U.S. House · Georgia, District 8
Rep. Austin Scott
Where they sit
Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).
Austin Scott's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured
This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.
With their party and with the President
How this is measured →Higher than 188 of 219 House Republicans.
Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.
Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Austin Scott. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.
How this is measuredLower than 124 of 219 House Republicans.
Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.
Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Austin Scott. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.
How this is measuredWhere they broke ranks
Votes where Austin Scott went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.
Every vote
Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Austin Scott voted, how their party voted and the President's position.
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.
Votes most like
Rep. Mike Johnson
Voted the same way 99% of the time
Rep. Barry Loudermilk
Voted the same way 98% of the time
Rep. David Rouzer
Voted the same way 98% of the time
Rep. Henry Cuellar
Closest member of the other party · Voted the same way 54% of the time
Your district
Georgia's delegation →How this district voted for president in 2024
Georgia's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.
Contact
- Phone
- 202-225-6531
- Office
- 2185 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1008
Issue by issue
How often Austin Scott votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.
Austin Scott votes with their party about equally often on every issue.
Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).
Austin Scott votes with the President least often on Finance and Financial Sector (88%).
Fewer than 5 votes where the President took a position, so not charted: Armed Forces and National Security (3 votes), Education (3 votes), Law (3 votes), Commerce (2 votes), Animals (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (2 votes), Congress (1 vote), Labor and Employment (1 vote), Agriculture and Food (1 vote), Health (1 vote), Families (1 vote), Taxation (1 vote), Transportation and Public Works (1 vote), Arts, Culture, Religion (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Housing and Community Development (1 vote).
Bipartisan bills led
0 passed their chamber · 0 became law
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H.J.Res. 209 · Supporting the designation of November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Father's Day".Co-lead · Introduced Aug. 3, 2026 · FamiliesIntroduced
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H.R. 8934 · CARE for RPA Crews ActCo-lead · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Armed Forces and National SecurityIntroduced
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H.R. 8863 · To amend title 5, United States Code, to add certain employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the definition of employees in fire protection activities for the purpose of compensation for certain illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities.Sponsor · Introduced May 15, 2026 · Government Operations and PoliticsIntroduced
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H.R. 7761 · Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of Property ActCo-lead · Introduced March 3, 2026 · Agriculture and FoodIntroduced
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H.R. 6598 · Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act of 2025Sponsor · Introduced Dec. 10, 2025 · Finance and Financial SectorIntroduced
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H.R. 2967 · Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. National Historic Site ActCo-lead · Introduced April 17, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural ResourcesIntroduced
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H.R. 2345 · Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment ActSponsor · Introduced March 25, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural ResourcesIntroduced
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H.R. 2157 · To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone.Co-lead · Introduced March 14, 2025 · TaxationIntroduced
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H.R. 1369 · President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal ActCo-lead · Introduced Feb. 14, 2025 · Government Operations and PoliticsIntroduced
Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections