Harshbarger is the representative for Tennessee’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 3, 2021. Harshbarger is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Diana Harshbarger [R-TN1]](/static/legislator-photos/456844-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Harshbarger 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Harshbarger has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 24, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Diana Harshbarger sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Harshbarger sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (60%) Social Welfare (20%) Government Operations and Politics (20%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Harshbarger recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6926: No Taxpayer Dollars for Communist China COVID Tests Act
- H.R. 6870: Immediate Access for the Terminally Ill Act
- H.R. 6811: Protecting Americans’ Medical Rights Act
- H.R. 5663: TREAT Act
- H.R. 5590: Natural Immunity Is Real Act
- H.R. 5450: Blocking Joseph Robinette Biden’s Overreaching Vaccine Mandates Act
- H.R. 4363: DHS Contract Reporting Act of 2021
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to May 2022, Harshbarger missed 5 of 681 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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 Rep. Harshbarger for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills