Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Tipton has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Tipton is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Tipton for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Scott Tipton sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Tipton sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (57%) Finance and Financial Sector (14%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (7%) Taxation (7%) Energy (7%) Government Operations and Politics (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Tipton’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6162: To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that prepaid funds deposited ...
- H.R. 5950: To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of ...
- H.R. 5901: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Pueblo, Colorado, ...
- H.R. 5570: Western Colorado Wilderness Study Area Release Act
- H.R. 5552: ACCESS Act of 2016
- H.R. 2896: TAILOR Act of 2015
- H.R. 1830: Water Rights Protection Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Tipton missed 52 of 4,071 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills