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Rep. Ron DeSantis

Former Representative for Florida’s 6th District

pronounced ron // duh-SAN-tus

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DeSantis was the representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2013 to 2018.

Photo of Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL6, 2013-2018]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for DeSantis.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

DeSantis 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 DeSantis has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

DeSantis sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (30%) International Affairs (22%) Education (11%) Social Welfare (7%) Law (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Health (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

DeSantis’s Vote Vote Description
Nay S. 1252: Global Food Security Act of 2016
Jul 6, 2016. Passed 369/53.
The Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Pub.L. 114–195), is a law introduced on March 24, 2015 in the 114th Congress by Representative Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith (New Jersey-R) and on May 7, 2015 by Senator Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania-D), and signed by ...
No H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II
Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
Aye 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 ...
Nay H.J.Res. 35: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
Feb 27, 2015. Failed 203/224.
Nay H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Yea H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
Dec 10, 2014. Passed 325/100.
No H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay S. 1603 (113th): Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act
Sep 16, 2014. Passed 359/64.
No H.R. 5021 (113th): Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014
Jul 15, 2014. Passed 367/55.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Sep 2018, DeSantis missed 152 of 3,632 roll call votes, which is 4.2%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 2018. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

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