Matt Gaetz

Former Representative for Florida’s 1st District, 2017–2024 · Republican

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

0.29· expected 1.38

Below expectations

Rank 358 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

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

Introduced 28
Action in committee 3
Action beyond committee 0
Passed chamber 0
Became law 0

28 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 27 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Gaetz’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Gaetz. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Gaetz in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

92/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 93 missed of 1,178

Voted on 1,085 of 1,178 roll calls; missed 93. Lower than 89% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

95/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 129 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 778 votes that split the parties. Lower than 68% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

10/ 100

Chamber median 16 · −6

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 87% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.59

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 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.

LiberalConservative

Gaetz’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

3 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Gaetz’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 7330 State Border Security ActImmigration · In committee Feb 13, 2024Substantive308 words In committee
H.R. 3367 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the continuing operation of national cemeteries during periods of certain funding restrictions, and for other purposes.Armed Forces and National Security · In committee Jun 2, 2023Substantive358 words In committee
H.R. 1079 Medicaid Work Requirements ActHealth · In committee Feb 24, 2023Substantive448 words In committee

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