Representative Greg Gianforte

Party:	Republican
State:	Montana (District 0)
Joined the House:	2017
Left the House:	Incumbent (term ends 2021)
Birth Date:	April 17, 1961
Phone:	202-225-3211
Contact:	Web form
URL:	Official site
Fundraising History:	Open Secrets
Election History:	Ballotpedia
Biography:	Wikipedia

Summary of voting record: Representative Gianforte opposes taxing businesses, consumer protection, environmental protection, financial sector regulation, gun control, public health, humane immigration policy, labor rights and wages, lgbt rights, avoiding default, racial equality, increasing revenues, taxing the wealthy, countering russian interference, a robust safety net, women's rights and supports big business, hawkish foreign policy.

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Voting Record: Greg Gianforte

Favors
the middle class
0% of the time

Favors
the wealthy
100% of the time

Favors
broad civil rights
0% of the time

Favors
narrow civil rights
100% of the time

Specific Policy Areas

supports

Big Business

100% of the time

Title: Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 (2018 roll call h177)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-05-09	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Undermining the FTC's powers of antitrust regulation.

Title: FAIR Act (2019 roll call h540)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-09-20	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Bill prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses in employment agreements being applied to civil rights offenses by employers.

Title: Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act (2017 roll call h684)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-12-14	Weight: 8
Scoring explanation: This bill was an attempt to undermine the nuclear deal with Iran.

Title: Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (2018 roll call h243)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-07	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Cutting $15b in funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicare and Hurricane Sandy relief.

Title: Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (2019 roll call h505)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-24	Weight: 3
Scoring explanation: Bill to provide loans to multi-employer pension funds facing bankruptcy.

Title: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h511)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-25	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Budget bill that included significant limits on certain discretionary spending.

Title: Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018 (2018 roll call h258)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-12	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to establish or operate comprehensive opioid recovery centers.

Title: Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (2018 roll call h287)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-22	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Providing broader access to opioid treatment

Title: Securing America's Future Act of 2018 (2018 roll call h282)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-21	Weight: 5
Scoring explanation: A particularly restrictive immigration reform bill introduced by Representative Goodlatte.

Title: Proceeding with a vote on restrictive immigration legislation (2018 roll call h286)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-21	Weight: 2

Title: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (2017 roll call h549)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-10-03	Weight: 6
Scoring explanation: Prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks except in very narrow circumstances such as a case of incest that had been reported the law enforcement, cases of rape where the woman received medical treatment for the rape and cases where the pregnancy poses particular kinds of threats to the life of the mother, but prohibits abortion in other cases of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother.

Title: Instructing DOJ to provide details of ongoing Russia investigation to the House (2018 roll call h305)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-28	Weight: 3
Scoring explanation: Insisting that the Department of Justice fully comply with the requests, including subpoenas, of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the subpoena issued by the Committee on the Judiciary relating to potential violations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by personnel of the Department of Justice and related matters.

Title: Sense of Congress on Carbon Tax (2018 roll call h363)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-07-19	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Expresses the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses and is not in the best interest of the United States.

Title: Expressing support for ICE (2018 roll call h337)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-07-18	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Expresses support for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of the implementation of the policy of separating families at the border.

Title: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h437)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-10	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to increase caps for certain high-skill visa categories.

Title: Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act (2019 roll call h507)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-24	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Bill to establish minimum treatment standards for detained immigrants.

Title: Homeland Security Improvement Act (2019 roll call h546)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-09-25	Weight: 3
Scoring explanation: Bill to establish an ombudsman in DHS to address mistreatment of detained immigrants.

Title: U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act (2019 roll call h552)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-09-26	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to establish standard for medical care of detained immigrants.

Title: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017 roll call h699)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-12-20	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut revenues enough to increase the debt by an estimated $1 trillion, even considering growth generated.

Title: Equality Act (2019 roll call h217)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-05-17	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Broad bill to prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Title: Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (2018 roll call h365)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-07-19	Weight: 6
Scoring explanation: Bill eliminated funding for election security measures implemented by states.

Title: SHIELD Act (2019 roll call h583)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-10-23	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Bill to counter foreign election interference.

Title: Rescinding CFPB rule that extended anti-discrimination protections to auto loans (2018 roll call h171)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-05-08	Weight: 3

Title: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h597)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-10-30	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Bill to protect the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area from commercial exploitation.

Title: Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h630)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-11-19	Weight: 3
Scoring explanation: Bill to require corporations to disclose the racial and gender composition of their boards.

Title: Raise the Wage Act (2019 roll call h496)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-18	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Bill to increase the federal minimum wage.

Title: Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 (2017 roll call h391)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-07-18	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Easing ozone restrictions

Title: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (2017 roll call h598)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-11-01	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to reduce environmental environmental review of initiatives in federal forests.

Title: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 (2018 roll call h253)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-08	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Cutting funding for various clean energy initiatives.

Title: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (2019 roll call h530)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-09-12	Weight: 4
Scoring explanation: Bill prohibiting drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Title: Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act (2019 roll call h602)
Vote: Nay (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-10-30	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to protect the Grand Canyon from commercial exploitation, including mining.

Title: Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 (2018 roll call h110)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-03-15	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to increase the dollar limit of certain securities offerings exempt from registration requirements from $50 million annually to $75 million annually.

Title: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (2018 roll call h112)
Vote: Aye (decreases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-03-15	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Putting strict limits on bank examiners.