George Robert Watkins

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1965–1971ID W000192

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 390 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 390 · both combined

Steepest move

+13 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓1965

1969–7091st Congress

Sat as a Republican

15.5%with Democrats

of 71 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +13 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Aug 6, 1970S. 1933No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 6, 1970H.R. 1707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 5, 1970H.R. 18546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18546), 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

Open roll call

Aug 5, 1970H.R. 18546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 5, 1970H.Res. 1117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 3, 1970H.R. 2076No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1970H.R. 14237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 30, 1970H.R. 13100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 30, 1970H.R. 15733No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 91st CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses

89th · 196591st · 1969

Republican · House · PA89th–91st

Term datesexact

George Robert Watkins

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1965–19713 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

8.2%with Democrats

of 390 votes · 91.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 390 · combined

Steepest move+13 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019651969

1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 71 votes15.5%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. 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 · 71 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

89th · 196591st · 1969

Republican89th–91st

Party switchers

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