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Carl Thomas Curtis

Senator from Nebraska
SENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1979ID C001006
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 3,988 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 3,988 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓1939194519511957196319691975
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.3%with Democrats
of 460 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −16 pts — within one party label.
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 14, 1978H.J.Res. 1139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5263), 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 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 2493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 460 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance2.6% · 153 votes
Government Operations and Politics0.7% · 142 votes
Energy4% · 124 votes
Taxation4.9% · 81 votes
Armed Forces and National Security2.7% · 74 votes
Congress3.3% · 60 votes
Law3.4% · 58 votes
International Affairs3.6% · 55 votes
Agriculture and Food2% · 50 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance10.3% · 39 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources2.7% · 37 votes
Animals0% · 30 votes
Labor and Employment3.4% · 29 votes
Commerce0% · 27 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 26 votes
Social Welfare8.7% · 23 votes
Depletion allowances18.2% · 22 votes
Environmental Protection0% · 22 votes
Education0% · 21 votes
Income tax10% · 20 votes
Health0% · 18 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 15 votes
Power resources0% · 15 votes
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 12 votes
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 11 votes
Political participation0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Political representation— · 9 votes
Automobile insurance— · 8 votes
Economic stabilization— · 8 votes
Public works— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 7 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 6 votes
Age and employment— · 5 votes
Amnesties— · 5 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Embargo— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 4 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes
Motor vehicles— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
Day care— · 2 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government corporations— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Government publications— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Petroleum industry— · 1 vote
Ships and shipping— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 43 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Federal advisory bodies, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

20 Congresses
76th · 193984th · 195595th · 1977
Republican · House · NE76th–83rd
Republican · Senate · NE84th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Nebraska
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Carl Thomas Curtis

Senator from Nebraska
SENATER1939–197920 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Democrats
of 3,988 votes · 93% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 3,988 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 460 votes4.3%

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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 · 460 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance2.6% · 153
Government Operations and Politics0.7% · 142
Energy4% · 124
Taxation4.9% · 81
Armed Forces and National Security2.7% · 74
Congress3.3% · 60
Law3.4% · 58
International Affairs3.6% · 55
Agriculture and Food2% · 50
Foreign Trade and International Finance10.3% · 39
Public Lands and Natural Resources2.7% · 37
Animals0% · 30
Labor and Employment3.4% · 29
Commerce0% · 27
Transportation and Public Works0% · 26
Social Welfare8.7% · 23
Depletion allowances18.2% · 22
Environmental Protection0% · 22
Education0% · 21
Income tax10% · 20
Health0% · 18
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 15
Power resources0% · 15
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 12
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 11
Political participation0% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Political representation— · 9
Automobile insurance— · 8
Economic stabilization— · 8
Public works— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Solar heating and cooling— · 7
Intergovernmental relations— · 6
Age and employment— · 5
Amnesties— · 5
Black lung— · 5
Embargo— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Credit— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Territories (U.S.)— · 4
Heating— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Mines and mineral resources— · 3
Motor vehicles— · 3
Range management— · 3
Day care— · 2
District of Columbia— · 2
Government corporations— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Commemorations— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Government publications— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Petroleum industry— · 1
Ships and shipping— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 43 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Federal advisory bodies, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

76th · 193995th · 1977
Republican76th–83rd
Republican84th–95th

Party switchers

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