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Agriculture and Food

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Agriculture and Food. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Agriculture and Food

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DBarbara Ann Mikulski94.4% · 179 votesDJames Louis Oberstar93.3% · 178 votesDDaniel Kahikina Akaka93.2% · 176 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer93.1% · 203 votesDCharles B. Rangel93.1% · 216 votesDThomas Richard (Tom) Harkin92.7% · 234 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur92.5% · 187 votesDCarl Levin92% · 213 votesDSander Martin Levin91.8% · 183 votesDDaniel Ken Inouye91.7% · 229 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy91.2% · 272 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes91% · 212 votesDDavid Ross Obey89.4% · 179 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.89.3% · 215 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy88.2% · 187 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman88% · 200 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.87.8% · 205 votesDGeorge Miller87.4% · 214 votesDNick Joe Rahall II86.2% · 196 votesDJesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr.86% · 178 votesDMax Sieben Baucus85.7% · 244 votesDChristopher John Dodd84.8% · 184 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd84.6% · 221 votesDJohn Herschel Glenn Jr.83.1% · 177 votesDErnest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings82.1% · 190 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.77.6% · 201 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell73.6% · 174 votesDQuentin Northrup Burdick72.5% · 178 votesDWendell Hampton Ford68.4% · 177 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn53.8% · 186 votesRChristopher Henry Smith49.8% · 203 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby46.5% · 187 votesD→RRalph Moody Hall38.6% · 176 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley37.5% · 256 votesRDonald Edwin Young35.7% · 213 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran29% · 248 votesRFrank Rudolph Wolf28.2% · 177 votesRThomas Evert Petri26.7% · 191 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers25.9% · 189 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young21.3% · 211 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens21.2% · 208 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.18.9% · 201 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole17% · 182 votesRRichard Green Lugar15.2% · 243 votesRPete Vichi Domenici12.9% · 194 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.10.9% · 184 votesROrrin Grant Hatch9.5% · 252 votesRJesse Helms8.9% · 202 votesRAddison Mitchell (Mitch) McConnell8.4% · 179 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond6.2% · 209 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Agriculture and Food votes, of 2,523 who have cast one and 2,010 with enough to score. A further 29 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Agriculture and Food breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationAgriculture and Food
Charles Ernest Grassley+26.0 pts
Christopher Henry Smith+23.0 pts
Richard C. Shelby+22.0 pts
Donald Edwin Young+19.6 pts

Charles Ernest Grassley sided with Democrats 26 points more often on Agriculture and Food than on legislation overall.

Policy areas

Agriculture and Food

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Agriculture and Food. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Agriculture and Food

MemberWith Dems · votes
DBarbara Ann Mikulski94.4% · 179 votesDJames Louis Oberstar93.3% · 178 votesDDaniel Kahikina Akaka93.2% · 176 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer93.1% · 203 votesDCharles B. Rangel93.1% · 216 votesDThomas Richard (Tom) Harkin92.7% · 234 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur92.5% · 187 votesDCarl Levin92% · 213 votesDSander Martin Levin91.8% · 183 votesDDaniel Ken Inouye91.7% · 229 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy91.2% · 272 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes91% · 212 votesDDavid Ross Obey89.4% · 179 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.89.3% · 215 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy88.2% · 187 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman88% · 200 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.87.8% · 205 votesDGeorge Miller87.4% · 214 votesDNick Joe Rahall II86.2% · 196 votesDJesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr.86% · 178 votesDMax Sieben Baucus85.7% · 244 votesDChristopher John Dodd84.8% · 184 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd84.6% · 221 votesDJohn Herschel Glenn Jr.83.1% · 177 votesDErnest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings82.1% · 190 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.77.6% · 201 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell73.6% · 174 votesDQuentin Northrup Burdick72.5% · 178 votesDWendell Hampton Ford68.4% · 177 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn53.8% · 186 votesRChristopher Henry Smith49.8% · 203 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby46.5% · 187 votesD→RRalph Moody Hall38.6% · 176 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley37.5% · 256 votesRDonald Edwin Young35.7% · 213 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran29% · 248 votesRFrank Rudolph Wolf28.2% · 177 votesRThomas Evert Petri26.7% · 191 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers25.9% · 189 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young21.3% · 211 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens21.2% · 208 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.18.9% · 201 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole17% · 182 votesRRichard Green Lugar15.2% · 243 votesRPete Vichi Domenici12.9% · 194 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.10.9% · 184 votesROrrin Grant Hatch9.5% · 252 votesRJesse Helms8.9% · 202 votesRAddison Mitchell (Mitch) McConnell8.4% · 179 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond6.2% · 209 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Agriculture and Food votes, of 2,523 who have cast one and 2,010 with enough to score. A further 29 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Agriculture and Food breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationAgriculture and Food
Charles Ernest Grassley+26.0 pts
Christopher Henry Smith+23.0 pts
Richard C. Shelby+22.0 pts
Donald Edwin Young+19.6 pts

Charles Ernest Grassley sided with Democrats 26 points more often on Agriculture and Food than on legislation overall.

How areas work

1Each bill's area comes from the Library of Congress subject terms.
2Only contested votes count, as everywhere else.
3A member with too few votes in an area is listed with the count, not hidden — "too few to score" and "no contested votes" are different claims.
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