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Patrick Meehan

Former

Republican · PA-7 · 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+0.81
Healthcare
R+0.57
Immigration & Border
R+0.95
Guns
D+0.01
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.81
Environment & Energy
R+0.77
Crime & Policing
R+0.95
Defense & Veterans
R+0.74
Economy & Labor
R+0.86
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.44
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.64
Education
R+0.65
Government & Democracy
R+0.77
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.55

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

Patrick Meehan's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
87%
Libertarian Party
65%
Democratic Party
39%
Green Party
29%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
25%
Communist Party USA
24%

On the political map

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightMeehan
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Meehan'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.

Most aligned

Christopher H. Smith
R · NJ-4 · House
+94%
James Gallagher
R · CA-1 · House
+93%
Alan Armstrong
R · OK · Senate
+93%
Clay Fuller
R · GA-14 · House
+92%
Maria Elvira Salazar
R · FL-27 · House
+92%

Least aligned

Analilia Mejia
D · NJ-11 · House
−93%
Angela D. Alsobrooks
D · MD · Senate
−88%
Adelita S. Grijalva
D · AZ-7 · House
−86%
James R. Walkinshaw
D · VA-11 · House
−85%
Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−83%

Recent notable votes

YEA
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
2018-04-27 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Music Modernization Act
2018-04-25 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes.
2018-04-25 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Music Modernization Act
2018-04-25 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
Recognizing and supporting the efforts of the United Bid Committee to bring the 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup competition to Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
2018-04-24 · Passed
YEA
Recognizing and supporting the efforts of the United Bid Committee to bring the 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup competition to Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
2018-04-24 · Passed
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5444) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5445) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.
2018-04-18 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
21st Century IRS Act
2018-04-18 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5444) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5445) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.
2018-04-18 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
21st Century IRS Act
2018-04-18 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for the issuance of identity protection personal identification numbers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury to provide to taxpayers information regarding low-income taxpayer clinics, to provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft, to require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the immediate sale of seized property by the Secretary of the Treasury to perishable goods, and for other purposes.
2018-04-18 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Government & Democracy
YEA
21st Century IRS Act
2018-04-18 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal

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