Representative · Tennessee's 2nd district

Tim Burchett

Tim Burchett is a Republican representative for Tennessee's 2nd district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 19, and cast 440 of 460 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6752.8%19 of 675 · rank 143 of 43996%440 of 460 · rank 357 of 439650 became law9%19 of 209
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2220.2%2 of 1,222 · rank 428 of 44297%823 of 851 · rank 242 of 442320 became law15%32 of 219
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9973.1%31 of 997 · rank 71 of 44397%537 of 553 · rank 281 of 443230 became law27%55 of 201

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.66+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Jul 22, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–212· Against party
  2. Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–224· Against party
  3. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–224· Against party
  4. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  5. Jun 11, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 198–218· Against party
  6. May 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Failed 204–216· Against party
  7. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  8. Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17· Against party
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

120 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced11193%
  2. Reported by committee10.8%
  3. Passed one chamber86.7%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement15
  2. International Affairs15
  3. Government Operations and Politics14
  4. Armed Forces and National Security12
  5. Congress9
  6. Transportation and Public Works8
  7. Education6
  8. Commerce5

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10535 Paperwork Reduction Modernization Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 24, 2026
  2. H.R. 10487 Recovery First Housing Act
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Sep 17, 2026
  3. H.R. 10423 To provide for a temporary prohibition on the export of diesel fuel.
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Sep 16, 2026
  4. H.R. 10422 Diesel Price Reduction Act of 2026
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Sep 16, 2026
  5. H.R. 1372 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building".
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 2026
  6. H.R. 10225 No Federal Taxpayer-Funded Housing for Illegal Aliens Act of 2026
    Introduced· Immigration· Sep 2, 2026
  7. H.R. 9800 Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 21, 2026
  8. H.R. 9775 Concealed Crime Prevention Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jul 20, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Tennessee's 2nd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$298.7M
Per resident
$377
Rank in Tennessee
8 of 9
Contract actions
1,841
New awards: 1,307

By fiscal year

  1. 306MFY2017
  2. 305.5MFY2018
  3. 226.3MFY2019
  4. 261.5MFY2020
  5. 223.3MFY2021
  6. 252.8MFY2022
  7. 234.2MFY2023
  8. 364.3MFY2024
  9. 422MFY2025
  10. 298.7MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. General Services Administration
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Justice
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Justice
  6. Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. 7 awards
  2. 140 awards
  3. 5 awards
  4. 180 awards
  5. 14 awards
  6. 1 award
  7. 6 awards
  8. 42 awards
  9. 30 awards
  10. 5 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$2.4M
through Jul 17, 2026
Cash on hand
$967.4K
From committees
$162.5K
60 committees
From contractor PACs
$28K
10 PACs · 17% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$5,000BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac$5,000SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization$6.6M
pitney bowes inc.pitney bowes inc. political action committee$4,000PITNEY BOWES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$32M
fedex corporationfedex corporation political action committee$2,500FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$407.8M
delta airlinesdelta air lines pac$2,500DELTA AIR LINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$8.9M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$1,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$1,000AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
american airlines inc.american airlines inc. political action committee (aapac)$1,000AMERICAN AIRLINES, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$8M
tremco cpg inc.tremco cpg inc. pac, dba tremco pac$1,000TREMCO LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization$48.7K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$2.4M$162.5K$28K10 PACs · 17% of committee money
2024$1.2M$114K$22K9 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022$1.4M$195.4K$40K14 PACs · 20% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Tennessee's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Tennessee's 2nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Tennessee's 2nd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Tennessee's 2nd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1122 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.