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Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1981ID W000610
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 2,852 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 2,852 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓19531959196519711977
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.7%with Democrats
of 381 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +14 pts — within one party label.
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 10, 1980H.Res. 826No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8105), 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
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 7018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 8378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1980H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 381 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance26.6% · 368 votes
Congress31% · 203 votes
International Affairs40.7% · 145 votes
Government Operations and Politics28.9% · 128 votes
Energy14.5% · 110 votes
Labor and Employment16.7% · 54 votes
Transportation and Public Works39.1% · 46 votes
Taxation7.1% · 42 votes
Armed Forces and National Security17.1% · 41 votes
Agriculture and Food30.3% · 33 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance25.8% · 31 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources29% · 31 votes
Education37.9% · 29 votes
Law22.2% · 27 votes
Health34.6% · 26 votes
Commerce16% · 25 votes
Environmental Protection15% · 20 votes
Housing and Community Development44.4% · 18 votes
Finance and Financial Sector12.5% · 16 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement20% · 15 votes
District of Columbia6.7% · 15 votes
Industrial relations7.7% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources23.1% · 13 votes
Social Welfare18.2% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Private Legislation— · 5 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Families— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Black lung— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Municipal finance— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Native Americans— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote

They also voted in 73 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Cultural centers, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Heating, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rivers, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

14 Congresses
83rd · 195396th · 1979
Republican · House · CA83rd–96th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson

Representative from California
HOUSER1953–198114 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
21.6%with Democrats
of 2,852 votes · 78.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 2,852 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1955→57, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019531979
1979–80 · 96th · Republican · of 381 votes30.7%

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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 · 381 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance26.6% · 368
Congress31% · 203
International Affairs40.7% · 145
Government Operations and Politics28.9% · 128
Energy14.5% · 110
Labor and Employment16.7% · 54
Transportation and Public Works39.1% · 46
Taxation7.1% · 42
Armed Forces and National Security17.1% · 41
Agriculture and Food30.3% · 33
Foreign Trade and International Finance25.8% · 31
Public Lands and Natural Resources29% · 31
Education37.9% · 29
Law22.2% · 27
Health34.6% · 26
Commerce16% · 25
Environmental Protection15% · 20
Housing and Community Development44.4% · 18
Finance and Financial Sector12.5% · 16
Crime and Law Enforcement20% · 15
District of Columbia6.7% · 15
Industrial relations7.7% · 13
Mines and mineral resources23.1% · 13
Social Welfare18.2% · 11
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Public works— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Private Legislation— · 5
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Families— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Black lung— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Municipal finance— · 2
Museums— · 2
Native Americans— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1

Also voted in 73 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Cultural centers, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Heating, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rivers, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

83rd · 195396th · 1979
Republican83rd–96th

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