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Cartwright, Matt

House · Pennsylvania, District 8 · C001090Sign in to watch / set alerts
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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
118th413381,18997%
117th6231696497%
116th6353391496%
115th674521,19799%
Descriptive counts per Congress — sponsored/cosponsored measures, recorded votes cast, and participation (votes cast ÷ recorded, shown only where the denominator is ingested). This is not an effectiveness score, alignment, or rank. Recorded votes reflect ingested chambers (House member casts across the supported range; Senate member casts are not linked — see Coverage).
Service history4 Congresses of supported coverage
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
118thHousePennsylvania8Democratic
117thHousePennsylvania8Democratic
116thHousePennsylvania8Democratic
115thHousePennsylvania17Democratic
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 118th Congress · historical · House
Participation
97%
1189/1222 cast
Sponsored
41
bills
Cosponsored
338
measures
Voting record on TQL-graded bills · 118th Congress

Grouped by the bill's grade. “Supported” = voted Yea; “Opposed” = voted Nay. These are facts about votes — not a score of the member.

Bill grade bandSupportedOpposedPresentNot voting
A/B-graded bills (0)0000
C-graded bills (0)0000
D/F-graded bills (0)0000
Recent recorded votes118th Congress
MeasureCastResultDate
ProceduralPresentPassed2023-01-03
ProceduralNayPassed2023-01-04
ProceduralNayPassed2023-01-05
ProceduralNayPassed2023-01-06
ProceduralNayFailed2023-01-06
HRES 5NayPassed2023-01-09
HRES 5YeaFailed2023-01-09
HRES 5NayPassed2023-01-09
HR 23YeaFailed2023-01-09
HR 23NayPassed2023-01-09
HRES 11YeaPassed2023-01-10
HRES 12NayPassed2023-01-10
Sponsored · 118th41
—Grace Hopper Code for Us Acthr 6075—Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Acthr 6076—National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Acthr 1540—Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Acthr 1695—VA Work-Study Improvement Acthr 3600—Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Acthr 3601—Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2023hr 4153—CLEANER Act of 2023hr 4777—FRESHER Act of 2023hr 4778—Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2023hr 5247—Time Off to Vote Acthr 5322—CSA OPPORTUNITY Acthr 5468—Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Acthr 5748—Truth in Tuition Act of 2023hr 6134—Student Records Protection Acthr 6259—Youth Financial Learning Acthr 6327—Locality Pay Equity Act of 2023hr 6422—UNLEADED Acthr 6446—Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023hr 6461—Transforming Hiring in Rural Industries and Vital Economies Act of 2023hr 6662—PREPARE Act of 2023hr 6882—OPEN Acthr 6913—Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Acthr 6920—Military Spouse Job Continuity Acthr 7060—Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Acthr 7250—Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Acthr 7275—Military Family Leave Act of 2024hr 7559—To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.hr 7819—Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act of 2024hr 7940—Bond Improvement and Reclamation Assurance Acthr 7941
Cosponsored · 118th338
—Expressing the sense of the Congress that assisted suicide (sometimes referred to using other terms) puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm.hconres 109—Providing for a joint session of the Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in honor of the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence.hconres 115—Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 22—Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.hconres 28—Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.hconres 44—Calling for the immediate release of Marc Fogel, a United States citizen and teacher, who was given an unjust and disproportionate criminal sentence by the Government of the Russian Federation in June 2022.hconres 60—Supporting Israeli democracy.hconres 61—Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 97—Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to enact public financing systems for political campaigns.hjres 13—Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 25—Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights protected and extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.hjres 54—Redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery as the "Arlington House National Historic Site".hjres 76—Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay.hjres 82—Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Acthr 1015—Outdoors for All Acthr 1065—Caring for Survivors Act of 2023hr 1083—Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Acthr 1088—Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023hr 1097—Freedom to Vote Acthr 11—DISCLOSE Act of 2023hr 1118—GUARD VA Benefits Acthr 1139—Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023hr 1147—Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023hr 12—Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Acthr 1232—Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Acthr 1235—Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally Acthr 1238—To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.hr 1247—Military Spouse Hiring Acthr 1277—DRIVE Acthr 1278—Major Richard Star Acthr 1282
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate H2PA17079 · CARTWRIGHT, MATTHEW A. → (House PA) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on hand
2024$8,650,658$8,614,503$88,775
2022$5,364,344$5,482,589$52,620
2020$3,955,709$4,214,643$170,866
2018$2,432,562$2,563,832$429,799
2016$969,667$861,672$561,069
1 authorized/associated committee · 100 reported independent expenditures. Full campaign-finance record →Reported campaign-finance facts about the linked FEC candidate. This is distinct from the legislative record above and implies nothing about how the member legislated — money and votes are not causally linked here.

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