Scott DesJarlais, Representative for Tennessee's 4th Congressional District

DesJarlais is the representative for Tennessee’s 4^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. DesJarlais is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

NumbersUSA: 98% The Club for Growth: 96% FreedomWorks: 95% Americans for Prosperity: 93% United States Chamber of Commerce: 80% American Civil Liberties Union: 17% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 2% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Scott DesJarlais sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition
House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
- Member, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Member, Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits, and Administrative Rules

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

DesJarlais sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (36%) Taxation (21%) Agriculture and Food (14%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Animals (14%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

DesJarlais’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 4667: Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, ... Dec 21, 2017. Passed 251/169.
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. ...
Nay	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 ...
Nay	H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Dec 10, 2014. Passed 325/100.
Not Voting	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	S. 365 (112th): Budget Control Act of 2011 Aug 1, 2011. Passed 269/161. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the United ...
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Sep 2018, DesJarlais missed 274 of 5,244 roll call votes, which is 5.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	26^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	20^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	78^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	5	2.3%	58^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	4	2.9%	64^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	7	4.7%	75^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	137	93.2%	100^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	62^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	12	4.9%	85^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	61^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	4	2.9%	53^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	3	1.5%	40^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	42	18.1%	97^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	7	3.4%	74^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	37^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	22	13.2%	96^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	3	2.3%	50^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	9	4.9%	69^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	0	0.0%	0^th

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

Scott DesJarlais is pronounced:

skot // DAY-zher-lay

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AY ay	say
D d	day
ER er	her
K k	king
L l	leg
O o	top
S s	sit
T t	top
ZH zh	vision

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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