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Milton Ruben Young

Senator from North Dakota
SENATEREPUBLICAN1945–1981ID Y000047
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LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 4,255 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 4,255 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓194519511957196319691975
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Republican
29.5%with Democrats
of 413 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −22 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
Dec 12, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 10, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 413 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance31.8% · 261 votes
Government Operations and Politics21.9% · 169 votes
Energy16.7% · 132 votes
International Affairs16.7% · 102 votes
Taxation7.1% · 99 votes
Armed Forces and National Security30.2% · 96 votes
Law7.2% · 69 votes
Congress25.8% · 62 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources20% · 60 votes
Agriculture and Food25.4% · 59 votes
Education25% · 48 votes
Transportation and Public Works33.3% · 36 votes
Labor and Employment29% · 31 votes
Commerce16.7% · 30 votes
Environmental Protection25% · 28 votes
Animals0% · 27 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance16% · 25 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues20.8% · 24 votes
Social Welfare19% · 21 votes
Depletion allowances15% · 20 votes
Income tax38.9% · 18 votes
Power resources17.6% · 17 votes
Housing and Community Development6.3% · 16 votes
Health0% · 15 votes
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 15 votes
Finance and Financial Sector15.4% · 13 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Economic stabilization— · 8 votes
Political participation— · 8 votes
Political representation— · 8 votes
Public works— · 8 votes
Amnesties— · 7 votes
Automobile insurance— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 7 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 6 votes
Age and employment— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Embargo— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Black lung— · 4 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Industrial relations— · 4 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 4 votes
Families— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes
Motor vehicles— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government corporations— · 2 votes
Government publications— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Government securities— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 43 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, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Ships and shipping, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

18 Congresses
79th · 194596th · 1979
Republican · Senate · ND79th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
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Milton Ruben Young

Senator from North Dakota
SENATER1945–198118 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
25.2%with Democrats
of 4,255 votes · 74.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested25%of 4,255 · combined
Steepest move−22 pts1963→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019451979
1979–80 · 96th · Republican · of 413 votes29.5%

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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 · 413 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance31.8% · 261
Government Operations and Politics21.9% · 169
Energy16.7% · 132
International Affairs16.7% · 102
Taxation7.1% · 99
Armed Forces and National Security30.2% · 96
Law7.2% · 69
Congress25.8% · 62
Public Lands and Natural Resources20% · 60
Agriculture and Food25.4% · 59
Education25% · 48
Transportation and Public Works33.3% · 36
Labor and Employment29% · 31
Commerce16.7% · 30
Environmental Protection25% · 28
Animals0% · 27
Foreign Trade and International Finance16% · 25
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues20.8% · 24
Social Welfare19% · 21
Depletion allowances15% · 20
Income tax38.9% · 18
Power resources17.6% · 17
Housing and Community Development6.3% · 16
Health0% · 15
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 15
Finance and Financial Sector15.4% · 13
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Economic stabilization— · 8
Political participation— · 8
Political representation— · 8
Public works— · 8
Amnesties— · 7
Automobile insurance— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Solar heating and cooling— · 7
Intergovernmental relations— · 6
Age and employment— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 5
Day care— · 5
Embargo— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Black lung— · 4
Credit— · 4
Industrial relations— · 4
Territories (U.S.)— · 4
Families— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Mines and mineral resources— · 3
Motor vehicles— · 3
Range management— · 3
District of Columbia— · 2
Government corporations— · 2
Government publications— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Commemorations— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Government securities— · 1
Heating— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 43 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, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Ships and shipping, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

79th · 194596th · 1979
Republican79th–96th

Party switchers

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