# Austin Scott (GA-08) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files > Ten of the most consequential votes cast by Rep. Austin Scott, how he voted, and the real-world impact on everyday Americans. *Source: https://thegafiles.com/AustinScott.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)* --- Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia's 8th Congressional District # Austin Scott Party Republican In Office 2011 – present Roll-Call Votes ~9,000 Scope of This Review 2017 – 2025 HRC Equality Score 3 / 100 Rep. Austin Scott has represented Georgia's 8th District since 2011 and has cast roughly 9,000 roll-call votes. The ten below are selected for their direct, material impact on ordinary households — health coverage, food assistance, taxes, infrastructure, and civil rights. Each entry lists how he voted, when, whether the measure became law, the real-world stakes, and a source. 10 / 10Austin Scott has a recorded position on all ten of the key votes below. **HRC Equality Score: 3/100 (118th Congress).** An external rating from the [Human Rights Campaign](https://www.hrc.org/resources/congressional-scorecard), an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, scoring members 0–100 on support for LGBTQ+ equality based on key votes and bill cosponsorships in the 118th Congress (2023–24). Included for reference; it reflects HRC's positions, not this site's. Vote positions verified against House Clerk roll calls, the member's own statements, and reporting. Impact summaries are factual; framing is left to the reader. 01 ## One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 1 · 119th Congress YES Dates / Roll Calls House passage May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145, 215–214); motion to concur with Senate July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190, 218–214) Status Became law — Public Law 119-21, signed July 4, 2025 ### Impact on Everyday Americans Largest safety-net rollback in recent memory. Cuts over $1 trillion from health programs and at least $120 billion from SNAP, with new Medicaid work requirements and cost-sharing on low-income enrollees. The American Medical Association estimated roughly 11.8 million people would lose health coverage. Scott's office framed it as preventing a 24% tax increase on the average Georgia taxpayer and raising farm reference prices. #### Sources - [House Clerk Roll Call 145](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145) - [House Clerk Roll Call 190](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190) - [Scott statement](https://austinscott.house.gov/2025/7/rep-scott-applauds-final-passage-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act) - [AMA analysis](https://www.ama-assn.org/health-care-advocacy/federal-advocacy/changes-medicaid-aca-and-other-key-provisions-one-big) - [Medicare Advocacy](https://medicareadvocacy.org/impact-of-the-big-bill-on-medicare/) 02 ## Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 1 · 115th Congress YES Dates House passage November 16, 2017; final passage December 2017 Status Became law, signed December 22, 2017 ### Impact on Everyday Americans Cut corporate taxes permanently and individual taxes temporarily, and expanded the Child Tax Credit. The largest dollar benefits flowed to higher earners, and the individual provisions were scheduled to expire — the core critique being that gains for average families were smaller and time-limited. #### Sources - [Scott statement](https://austinscott.house.gov/2017/11/rep-austin-scott-votes-bring-tax-reform-millions-americans) 03 ## American Health Care Act H.R. 1628 · 115th Congress YES Date / Roll Call House passage May 4, 2017 (Roll Call 256) Status Passed House; failed in the Senate — did not become law ### Impact on Everyday Americans The main ACA-repeal effort. The American Medical Association warned it would cause millions to lose coverage and, by replacing income-based subsidies with age-based credits, make coverage more expensive or out of reach for poor and sick Americans. Scott celebrated House passage as rolling back the ACA's "most straining provisions." #### Sources - [Scott statement](https://austinscott.house.gov/2017/5/congressman-austin-scott-statement-health-care-vote) - [GovTrack Roll Call 256](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h256) - [Ballotpedia / AMA letter](https://ballotpedia.org/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017) 04 ## American Rescue Plan Act H.R. 1319 · 117th Congress NO Date House final passage March 10, 2021 (220–211) Status Became law, signed March 11, 2021 ### Impact on Everyday Americans Delivered $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, and a one-year Child Tax Credit