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Stephen Lee Fincher

Former

Republican · TN-8 · 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+0.77
Healthcare
R+0.53
Immigration & Border
R+0.96
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.96
Environment & Energy
R+0.87
Crime & Policing
R+0.72
Defense & Veterans
R+0.93
Economy & Labor
R+0.90
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.64
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.98
Education
R+0.84
Government & Democracy
R+0.84
Judicial & Executive Nominations

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

Stephen Lee Fincher'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

Stephen Lee Fincher (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Fincher'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
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that access to digital communications tools and connectivity is necessary to prepare youth in the United States to compete in the 21st century economy.
2016-12-06 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
YEA
Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016
2016-12-06 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Healthcare, Education
YEA
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that access to digital communications tools and connectivity is necessary to prepare youth in the United States to compete in the 21st century economy.
2016-12-06 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
YEA
Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016
2016-12-06 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Healthcare, Education
YEA
Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016
2016-12-06 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Healthcare, Education
YEA
21st Century Cures Act
2016-11-30 · Passed · Healthcare, Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-11-30 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016
2016-11-17 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
No U.S. Financing for Iran Act
2016-11-17 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
YEA
No U.S. Financing for Iran Act
2016-11-17 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5711) to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5982) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for "midnight rules", and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from November 18, 2016, through November 28, 2016.
2016-11-16 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy
YEA
Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2015
2016-11-14 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy

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