Derrick Van Orden

U.S. Representative · WI-3 · Republican

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured

3.02· expected 1.41

Above expectations

Rank 20 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Van Orden’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

30 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 28 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (2)

2 national policy

H.R. 983 Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025Bill title and summary unavailable; cannot determine what this bill does. AI-readBecame law Dec 12, 2025 · Armed Forces and National SecurityNational policy
H.R. 1815 VA Home Loan Program Reform ActReforms the Veterans Affairs home loan program. AI-readBecame law Jul 30, 2025 · Armed Forces and National SecurityNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Van Orden’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Van Orden.

Van Orden in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

92/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 56 missed of 674

Voted on 618 of 674 roll calls; missed 56. Lower than 92% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

97/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 175 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 441 votes that split the parties. Lower than 74% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

14/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 72% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.38

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Van Orden’s bills that became law

All bills

2 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Van Orden’s effectiveness score.

2 national policy

H.R. 983 Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025Bill title and summary unavailable; cannot determine what this bill does. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · Became law Dec 12, 2025Substantive397 words National policy
H.R. 1815 VA Home Loan Program Reform ActReforms the Veterans Affairs home loan program. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · Became law Jul 30, 2025Substantive2.1k words National policy

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.