Fitzpatrick is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Fitzpatrick’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2019.
![Photo of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA8]](/data/photos/412721-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2017 Report Card for Fitzpatrick.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Fitzpatrick is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Fitzpatrick has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Brian Fitzpatrick sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats
- Member, Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa
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House Committee on Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security
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House Committee on Small Business
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
- Member, Subcommittee on Health and Technology
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Fitzpatrick sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (30%) Commerce (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Taxation (9%) Animals (9%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Emergency Management (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Fitzpatrick’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6970: Presidential Tax Transparency Act
- H.R. 6971: Cabinet Service Integrity Act
- H.R. 6445: Public Employee Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
- H.R. 6101: VA Personnel Equity Act of 2018
- H.R. 5796: Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users’ Treatment Act of 2018
- H.R. 5247: Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act ...
- H.R. 4691: WOOF! Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Fitzpatrick’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Yea |
H.R. 6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
Sep 26, 2018. Passed 361/61.
H.R. 6157 provides $674.6 billion in total discretionary budget authority for the Department of Defense for fiscal year (FY) 2019. The bill provides $606.5 billion for the Department of Defense base budget, which is an increase of $17.1 billion above FY18 levels, and $68.1 billion ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 2: Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
May 18, 2018. Failed 198/213.
See the Congressional Research Service's 122-page summary of the bill. * * * H.R. 2 amends and extends major programs for income support, food and nutrition, land conservation, trade promotion, rural development, research, forestry, horticulture, and other miscellaneous programs administered by the Department of Agriculture ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 620: ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017
Feb 15, 2018. Passed 225/192.
A bill which just passed the House would update the law for disabled Americans for modern times, say Republicans. Democrats say it would set disabled Americans’ civil rights back decades. #### Context The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, more commonly called the ADA, was ... |
| No |
S. 140: A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.
Jan 10, 2018. Passed 239/173.
The Rules Committee Print includes the text of S. 140, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund, S. 249, a bill to provide that the pueblo of Santa ... |
| Yea |
H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177.
H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ... |
| Aye |
H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ...
Feb 16, 2017. Passed 230/188.
Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ... |
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Dec 2018, Fitzpatrick missed 4 of 1,144 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- @unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of Brian Fitzpatrick for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
