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Richard Alvin Tonry

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1977–1979ID T000310
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LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 51 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 51 · both combined

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 ↓1977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.6%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
May 3, 1977H.R. 4049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1977H.R. 11No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1977H.R. 6415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6415), 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
May 2, 1977H.Res. 489No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 2, 1977H.R. 4962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 2, 1977H.R. 4007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 2, 1977H.R. 5025No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 2, 1977S. 36No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 2, 1977H.R. 4390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress85% · 20 votes
Economics and Public Finance54.5% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Industrial relations— · 6 votes
Income tax— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 1 vote
Government Operations and Politics— · 1 vote
Labor and Employment— · 1 vote

They also voted in 20 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Animals, Armed Forces and National Security, Awards, medals, prizes, Crime and Law Enforcement, Cultural centers, Embargo, Emergency Management, Emigration, Energy, Environmental Protection, Finance and Financial Sector, Health, Housing and Community Development, Independent regulatory commissions, International Affairs, International agencies, Libraries, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Transportation and Public Works.

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

Service record

1 Congresses
95th · 1977
Democrat · House · LA95th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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Richard Alvin Tonry

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1977–19791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
70.6%with Democrats
of 51 votes · 29.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested71%of 51 · combined

Career arc

10050019771977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 51 votes70.6%

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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 · 51 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Congress85% · 20
Economics and Public Finance54.5% · 11
Industrial relations— · 6
Income tax— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Public works— · 2
Commerce— · 1
Government Operations and Politics— · 1
Labor and Employment— · 1

Also voted in 20 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Animals, Armed Forces and National Security, Awards, medals, prizes, Crime and Law Enforcement, Cultural centers, Embargo, Emergency Management, Emigration, Energy, Environmental Protection, Finance and Financial Sector, Health, Housing and Community Development, Independent regulatory commissions, International Affairs, International agencies, Libraries, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Transportation and Public Works.

Service record

95th · 197795th · 1977
Democrat95th–95th

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