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Jim Bridenstine

Former

Republican · OK-1 · U.S. House

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.81
Healthcare
R+0.72
Immigration & Border
R+0.97
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.98
Environment & Energy
R+0.90
Crime & Policing
R+0.74
Defense & Veterans
R+0.92
Economy & Labor
R+0.89
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.67
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.73
Education
R+0.74
Government & Democracy
R+0.91
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+1.00

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Jim Bridenstine's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Jim Bridenstine (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightBridenstine

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Bridenstine's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
2018-04-12 · Failed · Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4790) to amend the Volcker rule to give the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System sole rulemaking authority, to exclude community banks from the requirements of the Volcker rule, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
2018-04-11 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017
2018-04-11 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017
2018-04-11 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
2018-03-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
2018-03-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
2018-03-19 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site Act
2018-03-19 · Passed
YEA
Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017
2018-03-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4545) to amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1116) to require the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4263) to amend the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to small company capital formation, and for other purposes.
2018-03-14 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
STOP School Violence Act of 2018
2018-03-14 · Passed · Guns, Education, Crime & Policing
YEA
Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
2018-03-13 · Failed

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