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 355 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance94.2% · 69
Congress89.4% · 47
Energy78.8% · 33
Labor and Employment95.2% · 21
Transportation and Public Works92.9% · 14
Armed Forces and National Security91.7% · 12
District of Columbia91.7% · 12
Government Operations and Politics100% · 12
International Affairs58.3% · 12
Law90.9% · 11
Health— · 7
Mines and mineral resources— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Education— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 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, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196793rd · 1973
Democrat90th–93rd

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