July 20, 2026Methodology v2.2 · Data: BLS, 20102025
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CongressTennessee

Bill Hagerty

U.S. Senator, Tennessee · Republican · in office since Jan. 3, 2021

Bill Hagerty
U.S. Senator · Tennessee · Republican · in the Senate since Jan. 2021
Overall grade · among senators
No. 60 of 91
−0.39σ · 41% of the grade measured
How this grade is built
35%Bills they move (LES)−0.41
30%Tennessee: how it moved on their watch+0.03
25%Alignment (promises vs. votes)reserved
10%Attendancereserved
Tennessee outcomes over their Senate service
CategoryLatestScore vs. peers
Education scale score27624Insufficient data
Air quality AQI4124−0.25σ
Water quality % of community systems3.125+0.84σ
Unemployment %3.525+1.09σ
Health coverage % of adults 18-6411.723+1.74σ*
Tax burden % of personal income5.024+0.04σ
Energy cost cents/kWh12.424+0.91σ
Cost of living index, US=10091.924+0.13σ
Crime deaths per 100,0001024−0.69σ
Teen births per 1,000 females 15-1919.924−0.71σ
Wellbeing mean days of past 306230.00σ*
Obesity % of adults37.623Insufficient data
Early literacy % of 4th graders38.924Insufficient data
Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted)19.824−0.48σ
Food-aid access index (higher = easier access)0.623−2.07σ*
Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI16.124+1.58σ
Their own recordValue
Legislative effectiveness LES · chamber avg = 1.0
0.21
Missed votes5.7%
Ideology 0 = left · 1 = right (GovTrack)0.89
Promises keptIn human review

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so they are scored on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — ranked against other senators — alongside their own legislative record. Influence is shared with 99 colleagues and the governor; the score shows relative movement, not sole credit. Methodology v2.2

What Hagerty voted to fund

These pies aggregate the largest verified spending items — appropriations and mandatory outlays — in the bills Hagerty cast a recorded vote on, sliced by category, every dollar quoted from the bill text. Authorizations, guarantee ceilings and pay-fors are excluded, exactly as on the bill pages. This shows what the bills contained, by Hagerty’s own votes — not a claim that Hagerty wrote the spending or that it did or didn’t work. Click any slice to read the cited line-items.

Recorded as present or not voting on: H.R. 3746 (Not Voting). These count toward neither pie.

Voted to fund — every dollar, cited

commerce & housing credit$45.0B

veterans$6.9B

  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for the 31 FY2023 major medical facility leasesDepartment of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$1,880,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to enter into enhanced-use leases of VA property (FY2022)Department of Veterans Affairs$922,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2031)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$650,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2030)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$620,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2029)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$610,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2028)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$600,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Initial mandatory appropriation seeding the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund (FY2022)Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund$500,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2027)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$450,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2026)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$400,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2025)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$200,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →
  • Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2024)Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$100,000,000
    S. 3373 — read the cited text →

science$5.0B

defense$2.0B

broadband$1.5B

  • Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, FY2023 (Open RAN / wireless supply chain innovation)NTIA (Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund)$1,350,000,000
    H.R. 4346 — read the cited text →
  • Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, FY2022 (Open RAN / wireless supply chain; $1.5B total with FY2023)NTIA (Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund)$150,000,000
    H.R. 4346 — read the cited text →

health$676.0M

other$519.4M

education$200.0M

  • CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund, FY2025 (NSF microelectronics workforce; $200,000,000 total)National Science Foundation$50,000,000
    H.R. 4346 — read the cited text →
  • CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund, FY2026 (NSF microelectronics workforce; $200,000,000 total)National Science Foundation$50,000,000
    H.R. 4346 — read the cited text →
  • CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund, FY2027 (NSF microelectronics workforce; $200,000,000 total)National Science Foundation$50,000,000
    H.R. 4346 — read the cited text →
  • CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund, FY2023 (NSF microelectronics workforce; $200,000,000 total)National Science Foundation$25,000,000
    H.R. 4346 — read the cited text →
  • CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund, FY2024 (NSF microelectronics workforce; $200,000,000 total)National Science Foundation$25,000,000
    H.R. 4346 — read the cited text →

Voted against — every dollar, cited

community & regional development$412.7B

income security$301.3B

transportation$202.9B

education$162.4B

energy$128.0B

other$126.8B

veterans$109.8B

health$104.2B

broadband$81.6B

commerce & housing credit$60.9B

water$40.2B

science$35.0B

defense$29.2B

agriculture$22.3B

environment$2.6B

Federal spending during Hagerty’s current term

Total U.S. federal outlays for each fiscal year of Hagerty’s current term. This is the whole federal budget — mostly Social Security, Medicare, defense, interest on the debt, and prior commitments — not money Hagerty personally directed. A president proposes and Congress appropriates; no single official controls it.

FY21
$6.82T−$2.77T deficit
FY22
$6.27T−$1.37T deficit
FY23
$6.13T−$1.69T deficit
FY24
$6.74T−$1.82T deficit
FY25
$7.01T−$1.77T deficit

Source: OMB Historical Tables, Table 1.1 (Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits: 1789-present) · figures. Nominal dollars, by fiscal year (Oct–Sep).

How Hagerty is graded

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so Hagerty is graded on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — measured as the change on their watch versus the other 49 states, capped because influence is shared with 99 colleagues, the governor and a world economy — blended with what they personally control: how effectively they move legislation and how they vote. Every part decomposes on the card above, and the “measured” figure says how much of the grade is real versus still reserved.

Legislative Effectiveness Scores come from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which benchmarks each chamber’s average to 1.0. Voting statistics come from GovTrack. The Honesty ledger — promises matched against this member’s votes — publishes only with an evidence trail and two agreeing human reviews.