U.S. House · Tennessee, District 7
Rep. Matt Van Epps
Where they sit
Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).
Matt Van Epps'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 178 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 Matt Van Epps. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.
How this is measuredHighest of all 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 Matt Van Epps. 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 Matt Van Epps 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 Matt Van Epps voted, how their party voted and the President's position.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | President wanted | Result |
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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. Jefferson Shreve
Voted the same way 99% of the time
Rep. Ashley Hinson
Voted the same way 99% of the time
Rep. Michael Guest
Voted the same way 99% of the time
Rep. Henry Cuellar
Closest member of the other party · Voted the same way 54% of the time
Your district
Tennessee's delegation →How this district voted for president in 2024
Tennessee redrew its House map. The new lines take effect in January 2027. Under the new lines, District 7 voted 60% Trump and 38% Harris in 2024.
Contact
- Phone
- 202-225-2811
- Office
- 2446 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4207
Issue by issue
How often Matt Van Epps 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.
Matt Van Epps votes with their party about equally often on every issue.
Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Law (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Animals (2 votes), Native Americans (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Commerce (1 vote), Taxation (1 vote).
Matt Van Epps votes with the President about equally often on every issue.
Fewer than 5 votes where the President took a position, so not charted: Public Lands and Natural Resources (4 votes), Immigration (4 votes), Armed Forces and National Security (3 votes), Government Operations and Politics (3 votes), Education (2 votes), Finance and Financial Sector (2 votes), Congress (1 vote), Agriculture and Food (1 vote), Health (1 vote), Families (1 vote), Law (1 vote), Transportation and Public Works (1 vote), Arts, Culture, Religion (1 vote), Animals (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Housing and Community Development (1 vote).
Bipartisan bills led
0 passed their chamber · 0 became law
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H.R. 10395 · Critical Materials Future Act of 2025Co-lead · Introduced Sept. 15, 2026 · EnergyIntroduced
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H.R. 9307 · Web of Biological Data Act of 2026Sponsor · Introduced June 11, 2026 · Science, Technology, CommunicationsIntroduced
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H.R. 7932 · HONOR Gold Star Families ActSponsor · Introduced March 12, 2026 · Armed Forces and National SecurityIntroduced
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H.R. 7448 · Modernizing and Improving the National Terrorism Advisory System Act of 2026Co-lead · Introduced Feb. 9, 2026 · Crime and Law EnforcementIntroduced
Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections