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David Gilmer Towell

Representative from Nevada
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1973–1975ID T000321
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 346 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 346 · 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 ↓1973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.4%with Democrats
of 346 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 346 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance25% · 68 votes
Congress24.4% · 45 votes
Energy9.1% · 33 votes
International Affairs11.8% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works11.8% · 17 votes
District of Columbia30.8% · 13 votes
Government Operations and Politics15.4% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 12 votes
Labor and Employment20% · 10 votes
Law50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Health— · 7 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 7 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 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, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, 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

1 Congresses
93rd · 1973
Republican · House · NV93rd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Nevada
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David Gilmer Towell

Representative from Nevada
HOUSER1973–19751 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
21.4%with Democrats
of 346 votes · 78.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 346 · combined

Career arc

10050019731973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 346 votes21.4%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 346 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance25% · 68
Congress24.4% · 45
Energy9.1% · 33
International Affairs11.8% · 17
Transportation and Public Works11.8% · 17
District of Columbia30.8% · 13
Government Operations and Politics15.4% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 12
Labor and Employment20% · 10
Law50% · 10
Health— · 7
Mines and mineral resources— · 7
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Education— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 2
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 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, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

93rd · 197393rd · 1973
Republican93rd–93rd

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