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Henry John Heinz III

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATEREPUBLICAN1971–1993ID H000456
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LegislationHEADLINE
50%with Dems
of 3,472 votes
Nominations
0%with Dems
of 3 · confirmations only
All contested
50%with Dems
of 3,475 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1977 → 1979
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 ↓1971197719831989
1991–92102nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
37.5%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1977 → 1979, −15 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 21, 1991noneBob Martinez, of Florida, to be Director of National Drug Control PolicyNOMINATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 20, 1991H.R. 1281A bill making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, food stamps, unemployment compensation administration, veterans compensation and pensions, and urgent needs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 20, 1991H.R. 1281To eliminate or reduce certain appropriations.LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textTo eliminate or reduce certain appropriations.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 20, 1991H.R. 1281To restore previous law.LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1991H.R. 1281A bill making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, food stamps, unemployment compensation administration, veterans compensation and pensions, and urgent needs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes.LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1991H.R. 1281To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of certain funds for Jordan.LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1991H.R. 1281To stike the general provision which prohibits the increased use of helpers on Federal construction projects and barring implementation of revised apprenticeship regulations.LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1991H.R. 1281To provide funds for the Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere programs, and for the Shelter Plus Care: Homeless Rental Housing Assistance program.LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1991H.R. 1281To provide urgently needed funds for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to administer the HOME Investment Partnerships program and the Housing and Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE) programs.LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 102nd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance48.7% · 784 votes
Armed Forces and National Security45.9% · 294 votes
Government Operations and Politics45.2% · 219 votes
International Affairs49.3% · 209 votes
Energy48.8% · 203 votes
Agriculture and Food47.3% · 167 votes
Taxation28% · 125 votes
Congress22.8% · 123 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance54.7% · 117 votes
Labor and Employment65.2% · 115 votes
Transportation and Public Works52.8% · 106 votes
Education67.2% · 58 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources60.3% · 58 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues56.6% · 53 votes
Environmental Protection50.9% · 53 votes
Immigration37.3% · 51 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement27.9% · 43 votes
Social Welfare46.5% · 43 votes
Finance and Financial Sector48.7% · 39 votes
Housing and Community Development60.6% · 33 votes
Animals83.9% · 31 votes
Commerce45.2% · 31 votes
Health70% · 30 votes
Law86.2% · 29 votes
Sports and Recreation22.7% · 22 votes
Income tax45% · 20 votes
Science, Technology, Communications50% · 16 votes
District of Columbia80% · 15 votes
Families36.4% · 11 votes
Mines and mineral resources81.8% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Political representation— · 8 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Age and employment— · 6 votes
Amnesties— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Industrial relations— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Embargo— · 5 votes
Native Americans— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Water Resources Development— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Political participation— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 56 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Investment guaranty insurance, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal finance, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

11 Congresses
92nd · 197195th · 1977102nd · 1991
Republican · House · PA92nd–94th
Republican · Senate · PA95th–102nd
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Henry John Heinz III

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATER1971–199311 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
49.6%with Democrats
of 3,472 votes · 50.4% with Republicans
Nominations0%of 3 votes
All contested50%of 3,475 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1977→79, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711991
1991–92 · 102nd · Republican · of 16 votes37.5%

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Votes

Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 102nd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance48.7% · 784
Armed Forces and National Security45.9% · 294
Government Operations and Politics45.2% · 219
International Affairs49.3% · 209
Energy48.8% · 203
Agriculture and Food47.3% · 167
Taxation28% · 125
Congress22.8% · 123
Foreign Trade and International Finance54.7% · 117
Labor and Employment65.2% · 115
Transportation and Public Works52.8% · 106
Education67.2% · 58
Public Lands and Natural Resources60.3% · 58
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues56.6% · 53
Environmental Protection50.9% · 53
Immigration37.3% · 51
Crime and Law Enforcement27.9% · 43
Social Welfare46.5% · 43
Finance and Financial Sector48.7% · 39
Housing and Community Development60.6% · 33
Animals83.9% · 31
Commerce45.2% · 31
Health70% · 30
Law86.2% · 29
Sports and Recreation22.7% · 22
Income tax45% · 20
Science, Technology, Communications50% · 16
District of Columbia80% · 15
Families36.4% · 11
Mines and mineral resources81.8% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Political representation— · 8
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Age and employment— · 6
Amnesties— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Industrial relations— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Black lung— · 5
Embargo— · 5
Native Americans— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Public works— · 4
Water Resources Development— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Political participation— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Credit— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Conferences— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 56 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Investment guaranty insurance, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal finance, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 1971102nd · 1991
Republican92nd–94th
Republican95th–102nd

Party switchers

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