expansion credited with helping cut child poverty nearly in half in 2021. Scott voted no with all House Republicans, who argued the bill would fuel inflation. #### Sources - [Congress.gov H.R.1319](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319) 05 ## Inflation Reduction Act H.R. 5376 · 117th Congress NO Date House final passage August 12, 2022 (220–207) Status Became law, signed August 16, 2022 ### Impact on Everyday Americans Let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices, capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare enrollees, extended ACA premium subsidies, and funded clean-energy investment — direct savings for lower- and middle-income households and seniors. No House Republican voted yes. #### Sources - [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Inflation_Reduction_Act_of_2022) 06 ## Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 3684 · 117th Congress NO Date / Roll Call House agreed to Senate amendment November 5, 2021 (Roll Call 369, 228–206) Status Became law, signed November 15, 2021 ### Impact on Everyday Americans Funds roads, bridges, broadband, and water-system replacement. Georgia was set to receive more than $11 billion, yet Scott and all seven other Georgia Republicans voted no. Scott called it a "Trojan horse" bill with only "a sliver" for traditional infrastructure. #### Sources - [Scott statement](https://austinscott.house.gov/2021/11/rep-austin-scott-comments-passage-infrastructure-legislation) - [Congress.gov actions](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/actions) - [Valdosta Daily Times — Georgia's $11B share](https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/georgia-to-receive-more-than-11-billion-in-infrastructure-deal/article_43804ccd-746c-5636-a226-19269c8be37b.html) 07 ## Build Back Better Act H.R. 5376 · 117th Congress NO Date House passage November 19, 2021 (220–213) Status Passed House; died in the Senate — did not become law ### Impact on Everyday Americans Would have funded universal pre-K, capped child-care costs, extended the expanded Child Tax Credit, and added elder-care and housing investments. Scott called it "a tax and spending spree to fund liberal policies." #### Sources - [Scott statement](https://austinscott.house.gov/2021/11/rep-austin-scott-votes-against-biden-s-social-spending-spree) 08 ## Respect for Marriage Act H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress NO Dates / Roll Calls Initial passage July 19, 2022 (Roll Call 373); final passage December 8, 2022 (Roll Call 513) Status Became law, signed December 13, 2022 ### Impact on Everyday Americans Codified federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. Scott was among 157 Republicans who voted no at initial passage. #### Sources - [House Clerk Roll Call 373](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022373) - [House Clerk Roll Call 513](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022513) 09 ## Laken Riley Act H.R. 29 / S. 5 · 119th Congress YES Dates H.R. 29 House passage January 7, 2025; S. 5 (Senate-amended) House passage January 22, 2025 (263–156) Status Became law, signed January 29, 2025 ### Impact on Everyday Americans Requires DHS to detain undocumented people merely charged with or arrested for theft-related offenses — without a conviction — and lets states sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. Critics flag the detention-without-conviction standard and due-process concerns. #### Sources - [Congress.gov S.5](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5) - [NPR](https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5253926/congress-laken-riley-act) - [Washington Post vote tracker](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/01/07/laken-riley-vote-immigration-house/) 10 ## For the People Act H.R. 1 · 117th Congress NO Date House passage March 3, 2021 (220–210) Status Passed House; stalled in the Senate — did not become law ### Impact on Everyday Americans A sweeping voting-access and anti-corruption bill: automatic voter registration, limits on partisan gerrymandering, and new campaign-finance disclosure rules. Scott voted no on party lines. #### Sources - [Congress.gov H.R.1 (117th)](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1) Constituent Access ## Town Halls Open public forums with constituents · review period 2011–2025 **The finding is the absence of them.** Local reporting and the constituents who organize in Georgia's 8th District say Austin Scott has not held an open, public town hall in roughly a decade. According to organizers cited by Georgia Public Broadcasting, his last town hall was in **August 2015** — and that one was restricted to veterans, not a general constituent forum. ## Documented Record - **August 2015 — last known town hall (veterans only).