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Michael E. Capuano

Former

Democrat · MA-7 · 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
D+0.72
Healthcare
D+0.54
Immigration & Border
D+0.94
Guns
D+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.96
Environment & Energy
D+0.89
Crime & Policing
D+0.28
Defense & Veterans
D+0.28
Economy & Labor
D+0.77
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.47
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.68
Education
D+0.55
Government & Democracy
D+0.85
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+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

Michael E. Capuano'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

Michael E. Capuano (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightCapuano

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Capuano'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
Taxpayer First Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
2018-12-20 · Passed
YEA
RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
YEA
NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
JACK Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing
YEA
Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
2018-12-20 · Passed

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