Solvers Caucus Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus Climate Solutions Caucus Political views Lance voted in line with Donald Trump's position 86.5% of the time, about 19 percentage points higher than expected when compared to his district's votes in the Trump's 2016 margin. Lance described himself as a "moderate conservative." He was a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. He was one of 23 Republicans to hold House districts that were won by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. In 2017, his voting record was more liberal and less conservative than his lifetime record in Congress, causing Lance's ratings from conservative interest groups to dip while his ratings from liberal interest groups improved. In the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, Lance endorsed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. He endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 general election. In the 115th Congress (2017-2019), Lance voted with his party in 75.4% of the time, voted against his party 8.5% of the time, and missed 2.2% of votes. He had a similar record in the preceding 114th Congress (2015-2017). As measured by the Lugar Center/McCourt School of Public Policy Bipartisan Index (which measures the frequency with which a member of Congress co-sponsors a bill introduced by a member of the opposite party, and the frequency with which bills introduced by the member are co-sponsored by members from the opposite party), Lance was the eighth-most bipartisan House member in the 115th Congress (2017-2019). In 2017, Lance declined to endorse Roy Moore, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate special election in Alabama. Lance urged voters in Alabama to write-in an alternate Republican. Budget and economy In 2011 Lance voted for the Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He also opposed President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 economic stimulus bill). Lance voted against the 2017 Republican tax legislation due to the bill's elimination of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which targeted New Jersey and other high-tax states. He was one of several New Jersey Republicans who voted against the bill. Donald Trump Lance criticized Trump's 2017 executive order that curtailed the immigration of people from seven countries in the Middle East, calling it "rushed and poorly implemented." Lance was supportive of Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court and his Mexico City Policy. Environment Lance's lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters was 27%. As