Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Barr.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Barr 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 Barr has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 14, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Garland “Andy” Barr sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
• House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
  • Member, Subcommittee on Health

Enacted Legislation

Barr was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 7273: Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018
• H.R. 4533: To designate the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lexington, Kentucky, as the “Lexington VA Health Care System” and to make certain other designations.

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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

Barr sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (38%) Taxation (24%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Health (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (7%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 2904: Financial Protection for Our Military Families Act
• H.R. 2196: To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the credit hour requirement ...
• H.R. 969: TABS Act of 2019
• H.R. 589: Middle Class Savings Act
• H.R. 442: Financial Protection for Our Military Families Act
• H.R. 7364: Financial Protection for Our Military Families Act
• H.R. 7273: Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Jun 2019, Barr missed 41 of 4,094 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. 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.

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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