Matt Van Epps

U.S. Representative · TN-7 · Republican

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

0.28· expected 1.41

Below expectations

Rank 349 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

8 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 8 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Van Epps’s ratings compare with every representative

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

100/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 0 missed of 363

Voted on 363 of 363 roll calls; missed 0. Higher than 97% of House members.

15%100%

99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 37 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 262 votes that split the parties. Higher than 75% of House members.

45%100%

12/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 58% of House members.

0%70%

+0.61

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.

LiberalConservative

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Van Epps’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 8168 Major Non-NATO Ally Terror Threat Assessment ActRequires terrorism threat assessments for countries designated as major non-NATO allies. AI-readInternational Affairs · Passed a chamber Jul 14, 2026Substantive691 words Passed a chamber

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