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Bertram L. Podell

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1967–1975ID P000399
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 651 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 651 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1967 → 1969
still a Democrat

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 ↓19671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.2%with Democrats
of 296 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −4 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Aug 20, 1974H.R. 12859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 20, 1974H.R. 12859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1974H.R. 12859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12859), 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
Aug 20, 1974H.R. 12859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1974H.R. 15581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 19, 1974H.R. 16027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 19, 1974H.R. 14897No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 19, 1974H.R. 16102No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 19, 1974H.R. 16425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 296 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance91.8% · 49 votes
Congress86.1% · 36 votes
Energy96.6% · 29 votes
Labor and Employment90% · 20 votes
District of Columbia92.3% · 13 votes
Transportation and Public Works91.7% · 12 votes
Armed Forces and National Security90.9% · 11 votes
International Affairs100% · 11 votes
Law100% · 11 votes
Government Operations and Politics100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

4 Congresses
90th · 196793rd · 1973
Democrat · House · NY90th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Bertram L. Podell

Representative from New York
HOUSED1967–19754 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.6%with Democrats
of 651 votes · 7.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 651 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019671973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 296 votes92.2%

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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 296 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance91.8% · 49
Congress86.1% · 36
Energy96.6% · 29
Labor and Employment90% · 20
District of Columbia92.3% · 13
Transportation and Public Works91.7% · 12
Armed Forces and National Security90.9% · 11
International Affairs100% · 11
Law100% · 11
Government Operations and Politics100% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Health— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Education— · 3
Housing and Community Development— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Real property— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196793rd · 1973
Democrat90th–93rd

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