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Science, Technology, Communications

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

Members on Science, Technology, Communications

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DGeorge Miller98.8% · 171 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman98.8% · 167 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.98.1% · 161 votesDHoward Lawrence Berman98% · 152 votesDEdward John Markey98% · 201 votesDMaxine Waters97.8% · 136 votesDCharles B. Rangel97.1% · 170 votesDRosa L. DeLauro96.6% · 147 votesDSander Martin Levin96.5% · 173 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer95.6% · 206 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.95.3% · 170 votesDDavid Eugene Price95% · 139 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.94.9% · 158 votesDDale Edward Kildee94.8% · 172 votesDBarney Frank94.5% · 163 votesDRichard Edmund Neal94% · 150 votesDEdolphus Towns93.6% · 141 votesDJames Louis Oberstar93.3% · 164 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks93% · 158 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.92.8% · 153 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer92.8% · 180 votesDRichard Joseph Durbin92.1% · 178 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur91.9% · 186 votesDPeter Visclosky90.9% · 154 votesDRonald Lee Wyden90.3% · 185 votesDJames Hayes Shofner Cooper90% · 160 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio89.8% · 157 votesDDavid Ross Obey87.3% · 165 votesDFrederick C. Boucher87.1% · 140 votesDNick Joe Rahall II86.1% · 166 votesDJohn McKee Spratt Jr.84.4% · 141 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.79.6% · 137 votesDIsaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV73.2% · 149 votesD→RRalph Moody Hall50.3% · 165 votesROlympia Jean Snowe46.3% · 136 votesRChristopher Henry Smith30.9% · 207 votesRFrank Rudolph Wolf20% · 170 votesRRalph Straus Regula17% · 147 votesRDonald Edwin Young16.5% · 200 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young14.1% · 163 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton13.9% · 158 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis11.9% · 159 votesRThomas Evert Petri10.5% · 171 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers9% · 199 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.6.8% · 192 votesRDavid Timothy Dreier6.7% · 163 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith5.9% · 136 votesRJoe Linus Barton4.9% · 142 votesRCharles Patrick (Pat) Roberts4.8% · 146 votesRDanny Lee Burton2.7% · 150 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Science, Technology, Communications votes, of 2,431 who have cast one and 1,874 with enough to score. A further 137 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 Science, Technology, Communications breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationScience, Technology, Communications
Ralph Moody Hall+25.5 pts
James Hayes Shofner Cooper+6.8 pts
Olympia Jean Snowe+6.0 pts
David Ross Obey−6.0 pts

Ralph Moody Hall sided with Democrats 25 points more often on Science, Technology, Communications than on legislation overall. David Ross Obey went the other way by 6.

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Science, Technology, Communications

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

Members on Science, Technology, Communications

MemberWith Dems · votes
DGeorge Miller98.8% · 171 votesDHenry Arnold Waxman98.8% · 167 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.98.1% · 161 votesDHoward Lawrence Berman98% · 152 votesDEdward John Markey98% · 201 votesDMaxine Waters97.8% · 136 votesDCharles B. Rangel97.1% · 170 votesDRosa L. DeLauro96.6% · 147 votesDSander Martin Levin96.5% · 173 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer95.6% · 206 votesDJohn David Dingell Jr.95.3% · 170 votesDDavid Eugene Price95% · 139 votesDFortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr.94.9% · 158 votesDDale Edward Kildee94.8% · 172 votesDBarney Frank94.5% · 163 votesDRichard Edmund Neal94% · 150 votesDEdolphus Towns93.6% · 141 votesDJames Louis Oberstar93.3% · 164 votesDNorman DeValois Dicks93% · 158 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.92.8% · 153 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer92.8% · 180 votesDRichard Joseph Durbin92.1% · 178 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur91.9% · 186 votesDPeter Visclosky90.9% · 154 votesDRonald Lee Wyden90.3% · 185 votesDJames Hayes Shofner Cooper90% · 160 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio89.8% · 157 votesDDavid Ross Obey87.3% · 165 votesDFrederick C. Boucher87.1% · 140 votesDNick Joe Rahall II86.1% · 166 votesDJohn McKee Spratt Jr.84.4% · 141 votesDJohn Patrick Murtha Jr.79.6% · 137 votesDIsaac Newton (Ike) Skelton IV73.2% · 149 votesD→RRalph Moody Hall50.3% · 165 votesROlympia Jean Snowe46.3% · 136 votesRChristopher Henry Smith30.9% · 207 votesRFrank Rudolph Wolf20% · 170 votesRRalph Straus Regula17% · 147 votesRDonald Edwin Young16.5% · 200 votesRCharles William (Bill) Young14.1% · 163 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton13.9% · 158 votesRCharles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis11.9% · 159 votesRThomas Evert Petri10.5% · 171 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers9% · 199 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.6.8% · 192 votesRDavid Timothy Dreier6.7% · 163 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith5.9% · 136 votesRJoe Linus Barton4.9% · 142 votesRCharles Patrick (Pat) Roberts4.8% · 146 votesRDanny Lee Burton2.7% · 150 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Science, Technology, Communications votes, of 2,431 who have cast one and 1,874 with enough to score. A further 137 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 Science, Technology, Communications breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationScience, Technology, Communications
Ralph Moody Hall+25.5 pts
James Hayes Shofner Cooper+6.8 pts
Olympia Jean Snowe+6.0 pts
David Ross Obey−6.0 pts

Ralph Moody Hall sided with Democrats 25 points more often on Science, Technology, Communications than on legislation overall. David Ross Obey went the other way by 6.

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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