David Scott, Representative for Georgia's 13th Congressional District

Scott is the representative for Georgia’s 13^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 7, 2003. Scott is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% Human Rights Campaign: 84% American Civil Liberties Union: 82% League of Conservation Voters: 81% United States Chamber of Commerce: 57% NIAC Action: C NumbersUSA: 19% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D FreedomWorks: 10% Americans for Prosperity: 7% The Club for Growth: 6%

Committee Membership

David Scott sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Agriculture
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit

Enacted Legislation

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

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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 (46%) Agriculture and Food (23%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (15%) Labor and Employment (15%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Scott’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 6082: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act Jun 20, 2018. Passed 357/57. H.R. 6082 amends the Public Health Service Act to permit substance use disorder (SUD) records to be shared among covered entities and Part 2 programs in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), for the purposes of treatment, payment, and ...
Yea	H.J.Res. 123: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. Dec 7, 2017. Passed 235/193.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.J.Res. 35: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. Feb 27, 2015. Failed 203/224.
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and ... Sep 15, 2009. Passed 312/108.
Nay	H.Res. 1284 (110th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the ... Jun 19, 2008. Passed 342/83.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Sep 2018, Scott missed 305 of 11,210 roll call votes, which is 2.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	38^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	44^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	3	2.0%	32^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	31^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	15	6.8%	84^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	1	0.6%	19^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	66^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	38^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	22	8.1%	90^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	44^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	17^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	38^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	26^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	29^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	64^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	7	3.3%	72^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	2	0.5%	19^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	1	0.3%	5^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	5	1.9%	32^nd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	33^rd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	5	1.6%	31^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	4	2.0%	43^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	24^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	9^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	3	1.1%	34^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	3	1.2%	27^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	13^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	11	5.0%	73^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	39^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	2	2.0%	36^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	45^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	4	1.4%	54^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	43^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	2	1.0%	37^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	16	5.4%	78^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	8	9.0%	88^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	77^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	7	4.7%	75^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	82^nd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	6	4.2%	74^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	58^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	12	8.6%	87^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	7	4.0%	83^rd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	8	5.8%	68^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	34	16.7%	95^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	42^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	17	8.2%	92^nd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	53^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	76^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	7	5.4%	75^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	9	4.9%	69^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	2	2.3%	54^th

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

David Scott is pronounced:

DAY-vid // skot

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AY ay	say
D d	day
I i	pin
K k	king
O o	top
S s	sit
T t	top
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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