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Richard Franklin Vander Veen

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1973–1977ID V000029
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 679 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 679 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1973 → 1975
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 ↓1973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.1%with Democrats
of 531 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +3 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
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 531 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance91.8% · 110 votes
Congress91.2% · 68 votes
Energy90% · 60 votes
Government Operations and Politics85% · 60 votes
Agriculture and Food88% · 25 votes
International Affairs100% · 24 votes
Taxation95.5% · 22 votes
Armed Forces and National Security90.5% · 21 votes
Transportation and Public Works85% · 20 votes
Commerce100% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 12 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement80% · 10 votes
Education100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Law— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes
Labor and Employment— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
District of Columbia— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 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
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 44 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, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Commemorations, Congressional-executive relations, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Immigration, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, 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

2 Congresses
93rd · 197394th · 1975
Democrat · House · MI93rd–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Richard Franklin Vander Veen

Representative from Michigan
HOUSED1973–19772 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.4%with Democrats
of 679 votes · 9.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 679 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1973→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019731975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 531 votes91.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 531 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance91.8% · 110
Congress91.2% · 68
Energy90% · 60
Government Operations and Politics85% · 60
Agriculture and Food88% · 25
International Affairs100% · 24
Taxation95.5% · 22
Armed Forces and National Security90.5% · 21
Transportation and Public Works85% · 20
Commerce100% · 15
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 12
Crime and Law Enforcement80% · 10
Education100% · 10
Law— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Health— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 6
Labor and Employment— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
District of Columbia— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5
Independent regulatory commissions— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Commemorations, Congressional-executive relations, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Immigration, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

Service record

93rd · 197394th · 1975
Democrat93rd–94th

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