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Charles W. Dent

Former

Republican · PA-15 · 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+0.30
Immigration & Border
R+0.98
Guns
R+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.16
Environment & Energy
R+0.87
Crime & Policing
R+0.86
Defense & Veterans
R+0.82
Economy & Labor
R+0.90
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.59
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.73
Education
R+0.65
Government & Democracy
R+0.88
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

Charles W. Dent'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

Charles W. Dent (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightDent

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Dent'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
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018
2018-05-10 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018
2018-05-10 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018
2018-05-10 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2018
2018-05-09 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy
YEA
Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018
2018-05-09 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5645) to amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2152) to require States and units of local government receiving funds under grant programs operated by the Department of Justice, which use such funds for pretrial services programs, to submit to the Attorney General a report relating to such program, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 57) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act".
2018-05-08 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Servicemember Family Burial Act
2018-05-07 · Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act
2018-05-07 · Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act
2018-05-07 · Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
2018-04-27 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
2018-04-27 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act
2018-04-26 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade

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