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2 days ago · From Jan 2015 to Jun 2024, Tillis missed 194 of 3,297 roll call votes, which is 5.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Nov 28, 2019 · Senator Thom Tillis. Summary of voting record: Senator Tillis opposes taxing businesses, restrict money in politics, consumer protection, funding education, environmental protection, financial sector regulation, gun control, public health, foreign and humanitarian aid, humane immigration policy, labor rights and wages, lgbt rights, internet ...
- 2015
- Republican
- Incumbent (term ends 2021)
- North Carolina
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Thom Tillis, the Senator from North Carolina - in Congress from 2023 through Present
- Republican
- North Carolina 114th-118th (2015-Present)
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Tillis went to high school in Nashville, Tennessee, and graduated at the age of 17. He did not immediately go to college but instead got a job working for Provident Insurance, which partnered with Wang Laboratories to help transfer records to computers. He later managed a research and development team for Wang Laboratories. Tillis then went to work...
Below is an abbreviated outline of Tillis' academic, professional, and political career: 1. 2015-Present: U.S. Senator from North Carolina 2. 2007-2014: North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98 2.1. 2011-2014: Speaker of the House 3. 2003-2005: Member of the Cornelius (N.C.) Board of Commissioners 4. 1997: Graduated from the University ...
Recognition
Tillis was listed as one of Governing Magazine's top 17 "GOP Legislators to Watch" in May 2011. Governingchose legislators who met specific criteria, including "leadership qualities," "ability to strike alliances across party lines" and "a compelling personal story."
DOT Contingency Fund
Due to the lack of oversight and limits on its use, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Contingency Fund was identified as a slush fund and an example of cronyism by the John Locke Foundation. The fund was reduced from $15 million to $12 million in 2010, Tillis controlled $4 million of this fund in his role as Speaker of the House. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Bergerand DOT Secretary Tony Tata also each controlled $4 million.
Welfare comments
Tillis came under fire in mid-October 2011 following comments he made at a town meeting where he suggested the state "find a way to divide and conquer" citizens on welfare. Tillis responded, saying he made a "poor choice of words" but stood by other comments he made, including the possibility of drug-testing those receiving public assistance as well as all government workers. At the meeting in question, Tillis said that tight budgets necessitated difficult decisions. He went on to compare wel...
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Lifetime voting record
1. 1.1. See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives According to the website GovTrack,Thom Tillis missed 0 of 269 roll call votes from January 2015 to September 2015. This amounts to 0 percent, which is better than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.
Tested positive for coronavirus on October 2, 2020
1. 1.1. See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021 On October 2, 2020, Tillis announced on Twitter that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Censure by North Carolina Republican Party
On June 10, 2023, during the North Carolina Republican Party Convention, party delegates censured Tillis in a 799-361 vote. The resolution cited the reason for the censure being "blatant violations of [their] party platform."Tillis has not released a statement in response to the censure.
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the 117th Congress (January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023) and ranks congressmen based on his or her fidelity to constitutional and limited-government principles. Federal Debt Equals $246,867 per taxpayer, as of January 24, 2023.
Voting Record. 2023 Note: Senator Tillis was absent for roll call vote 174 due to attending the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
