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Bella Savitzky Abzug

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1971–1977ID A000018
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 1,084 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 1,084 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1973 → 1975
still a Democrat

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 ↓1971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.2%with Democrats
of 498 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +5 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 498 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance85.7% · 154 votes
Congress91.5% · 94 votes
Energy91.9% · 86 votes
Government Operations and Politics98.4% · 63 votes
International Affairs100% · 36 votes
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 27 votes
Agriculture and Food73.1% · 26 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 26 votes
Armed Forces and National Security92% · 25 votes
Taxation100% · 22 votes
Law94.4% · 18 votes
Commerce100% · 15 votes
District of Columbia93.3% · 15 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 12 votes
Education100% · 12 votes
Health100% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources75% · 12 votes
Environmental Protection100% · 10 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Depletion allowances— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 41 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

3 Congresses
92nd · 197194th · 1975
Democrat · House · NY92nd–94th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
BA

Bella Savitzky Abzug

Representative from New York
HOUSED1971–19773 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.1%with Democrats
of 1,084 votes · 7.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 1,084 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1973→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019711975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 498 votes94.2%

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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 · 498 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance85.7% · 154
Congress91.5% · 94
Energy91.9% · 86
Government Operations and Politics98.4% · 63
International Affairs100% · 36
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 27
Agriculture and Food73.1% · 26
Labor and Employment100% · 26
Armed Forces and National Security92% · 25
Taxation100% · 22
Law94.4% · 18
Commerce100% · 15
District of Columbia93.3% · 15
Crime and Law Enforcement100% · 12
Education100% · 12
Health100% · 12
Mines and mineral resources75% · 12
Environmental Protection100% · 10
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Depletion allowances— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 41 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197194th · 1975
Democrat92nd–94th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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