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Armed Forces and National Security

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

Members on Armed Forces and National Security

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DNydia M. Velázquez98.5% · 858 votesDDiana Degette98.3% · 769 votesDJames P. McGovern97.4% · 770 votesDLucille Roybal-Allard96.7% · 761 votesDJohn R. Lewis96.6% · 805 votesDEdward John Markey96.6% · 825 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler96.6% · 842 votesDAnna Georges Eshoo95.9% · 834 votesDGeorge Miller95.9% · 824 votesDCharles B. Rangel95.7% · 894 votesDNancy Pelosi95.7% · 820 votesDRichard Edmund Neal95.7% · 929 votesDZoe Lofgren95.7% · 809 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II95.4% · 830 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.95.1% · 905 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman95% · 814 votesDMaxine Waters94.7% · 898 votesDRosa L. DeLauro94.3% · 911 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.93.1% · 950 votesDNita M. Lowey91.9% · 765 votesDSander Martin Levin91.3% · 934 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio91% · 931 votesDDavid Eugene Price90.4% · 883 votesDBrad Sherman89.7% · 775 votesDBennie Thompson89.5% · 866 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.89.3% · 831 votesDDale Edward Kildee88.8% · 766 votesDRobert C. Scott88.3% · 878 votesDAdam Smith88.2% · 771 votesDJames Enos Clyburn87.9% · 863 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur86.9% · 1,153 votesDPeter Visclosky85.2% · 939 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer83.8% · 1,211 votesDNick Joe Rahall II82.3% · 841 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.74.9% · 863 votesDJames Hayes Shofner Cooper71.5% · 936 votesRThomas Evert Petri33.4% · 839 votesRChristopher Henry Smith26.3% · 1,198 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton22.4% · 947 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.21.8% · 1,015 votesD→RRalph Moody Hall18.9% · 827 votesRDonald Edwin Young12.6% · 1,013 votesRFrank Rudolph Wolf10.2% · 826 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young10% · 816 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers5.8% · 1,200 votesRJoe Linus Barton5.6% · 874 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith5.6% · 804 votesRKen Calvert5.4% · 876 votesRFrank D. Lucas5% · 847 votesRRobert Aderholt4.4% · 774 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Armed Forces and National Security votes, of 2,585 who have cast one and 2,525 with enough to score. A further 6 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 Armed Forces and National Security breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationArmed Forces and National Security
Thomas Evert Petri+17.9 pts
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr.+14.4 pts
James Hayes Shofner Cooper−11.7 pts
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr.−11.4 pts

Thomas Evert Petri sided with Democrats 18 points more often on Armed Forces and National Security than on legislation overall. James Hayes Shofner Cooper went the other way by 12.

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Armed Forces and National Security

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

Members on Armed Forces and National Security

MemberWith Dems · votes
DNydia M. Velázquez98.5% · 858 votesDDiana Degette98.3% · 769 votesDJames P. McGovern97.4% · 770 votesDLucille Roybal-Allard96.7% · 761 votesDJohn R. Lewis96.6% · 805 votesDEdward John Markey96.6% · 825 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler96.6% · 842 votesDAnna Georges Eshoo95.9% · 834 votesDGeorge Miller95.9% · 824 votesDCharles B. Rangel95.7% · 894 votesDNancy Pelosi95.7% · 820 votesDRichard Edmund Neal95.7% · 929 votesDZoe Lofgren95.7% · 809 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II95.4% · 830 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.95.1% · 905 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman95% · 814 votesDMaxine Waters94.7% · 898 votesDRosa L. DeLauro94.3% · 911 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.93.1% · 950 votesDNita M. Lowey91.9% · 765 votesDSander Martin Levin91.3% · 934 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio91% · 931 votesDDavid Eugene Price90.4% · 883 votesDBrad Sherman89.7% · 775 votesDBennie Thompson89.5% · 866 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.89.3% · 831 votesDDale Edward Kildee88.8% · 766 votesDRobert C. Scott88.3% · 878 votesDAdam Smith88.2% · 771 votesDJames Enos Clyburn87.9% · 863 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur86.9% · 1,153 votesDPeter Visclosky85.2% · 939 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer83.8% · 1,211 votesDNick Joe Rahall II82.3% · 841 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.74.9% · 863 votesDJames Hayes Shofner Cooper71.5% · 936 votesRThomas Evert Petri33.4% · 839 votesRChristopher Henry Smith26.3% · 1,198 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton22.4% · 947 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.21.8% · 1,015 votesD→RRalph Moody Hall18.9% · 827 votesRDonald Edwin Young12.6% · 1,013 votesRFrank Rudolph Wolf10.2% · 826 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young10% · 816 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers5.8% · 1,200 votesRJoe Linus Barton5.6% · 874 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith5.6% · 804 votesRKen Calvert5.4% · 876 votesRFrank D. Lucas5% · 847 votesRRobert Aderholt4.4% · 774 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Armed Forces and National Security votes, of 2,585 who have cast one and 2,525 with enough to score. A further 6 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 Armed Forces and National Security breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationArmed Forces and National Security
Thomas Evert Petri+17.9 pts
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr.+14.4 pts
James Hayes Shofner Cooper−11.7 pts
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr.−11.4 pts

Thomas Evert Petri sided with Democrats 18 points more often on Armed Forces and National Security than on legislation overall. James Hayes Shofner Cooper went the other way by 12.

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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