U.S. Representative

Bruce F. Vento

Democratic·MN — District 4· Former member

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78%

Party loyalty

87%

Attendance

-1

Broke with party

Bills → law

Broke ranks.

Every vote where Vento broke from the Democratic majority. Crossover behavior is the clearest signal of independence — how we compute it.

Most recent defection · May 25, 2000

Voted YEA while Democratics voted NAY.

YEAvs Party: NAY

May 24, 2000
To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
Voted YEA while Democratics voted NAY
YEA
May 18, 2000
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
May 17, 2000
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY
May 16, 2000
Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999
Voted YEA while Democratics voted NAY
YEA
May 16, 2000
Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999
Voted YEA while Democratics voted NAY
YEA
May 11, 2000
Conservation and Reinvestment Act
Voted YEA while Democratics voted NAY
YEA
May 10, 2000
Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2000
Voted NAY while Democratics voted YEA
NAY

Last 10 roll-call votes.

Oct 6, 2000NV
Oct 6, 2000Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4475) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.NV
Oct 6, 2000Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001NV
Oct 6, 2000Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3244) to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the United States and countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance to victims of trafficking.NV
Oct 6, 2000Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000NV
Oct 5, 2000Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000NV
Oct 5, 2000Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2941) to establish the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in the State of Arizona.NV
Oct 4, 2000District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001NV
Oct 4, 2000Veterans' Oral History Project ActNV
Oct 3, 2000Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4578) making appropriations for the Department of Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.NV