DemocratRobert C. "Bobby" Scott
U.S. Representative · Virginia
Virginia's 3rd district
U.S. Representative from Virginia
4 tracked promises
Running against
How they won their seat
Robert C âBobbyâ Scott won the 2022 U.S. House election in Virginia (District 3) with 67.2% of the vote (139,659 votes).
- Robert C âBobbyâ Scott · Democrat67.2%139,659
- Terry T Namkung · Republican32.6%67,668
- 1 Other Candidate0.3%523
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
The record indicates sponsorship of bills related to education, workforce development, and social equity, as evidenced by the sponsorship of bills such as the Rebuild America’s Schools Act and the Child Care for Working Families Act. Additionally, there is evidence of sponsorship of bills related to worker protections and anti-discrimination measures, reflected in the LET’S Protect Workers Act and the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Focus areas (from the record): Education · Workforce Development · Social Equity · Worker Protections · Anti-Discrimination Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess alignment with inferred activity patterns. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's motives or intentions; The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess consistency with stated goals. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2015. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Robert C. "Bobby" Scott has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 14
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$39K5%
- Large individual (itemized)$154K20%
- PAC / committee$575K75%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Education and WorkforceOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Not yet ratedNo promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.
The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.
Integrity over time
Topic coverage
4 promises across 4 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Child Care1
- Education / School Infrastructure1
- Labor / Right to Organize1
- Minimum Wage / Workers1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)4100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
4 tracked promises
“Establish a federal need-based grant program to fund long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities and restore school-infrastructure tax-credit bonds — via the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 (H.R. 7340), which Scott sponsors.”
“Lower child care costs for working families and increase the quality and supply of child care through the Child Care for Working Families Act (H.R. 4418), which Scott sponsors.”
“Raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 an hour, phased in over five years, and phase out the separate subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities — via the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (H.R. 2743), which Scott sponsors.”
“Enact the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20) to overhaul federal labor law — strengthening workers' right to organize and collectively bargain, adding penalties for violations, and closing loopholes that let employers misclassify employees — which Scott introduced as lead House sponsor.”
Verified record
260 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $349,635, spent $348,485, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 7340: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2026 ↗Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6893: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act ↗Dec 18, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6597: LET’S Protect Workers Act ↗Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5740: WIC Benefits Protection Act ↗Oct 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4862: LOAN Act ↗Aug 1, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4771: Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act ↗Jul 25, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4418: Child Care for Working Families Act ↗Jul 15, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3997: Protecting Children Act ↗Jun 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3605: Strength in Diversity Act of 2025 ↗May 23, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3606: Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2025 ↗May 23, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 435: Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly. ↗May 21, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3522: Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2025 ↗May 20, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 260 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 261
- Nay
- 346
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 2
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
4 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Education / School InfrastructureStated position
Establish a federal need-based grant program to fund long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities and restore school-infrastructure tax-credit bonds — via the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 (H.R. 7340), which Scott sponsors.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7340https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr7340View position & sources → - Child CareStated position
Lower child care costs for working families and increase the quality and supply of child care through the Child Care for Working Families Act (H.R. 4418), which Scott sponsors.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4418https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr4418View position & sources → - Minimum Wage / WorkersStated position
Raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 an hour, phased in over five years, and phase out the separate subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities — via the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (H.R. 2743), which Scott sponsors.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2743/texthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2743https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2743View position & sources → - Labor / Right to OrganizeStated position
Enact the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20) to overhaul federal labor law — strengthening workers' right to organize and collectively bargain, adding penalties for violations, and closing loopholes that let employers misclassify employees — which Scott introduced as lead House sponsor.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/20https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-labor-leaders-introduce-bill-protect-workers-right-0https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr20View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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