Rep. Scott DesJarlais

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for DesJarlais.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

DesJarlais 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 DesJarlais has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 3, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Scott DesJarlais sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
  • Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations
• House Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities
  • Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

DesJarlais sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (38%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (23%) Animals (23%) Taxation (15%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 5228: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study ...
• H.R. 4337: Property Rights for Patriots Act
• H.R. 1341: To designate the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department ...
• H.R. 1157: Horse Protection Amendments Act
• H.R. 1124: Preventing Future Shutdowns Act of 2019
• H.R. 143: James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act
• H.R. 6911: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit the enforcement of certain ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Dec 2019, DesJarlais missed 309 of 5,992 roll call votes, which is 5.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% 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.

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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