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Joseph Phillip Vigorito

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1977ID V000098
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 1,536 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 1,536 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.2%with Democrats
of 508 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −10 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. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2212), 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
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 29, 1976H.R. 14970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1976H.Res. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1976H.Res. 1581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 508 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance77.1% · 157 votes
Congress92.3% · 91 votes
Energy89.7% · 78 votes
Government Operations and Politics88.3% · 60 votes
International Affairs74.3% · 35 votes
Transportation and Public Works85.2% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment92.3% · 26 votes
Agriculture and Food88% · 25 votes
Armed Forces and National Security73.9% · 23 votes
Taxation90.9% · 22 votes
Law70.6% · 17 votes
Commerce87.5% · 16 votes
District of Columbia93.3% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources78.6% · 14 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement84.6% · 13 votes
Education58.3% · 12 votes
Health91.7% · 12 votes
Environmental Protection80% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Lobbying— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 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
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Petroleum industry— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 40 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, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

6 Congresses
89th · 196594th · 1975
Democrat · House · PA89th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JV

Joseph Phillip Vigorito

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1965–19776 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.3%with Democrats
of 1,536 votes · 16.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 1,536 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 508 votes85.2%

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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 · 508 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance77.1% · 157
Congress92.3% · 91
Energy89.7% · 78
Government Operations and Politics88.3% · 60
International Affairs74.3% · 35
Transportation and Public Works85.2% · 27
Labor and Employment92.3% · 26
Agriculture and Food88% · 25
Armed Forces and National Security73.9% · 23
Taxation90.9% · 22
Law70.6% · 17
Commerce87.5% · 16
District of Columbia93.3% · 15
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14
Public Lands and Natural Resources78.6% · 14
Crime and Law Enforcement84.6% · 13
Education58.3% · 12
Health91.7% · 12
Environmental Protection80% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Lobbying— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Petroleum industry— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 40 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, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

89th · 196594th · 1975
Democrat89th–94th

Party switchers

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