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Dennis A. Ross

Former

Republican · FL-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+0.88
Healthcare
R+0.64
Immigration & Border
R+0.99
Guns
R+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.97
Environment & Energy
R+0.89
Crime & Policing
R+0.94
Defense & Veterans
R+0.80
Economy & Labor
R+0.91
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.54
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.71
Education
R+0.60
Government & Democracy
R+0.92
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

Dennis A. Ross'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

Dennis A. Ross (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Ross'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
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing
YEA
To reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.
2018-12-20 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Stigler Act Amendments of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Stigler Act Amendments of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 695) to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 695) to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing
YEA
To reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.
2018-12-20 · Passed · Environment & Energy

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