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Chaka Fattah

Former

Democrat · PA-2 · 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+0.53
Healthcare
D+0.63
Immigration & Border
R+0.11
Guns
D+0.25
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+1.00
Environment & Energy
D+0.78
Crime & Policing
R+1.00
Defense & Veterans
D+0.04
Economy & Labor
D+0.62
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.06
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.97
Education
D+1.00
Government & Democracy
D+0.90
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

Chaka Fattah'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

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

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Fattah'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

NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5325) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.
2016-06-09 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5278) to establish an Oversight Board to assist the Government of Puerto Rico, including instrumentalities, in managing its public finances, and for other purposes.
2016-06-09 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5325) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.
2016-06-09 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5325) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.
2016-06-09 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4901) to reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 88) disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary"; and providing for proceedings during the period from May 2, 2016, through May 9, 2016.
2016-04-28 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
NAY
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary".
2016-04-28 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act
2016-04-28 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015
2016-03-23 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22, 2016, which murdered more than 30 innocent people, and severely wounded many more.
2016-03-23 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act
2016-03-22 · Passed · Education, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated remains of certain persons whose service has been determined to be active service.
2016-03-22 · Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated remains of certain persons whose service has been determined to be active service.
2016-03-22 · Passed · Defense & Veterans

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