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Animals

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

Members on Animals

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DAdlai Ewing III Stevenson100% · 31 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell100% · 31 votesDFrank Forrester Church100% · 31 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy100% · 31 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes100% · 31 votesDWarren Grant Magnuson100% · 31 votesDWilliam Proxmire100% · 31 votesDAbraham Alexander Ribicoff100% · 30 votesDAlan Cranston100% · 30 votesDJohn Chester Culver100% · 30 votesDRichard Clarence (Dick) Clark100% · 30 votesDThomas Francis Eagleton100% · 30 votesRJohn Claggett Danforth96.8% · 31 votesRMark Odom Hatfield96.8% · 31 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd96.8% · 31 votesR→DDonald Wayne Riegle Jr.96.7% · 30 votesDGaylord Anton Nelson96.7% · 30 votesDHoward Morton Metzenbaum96.7% · 30 votesRJohn Hubbard Chafee96.7% · 30 votesRRobert Theodore Stafford96.7% · 30 votesDHenry Martin (Scoop) Jackson93.5% · 31 votesRHenry John Heinz III83.9% · 31 votesDRichard Bernard Stone77.4% · 31 votesDRobert Burren Morgan67.7% · 31 votesDJennings Randolph48.4% · 31 votesDHerman Eugene Talmadge43.3% · 30 votesDEdward Zorinsky41.9% · 31 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn35.5% · 31 votesDHoward Walter Cannon33.3% · 30 votesDDennis Webster DeConcini25.8% · 31 votesDJohn Melcher23.3% · 30 votesRMalcolm Wallop19.4% · 31 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.16.1% · 31 votesRPete Vichi Domenici13.3% · 30 votesRHarrison Hagan Schmitt10% · 30 votesDJames Browning Allen6.7% · 30 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole6.5% · 31 votesRWilliam Lloyd Scott3.3% · 30 votesD→IHarry Flood Byrd Jr.3.2% · 31 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond3.2% · 31 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens3.2% · 31 votesRJames Albertus McClure0% · 31 votesRJesse Helms0% · 31 votesROrrin Grant Hatch0% · 31 votesRPaul Dominique Laxalt0% · 31 votesRRichard Green Lugar0% · 31 votesRCarl Thomas Curtis0% · 30 votesREdwin Jacob (Jake) Garn0% · 30 votesDJames Oliver Eastland0% · 30 votesRJohn Goodwin Tower0% · 30 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Animals votes, of 1,824 who have cast one and 665 with enough to score. A further 476 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 Animals breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationAnimals
John Claggett Danforth+69.3 pts
John Hubbard Chafee+54.3 pts
John Melcher−53.8 pts
Mark Odom Hatfield+47.3 pts

John Claggett Danforth sided with Democrats 70 points more often on Animals than on legislation overall. John Melcher went the other way by 54.

Policy areas

Animals

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

Members on Animals

MemberWith Dems · votes
DAdlai Ewing III Stevenson100% · 31 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell100% · 31 votesDFrank Forrester Church100% · 31 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy100% · 31 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes100% · 31 votesDWarren Grant Magnuson100% · 31 votesDWilliam Proxmire100% · 31 votesDAbraham Alexander Ribicoff100% · 30 votesDAlan Cranston100% · 30 votesDJohn Chester Culver100% · 30 votesDRichard Clarence (Dick) Clark100% · 30 votesDThomas Francis Eagleton100% · 30 votesRJohn Claggett Danforth96.8% · 31 votesRMark Odom Hatfield96.8% · 31 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd96.8% · 31 votesR→DDonald Wayne Riegle Jr.96.7% · 30 votesDGaylord Anton Nelson96.7% · 30 votesDHoward Morton Metzenbaum96.7% · 30 votesRJohn Hubbard Chafee96.7% · 30 votesRRobert Theodore Stafford96.7% · 30 votesDHenry Martin (Scoop) Jackson93.5% · 31 votesRHenry John Heinz III83.9% · 31 votesDRichard Bernard Stone77.4% · 31 votesDRobert Burren Morgan67.7% · 31 votesDJennings Randolph48.4% · 31 votesDHerman Eugene Talmadge43.3% · 30 votesDEdward Zorinsky41.9% · 31 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn35.5% · 31 votesDHoward Walter Cannon33.3% · 30 votesDDennis Webster DeConcini25.8% · 31 votesDJohn Melcher23.3% · 30 votesRMalcolm Wallop19.4% · 31 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.16.1% · 31 votesRPete Vichi Domenici13.3% · 30 votesRHarrison Hagan Schmitt10% · 30 votesDJames Browning Allen6.7% · 30 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole6.5% · 31 votesRWilliam Lloyd Scott3.3% · 30 votesD→IHarry Flood Byrd Jr.3.2% · 31 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond3.2% · 31 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens3.2% · 31 votesRJames Albertus McClure0% · 31 votesRJesse Helms0% · 31 votesROrrin Grant Hatch0% · 31 votesRPaul Dominique Laxalt0% · 31 votesRRichard Green Lugar0% · 31 votesRCarl Thomas Curtis0% · 30 votesREdwin Jacob (Jake) Garn0% · 30 votesDJames Oliver Eastland0% · 30 votesRJohn Goodwin Tower0% · 30 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Animals votes, of 1,824 who have cast one and 665 with enough to score. A further 476 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 Animals breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationAnimals
John Claggett Danforth+69.3 pts
John Hubbard Chafee+54.3 pts
John Melcher−53.8 pts
Mark Odom Hatfield+47.3 pts

John Claggett Danforth sided with Democrats 70 points more often on Animals than on legislation overall. John Melcher went the other way by 54.

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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