![Photo of Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL1]](/data/photos/412690-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Gaetz has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Gaetz is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Committee Membership
Matt Gaetz sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
- House Committee on the Budget
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
Bills Sponsored
Some of Gaetz’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 2560: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to encourage elimination of ...
- H.R. 2370: Escambia County Land Conveyance Act
- H.R. 2020: To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled ...
- H.Res. 244: Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to ...
- H.Res. 181: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the nomination ...
- H.R. 861: To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency.
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Gaetz’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Yea |
H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177.
H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 244: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017
May 3, 2017. Passed 309/118.
This vote was on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, which would fund the government through the remainder of fiscal year 2017, that is, through the end of September 2017. Prior to this vote, this bill, H.R. 244, was the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing ... |
| Nay |
H.J.Res. 99: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.
Apr 28, 2017. Passed 382/30.
This bill extended federal government funding through May 5, 2017. It was enacted on the day funding was to end. The federal government is currently funded through "continuing appropriations" legislation that maintains government spending levels as they were for arbitrary periods of time. Traditionally, though ... |
| Yea |
H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017
Apr 26, 2017. Passed 378/48.
This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of Copyrights is hired by the Librarian of Congress (who is the head of the Library of Congress). This bill would ... |
| No |
H.R. 998: SCRUB Act
Mar 1, 2017. Passed 240/185.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to May 2017, Gaetz missed 3 of 285 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of Matt Gaetz for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills