Rep. Scott Garrett

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Garrett.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Garrett is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Garrett sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Garrett was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 6427 (114th): Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act
• H.R. 1525 (114th): Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015
• H.R. 1524 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the “Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post …
• H.R. 41 (113th): Hurricane Sandy relief bill
• H.R. 6570 (112th): To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to consolidate certain CBO reporting requirements.
• H.R. 4628 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Westwood Avenue in Westwood, New Jersey, as the “Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek Post Office …
• H.R. 1342 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1560 Union Valley Road in West Milford, New Jersey, as the “Brian P. Parrello Post …

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Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Garrett sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (46%) International Affairs (13%) Taxation (13%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Government Operations and Politics (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Garrett recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 950 (114th): Expressing support for the designation of October 23 as a national day …
• H.R. 6427 (114th): Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act
• H.R. 6251 (114th): PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2016
• H.R. 5429 (114th): SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
• H.R. 4852 (114th): Private Placement Improvement Act of 2016
• H.R. 4638 (114th): Main Street Growth Act
• H.R. 3798 (114th): Due Process Restoration Act of 2015

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Dec 2016, Garrett missed 170 of 10,101 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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