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Aaron Schock

Former

Republican · IL-18 · 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+0.98
Healthcare
R+0.83
Immigration & Border
Guns
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+1.00
Crime & Policing
Defense & Veterans
R+0.30
Economy & Labor
R+0.97
Foreign Policy & Trade
Civil Rights & Social
Education
R+1.00
Government & Democracy
R+0.96
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

Aaron Schock'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

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

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Schock'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
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes, and providing for proceedings during the period from March 27, 2015, through April 10, 2015.
2015-03-26 · Passed · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
2015-03-26 · Passed · Healthcare, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
2015-03-25 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Healthcare, Economy & Labor, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 27) establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
2015-03-24 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 27) establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
2015-03-24 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act of 2015
2015-03-24 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015
2015-03-23 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Calling on the President to provide Ukraine with military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
2015-03-23 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015
2015-03-23 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Calling on the President to provide Ukraine with military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
2015-03-23 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act
2015-03-16 · Passed · Healthcare
YEA
Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act
2015-03-16 · Passed · Healthcare

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