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1st term · 0.9 years in office: 0 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · TN-7 · Republican · since Dec 2025

Matt Van Epps

Bills authored 7Missed votes 0 of 273Party unity 74% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 273 roll calls and 34 sponsorship records on file.

Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

0.9YRS

In office · 1st term · since Dec 2025

This seat's last certified result belongs to a different member — we don't attribute it here.

100%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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House Committee on Homeland SecurityHouse Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyHouse Committee on Homeland Security · Counterterrorism and Intelligence subcommitteeHouse Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Environment subcommitteeHouse Committee on Homeland Security · Transportation and Maritime Security subcommittee7 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 2 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 12 of 100 toward stricter enforcement.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 38 of 100 toward tighter limits.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 1 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 28 of 100 toward develop & extract.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 6 of 100 toward exec. discretion.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 0 with both halves · 61 with one · 11 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements18 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraintNo statements15 counted votesNot yet statedRole of governmentNo statements14 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rulesNo statements12 counted votesNot yet statedMarket protectionsNo statements11 counted votesNot yet statedPublic worksNo statements7 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliancesNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedWelfare & anti-povertyNo statements5 counted votesNot yet stated

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Matt Van Epps voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Matt Van Epps.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jul 17, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jul 17, 2026

$2.3MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $60.0K · 39 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$582.3K · 25.3%
  • Itemized individual$1.2M · 54.1%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$419.4K · 18.2%
  • All other$53.2K · 2.3%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.627
Social (dim 2)0.767

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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Civic Herald. “Matt Van Epps: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/matt-van-epps-V000139.

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