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Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.

Senator from Connecticut
SENATEREPUBLICAN1969–1989ID W000253
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LegislationHEADLINE
56%with Dems
of 3,440 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
56%with Dems
of 3,440 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1985 → 1987
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 ↓1969197519811987
1987–88100th Congress
Sat as a Republican
74.8%with Democrats
of 309 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1985 → 1987, +23 pts — within one party label.
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 18, 1988S. 2751No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5210), 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, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 309 contested votes scored in the 100th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance57% · 675 votes
Armed Forces and National Security58.4% · 291 votes
Government Operations and Politics49.8% · 259 votes
Energy40.4% · 161 votes
International Affairs62% · 158 votes
Taxation49% · 143 votes
Agriculture and Food54.9% · 133 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance59.8% · 102 votes
Transportation and Public Works60.4% · 96 votes
Labor and Employment84.4% · 77 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources60.3% · 73 votes
Congress34.3% · 70 votes
Education84.7% · 59 votes
Law79.2% · 53 votes
Immigration55.3% · 47 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues76.7% · 43 votes
Commerce69% · 42 votes
Social Welfare50% · 36 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement79.4% · 34 votes
Finance and Financial Sector69.7% · 33 votes
Environmental Protection48.3% · 29 votes
Housing and Community Development72.4% · 29 votes
Animals100% · 28 votes
Depletion allowances54.5% · 22 votes
Health81% · 21 votes
Sports and Recreation50% · 20 votes
Income tax62.5% · 16 votes
Independent regulatory commissions31.3% · 16 votes
Science, Technology, Communications73.3% · 15 votes
Power resources53.8% · 13 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations72.7% · 11 votes
Political participation50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Automobile insurance— · 8 votes
Public works— · 8 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Economic stabilization— · 7 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 6 votes
Amnesties— · 5 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Embargo— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Petroleum industry— · 5 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Industrial relations— · 4 votes
Native Americans— · 4 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 4 votes
Age and employment— · 3 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Motor vehicles— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government corporations— · 2 votes
Government publications— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Families— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Ships and shipping— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

10 Congresses
91st · 196992nd · 1971100th · 1987
Republican · House · CT91st–91st
Republican · Senate · CT92nd–100th
Term datesexact
Members · Connecticut
LW

Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.

Senator from Connecticut
SENATER1969–198910 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
55.8%with Democrats
of 3,440 votes · 44.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested56%of 3,440 · combined
Steepest move+23 pts1985→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019691987
1987–88 · 100th · Republican · of 309 votes74.8%

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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 · 309 contested votes scored in the 100th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance57% · 675
Armed Forces and National Security58.4% · 291
Government Operations and Politics49.8% · 259
Energy40.4% · 161
International Affairs62% · 158
Taxation49% · 143
Agriculture and Food54.9% · 133
Foreign Trade and International Finance59.8% · 102
Transportation and Public Works60.4% · 96
Labor and Employment84.4% · 77
Public Lands and Natural Resources60.3% · 73
Congress34.3% · 70
Education84.7% · 59
Law79.2% · 53
Immigration55.3% · 47
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues76.7% · 43
Commerce69% · 42
Social Welfare50% · 36
Crime and Law Enforcement79.4% · 34
Finance and Financial Sector69.7% · 33
Environmental Protection48.3% · 29
Housing and Community Development72.4% · 29
Animals100% · 28
Depletion allowances54.5% · 22
Health81% · 21
Sports and Recreation50% · 20
Income tax62.5% · 16
Independent regulatory commissions31.3% · 16
Science, Technology, Communications73.3% · 15
Power resources53.8% · 13
Congressional-Presidential relations72.7% · 11
Political participation50% · 10
Political representation— · 9
Automobile insurance— · 8
Public works— · 8
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Economic stabilization— · 7
Intergovernmental relations— · 6
Amnesties— · 5
Black lung— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 5
Day care— · 5
Embargo— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Petroleum industry— · 5
Credit— · 4
Industrial relations— · 4
Native Americans— · 4
Territories (U.S.)— · 4
Age and employment— · 3
Heating— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Motor vehicles— · 3
Range management— · 3
District of Columbia— · 2
Government corporations— · 2
Government publications— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Mines and mineral resources— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Commemorations— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Families— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Ships and shipping— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

91st · 1969100th · 1987
Republican91st–91st
Republican92nd–100th

Party switchers

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