Rep. Edward “Scott” Rigell
Former Representative for Virginia’s 2nd District
Rigell was the representative for Virginia’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2016.
![Photo of Rep. Edward “Scott” Rigell [R-VA2, 2011-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/412483-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Rigell.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Rigell is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Rigell sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Rigell was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Rigell sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (25%) Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Health (19%) Economics and Public Finance (19%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Rigell recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4208 (114th): Authority for the Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of …
- H.R. 3777 (114th): America First Act
- H.Con.Res. 71 (114th): Providing for a plan to alleviate the effects of sequestration.
- H.R. 2259 (114th): Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- H.R. 1840 (114th): Virginia Jobs and Energy Act
- H.R. 5165 (113th): Advancing Girls in STEM Act of 2014
- H.Res. 644 (113th): Condemning and disapproving of the failure of the Obama administration to comply …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2016, Rigell missed 32 of 4,135 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
