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VAN EPPS, MATTHEW ROBERT

H · TN-07 · REP

Compromises on record

Scored votes add up to 20 or more, and below 45.

Tier 2 scale: 40.00

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Compromises on record

Tier 2 scale

40.00

Tier 2 gross

370

Credits

Votes loaded

364

6 credit events are listed below, combined weight 90. They are not subtracted from the Tier 2 scale.

Scored events

Scored events: 22

Scored events

Tier 2 penalties

These penalty weights sum to 370, the Tier 2 gross. Credits are not subtracted from that total.

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 281. Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 281 on hconres-113-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hconres-113-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 14. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 14 on hr-6500-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6500-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 7. Question: On Passage.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 7 on hr-6938-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6938-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 28. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 28 on hr-7006-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-7006-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 42. Question: On Passage.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 42 on hr-7147-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-7147-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 45. Question: On Passage.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 45 on hr-7148-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-7148-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 175. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 175 on hr-8469-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-8469-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 247. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 247 on hr-8595-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-8595-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 278. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 278 on hr-8800-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-8800-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 272. Question: On Passage.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 272 on hr-9770-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-9770-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 320. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 320 on s-1071-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

s-1071-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 214. Question: On Passage.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 214 on s-2-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

s-2-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 143. Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 143 on sconres-33-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

sconres-33-119

Omnibus complicity

Tier 2 · penalty +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 154. Question: On Passage.

Supported omnibus or continuing resolution packaging that obscures accountability.

Derived from house roll 154 on hr-7567-119 with tag omnibus (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-7567-119

Surveillance state and censorship power

Tier 2 · penalty +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 221. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass.

Supported legislation tied to surveillance or censorship power requiring liberty and justice review.

Derived from house roll 221 on hr-9238-119 with tag surveillance (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-9238-119

Surveillance state and censorship power

Tier 2 · penalty +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 155. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass.

Supported legislation tied to surveillance or censorship power requiring liberty and justice review.

Derived from house roll 155 on s-4465-119 with tag surveillance (final_passage 1.0x).

s-4465-119

Scored events

Positive fitness credits

Each line is a positive-fitness credit. A credit is not a Tier 2 penalty, and it is not subtracted from the Tier 2 gross.

Defends children

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 184. Question: On Passage.

Voted in favor of legislation protecting children from gender ideology or sexual corruption.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 184 on hr-2616-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-2616-119

Defends children

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 351. Question: On Passage.

Voted in favor of legislation protecting children from gender ideology or sexual corruption.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 351 on hr-3492-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-3492-119

Defends children

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 362. Question: On Passage.

Voted in favor of legislation protecting children from gender ideology or sexual corruption.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 362 on hr-498-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-498-119

Defends innocent life

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 47. Question: On Passage.

Voted in favor of legislation that defends innocent life.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 47 on hr-6359-119 with tag defends_life (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6359-119

Defends innocent life

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 37. Question: On Passage.

Voted in favor of legislation that defends innocent life.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 37 on hr-6945-119 with tag defends_life (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6945-119

Defends children

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 228. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended.

Voted in favor of legislation protecting children from gender ideology or sexual corruption.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 228 on hr-7757-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-7757-119

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