** Per organizers quoted by GPB and 13WMAZ, this is the most recent town hall Scott held; because attendance was limited to veterans, they do not count it as an open constituent forum. Exact date UNCONFIRMED. - **March 17, 2025 — a town hall held _without_ him.** After what they described as a decade-long refusal to hold public forums, constituents organized their own town hall outside Scott's Warner Robins office at 120 Byrd Way. Close to 200 people attended; with Scott absent, they directed questions to an empty chair draped with a blue blazer. Organized by the groups Middle Georgians for Democracy and Hope, Joy and Democracy. ## Scott's Response Asked about the criticism, Scott did not dispute the absence of open town halls but pointed to other forms of contact. He said that for over 14 years he has met with constituents, local advocacy groups, and industries, and that every constituent "has the right to share their concerns with me through my office." He told GPB he would meet with constituents during the congressional recess, but did not say when or where. Verified against Georgia Public Broadcasting, 13WMAZ, and the Lanier County News (March 2025). The pre-2015 record is thin: no open public town hall in the review period has been documented in local press, and Scott's office has not published a town-hall schedule. Constituents with records of a specific event are encouraged to submit a correction via the contact link below. ## Sources - [Georgia Public Broadcasting — "They had it without him" (Mar 17, 2025)](https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/03/17/people-austin-scotts-district-wanted-town-hall-the-congressman-they-had-it-without) - [13WMAZ — Voters host their own town hall](https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/central-georgia-voters-to-host-their-own-town-hall/93-7a44b5c8-fb16-4a0e-a357-8f867de2747a) - [13WMAZ — Protesters demand a public town hall](https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/warner-robins/protesters-gather-outside-rep-austin-scotts-office/93-e2757382-e610-4ea8-9c6b-6ba154a463b4) - [Lanier County News — Scott a no-show; constituents hold their own](https://www.laniercountynewsonline.com/2025/03/20/u-s-rep-scott-a-no-show-at-town-halls-so-constituents-holding-their-own/) Campaign Finance ## Campaign Finance 2025–26 cycle · Federal Election Commission Raised$926K Spent$649K Cash on Hand$1.3M Austin Scott's PAC money is overwhelmingly **agribusiness** — peanut, cotton, pecan, egg, and cattle PACs — matching his seats on the House Agriculture and Appropriations committees. Pinned — AIPAC Money $3,544 this cycle Direct contributions from AIPAC's PAC plus donor money bundled ("earmarked") through AIPAC and forwarded to the campaign — totaled from [AIPAC's own FEC disbursement filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00797670&recipient_name=C00482737), 2025–26 cycle. ## Top PAC & Committee Contributors | # | Contributor | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | American Revival PAC | $10,000 | | 2 | United Egg Association PAC | $10,000 | | 3 | Zurich (Z-PAC) | $10,000 | | 4 | US Peanut PAC | $10,000 | | 5 | Texas Farm Bureau AgFund | $10,000 | | 6 | Southeast Cotton Committee (SECC) | $10,000 | | 7 | Peanut PAC of Alabama | $10,000 | | 8 | National Pecan Federation (Pecan PAC) | $10,000 | | 9 | National Peanut Buying Points PAC | $10,000 | | 10 | National Cattlemen's Beef Assn PAC | $10,000 | Source: Federal Election Commission, 2025–26 cycle. Direct PAC contributions and committee transfers only — individual donors, earmarked conduit pass-throughs, refunds, and loans are excluded. Figures auto-pulled from FEC filings. ## Sources - [FEC — candidate profile & filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0GA08099/) ## Verification Resources - [House Clerk roll-call votes](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes) - [Austin Scott — Congress.gov member page](https://www.congress.gov/member/austin-scott/S001189) - [Austin Scott — GovTrack profile](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/austin_scott/412417) - [FEC — campaign finance filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0GA08099/) - [Town Hall Project — constituent event tracker](https://townhallproject.com) Vote positions verified against House Clerk roll calls, the member's own statements, and reporting. Impact summaries are factual; "most consequential" and impact framings involve value judgments. Scott's stated rationale on tax-and-spending votes was consistently inflation, taxes, and federal overreach. [← All Legislators](https://thegafiles.com/legislators.html)