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Carol Shea-Porter

Former

Democrat · NH-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+0.88
Healthcare
D+0.37
Immigration & Border
D+0.60
Guns
D+0.66
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+1.00
Environment & Energy
D+0.69
Crime & Policing
D+0.28
Defense & Veterans
R+0.38
Economy & Labor
D+0.68
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.19
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.01
Education
D+0.97
Government & Democracy
D+0.75
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

Carol Shea-Porter'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

Carol Shea-Porter (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightShea-Porter

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Shea-Porter'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
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that atrocities committed against the Rohingya by the Burmese military and security forces since August 2017 constitute crimes against humanity and genocide and calling on the Government of Burma to release Burmese journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo sentenced to seven years imprisonment after investigating attacks against civilians by the Burmese military and security forces, and for other purposes
2018-12-13 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
2018-12-12 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
2018-12-12 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018
2018-12-11 · Passed · Healthcare
YEA
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017
2018-12-11 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Urging the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the historical significance of Roberto Clemente's place of death near Piñones in Loíza, Puerto Rico, by adding it to the National Register of Historic Places.
2018-12-10 · Passed
YEA
Urging the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the historical significance of Roberto Clemente's place of death near Piñones in Loíza, Puerto Rico, by adding it to the National Register of Historic Places.
2018-12-10 · Passed
YEA
George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act
2018-12-10 · Passed
YEA
Urging the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the historical significance of Roberto Clemente's place of death near Piñones in Loíza, Puerto Rico, by adding it to the National Register of Historic Places.
2018-12-10 · Passed
YEA
George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act
2018-12-10 · Passed
YEA
Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018
2018-11-30 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018
2018-11-30 · Passed · Government & Democracy

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