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David Vitter

Former

Republican · LA · U.S. Senate

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+0.76
Healthcare
R+0.24
Immigration & Border
R+0.83
Guns
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.48
Crime & Policing
D+1.00
Defense & Veterans
R+0.54
Economy & Labor
R+0.84
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+1.00
Civil Rights & Social
D+1.00
Education
Government & Democracy
R+1.00
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.48

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

David Vitter'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

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

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Vitter'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
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-07-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-07-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-07-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Foreign Policy & Trade
NAY
Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years
2016-07-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Conference Report Agreed to · Healthcare, Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
NAY
Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years
2016-07-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Conference Report Agreed to · Healthcare, Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
NAY
Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years
2016-07-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Conference Report Agreed to · Healthcare, Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Brian R. Martinotti, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey
2016-07-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
2016-07-06 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Economy & Labor, Environment & Energy
YEA
Brian R. Martinotti, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey
2016-07-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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