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Kenneth Robert Buck

Representative from Colorado
HOUSEREPUBLICAN2015–2025ID B001297
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 3,440 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 3,440 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
2021 → 2023
still a Republican

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 ↓20152021
2023–24118th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.5%with Democrats
of 557 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 2021 → 2023, +8 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

1 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
Mar 22, 2024H.R. 1023To repeal section 134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction fundLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 22, 2024H.Res. 1102Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendmentLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 21, 2024H.R. 7023Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting ActLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textCreating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting ActParty majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 21, 2024H.R. 7023Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting ActLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 21, 2024H.R. 7023No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 21, 2024H.R. 1836Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 21, 2024H.Con.Res. 86Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economyLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 21, 2024H.Res. 987Denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 20, 2024H.R. 6009Restoring American Energy Dominance ActLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 557 contested votes scored in the 118th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress1.3% · 925 votes
Economics and Public Finance10.5% · 609 votes
Armed Forces and National Security8.1% · 298 votes
Government Operations and Politics1.8% · 223 votes
Finance and Financial Sector3.6% · 140 votes
Energy1.5% · 130 votes
Environmental Protection0% · 95 votes
Health3.2% · 95 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement5.5% · 91 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 87 votes
International Affairs10% · 80 votes
Transportation and Public Works3.8% · 79 votes
Labor and Employment6.5% · 77 votes
Immigration1.7% · 60 votes
Taxation0% · 56 votes
Law2.1% · 48 votes
Emergency Management9.1% · 44 votes
Education7% · 43 votes
Science, Technology, Communications5.1% · 39 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 21 votes
Water Resources Development0% · 19 votes
Commerce6.3% · 16 votes
Native Americans0% · 13 votes
Agriculture and Food8.3% · 12 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance8.3% · 12 votes
Housing and Community Development0% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Social Welfare— · 9 votes
Animals— · 7 votes
Families— · 7 votes

They also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Sports and Recreation.

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

Service record

5 Congresses
114th · 2015118th · 2023
Republican · House · CO114th–118th
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
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Kenneth Robert Buck

Representative from Colorado
HOUSER2015–20255 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.3%with Democrats
of 3,440 votes · 94.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 3,440 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts2021→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050020152023
2023–24 · 118th · Republican · of 557 votes11.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 557 contested votes scored in the 118th

By policy area

career
Congress1.3% · 925
Economics and Public Finance10.5% · 609
Armed Forces and National Security8.1% · 298
Government Operations and Politics1.8% · 223
Finance and Financial Sector3.6% · 140
Energy1.5% · 130
Environmental Protection0% · 95
Health3.2% · 95
Crime and Law Enforcement5.5% · 91
Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 87
International Affairs10% · 80
Transportation and Public Works3.8% · 79
Labor and Employment6.5% · 77
Immigration1.7% · 60
Taxation0% · 56
Law2.1% · 48
Emergency Management9.1% · 44
Education7% · 43
Science, Technology, Communications5.1% · 39
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 21
Water Resources Development0% · 19
Commerce6.3% · 16
Native Americans0% · 13
Agriculture and Food8.3% · 12
Foreign Trade and International Finance8.3% · 12
Housing and Community Development0% · 12
Social Welfare— · 9
Animals— · 7
Families— · 7

Also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Sports and Recreation.

Service record

114th · 2015118th · 2023
Republican114th–118th

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