Rep. David Scott

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Scott.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Scott 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 Scott has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

David Scott sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
  • Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
  • Member, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets

Enacted Legislation

Scott was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 4747 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6691 Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the “Major Gregory E. Barney Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 2620 (114th): To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act.
• H.R. 2356 (110th): To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father’s Day.
• H.R. 3703 (110th): To amend section 5112(p)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, to allow an exception from the $1 coin dispensing capability requirement for certain vending machines.
• H.R. 3029 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 255 North Main Street in Jonesboro, Georgia, as the “S. Truett Cathy Post Office Building”.

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Scott sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (33%) Finance and Financial Sector (21%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (8%) Housing and Community Development (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Labor and Employment (8%)

Recent Bills

Some of Scott’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 3146: Fair Flood Insurance Act of 2019
• H.R. 2518: MAKERS Act
• H.R. 2391: Improving Rural Access to Power Act of 2019
• H.R. 1988: Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2019
• H.R. 1491: FINTECH Act of 2019
• H.Res. 146: Recognizing the seriousness of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the ...
• H.R. 1285: Improving Access to Traditional Banking Act of 2019

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Jun 2019, Scott missed 353 of 11,678 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills