Thom Tillis

U.S. Senator · North Carolina · Republican

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured

1.05· expected 1.04

Meets expectations

Rank 34 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 32 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

51 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 51 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law (1)

1 commemorative

S. 3705 Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule ActCreates a congressional time capsule to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary. AI-readBecame law Feb 18, 2026 · CongressCommemorative

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 Tillis’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

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

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

Attendance

How it’s measured

88/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 114 missed of 915

Voted on 801 of 915 roll calls; missed 114. Lower than 98% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

96/ 100

Senate R median 100 · Rank 48 of 53

Sided with the Republican majority on 733 votes that split the parties. Lower than 71% of senators.

75%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

12/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 81% of senators.

0%30%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.39

Republican middle 80%: 0.38 to 0.78

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

LiberalConservative

Tillis’s bills that became law

All bills

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

1 commemorative

S. 3705 Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule ActCreates a congressional time capsule to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary. AI-readCongress · Became law Feb 18, 2026Substantive557 words Commemorative

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