Fitzgerald is the representative for Wisconsin’s 5th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2021. Fitzgerald is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Scott Fitzgerald [R-WI5]](/static/legislator-photos/456855-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Fitzgerald 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Fitzgerald has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 20, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Scott Fitzgerald sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Fitzgerald sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (43%) Commerce (29%) Government Operations and Politics (29%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Fitzgerald recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7678: American Small Business Competition Act of 2022
- H.R. 7510: National Education Association Charter Repeal Act
- H.R. 7325: Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act
- H.R. 7244: Pretrial Release Reporting Act
- H.R. 6671: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that a member of …
- H.R. 5639: Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act of 2021
- H.R. 5162: CRT Transparency Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to May 2022, Fitzgerald missed 5 of 681 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. 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.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- Office of Rep. Fitzgerald for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills