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Steve Scalise

U.S. Representative · LA-1 · Republican

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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
1.85· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 61 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 1
  2. Action in committee 1
  3. Action beyond committee 1
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 1

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

Became law (1)

1 national policy

  • H.R. 4 Rescissions Act of 2025Rescinds unobligated federal funds from State Department, USAID, and other agencies. AI-readBecame law Jul 24, 2025 · Economics and Public FinanceNational 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 Scalise’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 Scalise.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured
98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 16 missed of 674

Voted on 658 of 674 roll calls; missed 16. Lower than 61% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 46 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 467 votes that split the parties. Higher than 72% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
12/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 52% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.56

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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Scalise’s bills that made it out of committee or further

All bills

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

How we count words
  • H.R. 4 Rescissions Act of 2025Rescinds unobligated federal funds from State Department, USAID, and other agencies. AI-readEconomics and Public Finance · Became law Jul 24, 2025SubstantiveText pending National policy

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