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Louise McIntosh Slaughter

Former

Democrat · NY-25 · 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+0.79
Healthcare
D+0.64
Immigration & Border
D+0.77
Guns
D+0.97
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.98
Environment & Energy
D+0.87
Crime & Policing
D+0.47
Defense & Veterans
D+0.06
Economy & Labor
D+0.70
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.68
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.84
Education
D+0.85
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

Louise McIntosh Slaughter'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

Louise McIntosh Slaughter (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Slaughter'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
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 Macombs Place in New York, New York, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Post Office Building".
2018-03-05 · Passed
YEA
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13683 James Madison Highway in Palmyra, Virginia, as the "U.S. Navy Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby Post Office".
2018-03-05 · Passed
YEA
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 Macombs Place in New York, New York, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Post Office Building".
2018-03-05 · Passed
YEA
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13683 James Madison Highway in Palmyra, Virginia, as the "U.S. Navy Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby Post Office".
2018-03-05 · Passed
YEA
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 Macombs Place in New York, New York, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Post Office Building".
2018-03-05 · Passed
NAY
To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency.
2018-02-27 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
2018-02-27 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1865) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes.
2018-02-27 · Passed · Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1865) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes.
2018-02-27 · Passed · Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1865) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes.
2018-02-27 · Passed · Crime & Policing
YEA
Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017
2018-02-26 · Passed · Healthcare
NAY
ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017
2018-02-15 · Passed · Civil Rights & Social

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