Scott Tipton, Representative for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District

Tipton is the representative for Colorado’s 3^rd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Tipton is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Tipton.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Tipton 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 Tipton has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 89% United States Chamber of Commerce: 87% FreedomWorks: 85% The Club for Growth: 81% NumbersUSA: 80% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B NIAC Action: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 6% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Scott Tipton sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands

Enacted Legislation

Tipton was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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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

Tipton sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (51%) Finance and Financial Sector (24%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Energy (7%) Water Resources Development (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Tipton’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177. H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ...
Nay	H.R. 4889: Kelsey Smith Act May 23, 2016. Failed 229/158.
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. ...
Yea	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.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Dec 10, 2014. Passed 325/100.
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 5972 (112th): Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Jun 29, 2012. Passed 261/163.
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 ...
No	H.J.Res. 48 (112th): Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 Mar 15, 2011. Passed 271/158.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Jun 2018, Tipton missed 67 of 5,133 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.

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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	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	34^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^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	3	1.4%	43^rd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	3	1.5%	52^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	11	8.0%	89^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	8	5.4%	79^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	72^nd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	1	0.7%	26^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	58^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	4	2.9%	73^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	1	0.7%	18^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	23^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	61^st
2017 Jan-Mar	208	4	1.9%	61^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	2	1.5%	45^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	63^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	159	5	3.1%	55^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Scott Tipton is pronounced:

skot // TIP-tun

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
I i	pin
K k	king
N n	not
O o	top
P p	pen
S s	sit
T t	top
U u	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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