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Kaneaster Hodges Jr.

Senator from Arkansas
SENATEDEMOCRAT1977–1979ID H000675
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 214 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 214 · 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
72.4%with Democrats
of 214 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. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.J.Res. 1139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 1139), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican 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
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 · 214 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance64.1% · 39 votes
Agriculture and Food92.6% · 27 votes
Animals95.8% · 24 votes
Taxation75% · 20 votes
International Affairs54.5% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 8 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Energy— · 7 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 6 votes
Age and employment— · 5 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Commerce— · 3 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Congress— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Labor and Employment— · 1 vote

They also voted in 15 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Auditing, Commemorations, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Electronic surveillance, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, 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 · AR95th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
KH

Kaneaster Hodges Jr.

Senator from Arkansas
SENATED1977–19791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
72.4%with Democrats
of 214 votes · 27.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 214 · combined

Career arc

10050019771977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 214 votes72.4%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 214 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance64.1% · 39
Agriculture and Food92.6% · 27
Animals95.8% · 24
Taxation75% · 20
International Affairs54.5% · 11
Political representation— · 9
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 8
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Energy— · 7
Transportation and Public Works— · 6
Age and employment— · 5
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Armed Forces and National Security— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Health— · 4
Commerce— · 3
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Education— · 3
Government Operations and Politics— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Congress— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Labor and Employment— · 1

Also voted in 15 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Auditing, Commemorations, Congressional oversight, Disabled, Electronic surveillance, Environmental Protection, Gambling, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Law, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Public works, Water Resources Development.

Service record

95th · 197795th · 1977
Democrat95th–95th

Party switchers

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