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Chris Collins

Former

Republican · NY-27 · 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+0.78
Healthcare
R+0.59
Immigration & Border
R+0.92
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.98
Environment & Energy
R+0.83
Crime & Policing
R+0.93
Defense & Veterans
R+0.81
Economy & Labor
R+0.89
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.51
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.17
Education
R+0.64
Government & Democracy
R+0.86
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

Chris Collins'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

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightCollins

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Collins'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

NAY
A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
2019-09-27 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2019
2019-09-27 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Healthcare
NAY
A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
2019-09-27 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2019
2019-09-27 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Healthcare
NAY
U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
2019-09-26 · Passed · Immigration & Border
NAY
Homeland Security Improvement Act
2019-09-25 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Defense & Veterans
YEA
SAFE Banking Act of 2019
2019-09-25 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Crime & Policing
NAY
Homeland Security Improvement Act
2019-09-25 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
2019-09-25 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
2019-09-25 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
FAIR Act
2019-09-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Civil Rights & Social
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4378) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.
2019-09-19 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Government & Democracy

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