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Timothy J. Walz

Former

Democrat · MN-1 · 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+0.57
Healthcare
D+0.61
Immigration & Border
D+0.51
Guns
R+0.16
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.98
Environment & Energy
D+0.66
Crime & Policing
D+0.38
Defense & Veterans
R+0.30
Economy & Labor
D+0.47
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.29
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.61
Education
D+0.83
Government & Democracy
D+0.67
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

Timothy J. Walz'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

Timothy J. Walz (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightWalz

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Walz'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
Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
2018-09-26 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 302, with an amendment.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
2018-09-26 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 302, with an amendment.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
NAY
Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act of 2018
2018-09-26 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor
YEA
Recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 302, with an amendment.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 302, with an amendment.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
NAY
Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act of 2018
2018-09-26 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor

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