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Paul Gerhart Hatfield

Senator from Montana
SENATEDEMOCRAT1977–1979ID H000344
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LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 183 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 183 · both combined

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 ↓1977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
71%with Democrats
of 183 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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.R. 13750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 9937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13511), 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, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.J.Res. 1139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 183 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Agriculture and Food67.9% · 28 votes
Economics and Public Finance68% · 25 votes
Taxation52.4% · 21 votes
Animals55% · 20 votes
International Affairs78.6% · 14 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Energy— · 7 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 4 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 4 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 4 votes
Commerce— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Political representation— · 3 votes
Age and employment— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 2 votes

They also voted in 17 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Auditing, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Electronic surveillance, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Labor and Employment, Law, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Public works, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

1 Congresses
95th · 1977
Democrat · Senate · MT95th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Montana
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Paul Gerhart Hatfield

Senator from Montana
SENATED1977–19791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Democrats
of 183 votes · 29% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested71%of 183 · combined

Career arc

10050019771977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 183 votes71%

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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 · 183 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Agriculture and Food67.9% · 28
Economics and Public Finance68% · 25
Taxation52.4% · 21
Animals55% · 20
International Affairs78.6% · 14
Energy— · 7
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Health— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Armed Forces and National Security— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Finance and Financial Sector— · 4
Government Operations and Politics— · 4
Transportation and Public Works— · 4
Commerce— · 3
Education— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Political representation— · 3
Age and employment— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Solar heating and cooling— · 2

Also voted in 17 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Auditing, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Electronic surveillance, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Labor and Employment, Law, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Public works, Water Resources Development.

Service record

95th · 197795th · 1977
Democrat95th–95th

Party switchers

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