Joseph Addabbo, former Representative for New York's 6th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Addabbo sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1986. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Addabbo is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Addabbo sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (20%) Economics and Public Finance (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Social Welfare (13%) Commerce (11%) Health (11%) Taxation (9%) Environmental Protection (9%)

Recent Bills

Some of Addabbo’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1961 to Apr 1986, Addabbo missed 1,394 of 9,828 roll call votes, which is 14.2%. This is much worse than the median of 6.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Apr 1986. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	1	1.5%	54^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	3	14.3%	93^rd
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	61^st
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	2	4.0%	42^nd
1964 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	65^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	2	5.9%	86^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	25^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	10	18.9%	79^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	6	6.1%	49^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	6	27.3%	85^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	6	11.8%	52^nd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	11	15.3%	52^nd
1966 Oct-Oct	40	7	17.5%	54^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	52^nd
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	40^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	2	3.4%	64^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	3	3.1%	54^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	2	5.3%	79^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	2	2.5%	48^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	5	5.5%	63^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	2	8.0%	40^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	2	7.1%	40^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	9	20.0%	80^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	10	11.4%	50^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	29^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	12	16.2%	43^rd
1970 Jul-Sep	76	12	15.8%	61^st
1970 Oct-Dec	81	18	22.2%	67^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	7	7.8%	21^st
1971 Jul-Sep	74	18	24.3%	90^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	12	9.0%	44^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	9	14.1%	63^rd
1972 Apr-Jun	114	15	13.2%	59^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	15	14.9%	69^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	2	4.0%	21^st
1973 Jan-Mar	36	7	19.4%	80^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	10	5.2%	33^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	9	6.9%	60^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	21	11.5%	72^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	79	12	15.2%	75^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	21	12.4%	63^rd
1974 Jul-Sep	148	7	4.7%	43^rd
1974 Oct-Dec	141	11	7.8%	40^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	10	14.7%	83^rd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	20	10.1%	70^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	19	12.3%	81^st
1975 Oct-Dec	191	26	13.6%	87^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	9	8.5%	61^st
1976 Apr-Jun	267	40	15.0%	75^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	42	14.9%	81^st
1976 Oct-Oct	7	2	28.6%	80^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	6	6.0%	53^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	273	36	13.2%	80^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	31	15.7%	87^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	4	3.0%	32^nd
1978 Jan-Mar	150	29	19.3%	90^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	34	11.3%	65^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	67	21.8%	89^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	3	3.9%	36^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	32^nd
1979 Apr-Jun	221	55	24.9%	97^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	25	12.6%	79^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	25	13.2%	69^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	60	40.5%	98^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	24	12.2%	70^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	24	12.5%	71^st
1980 Oct-Dec	67	8	11.9%	57^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	46^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	7	7.8%	57^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	12	11.3%	81^st
1981 Oct-Dec	142	18	12.7%	77^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	10	20.8%	82^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	10	8.4%	72^nd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	51	26.4%	96^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	19	19.2%	82^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	46^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	30	16.5%	89^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	20	15.4%	94^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	16	11.2%	77^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	54^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	34	15.2%	88^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	12	12.5%	81^st
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	28^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	50^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	32	20.8%	97^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	30	29.7%	99^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	120	81.1%	100^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	37	60.7%	98^th
1986 Apr-Jun	8	8	100.0%	100^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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