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Kennedy, Joseph P., III

House · Massachusetts, District 4 · K000379Sign in to watch / set alerts
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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
116th3868592997%
115th133901,10191%
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 history2 Congresses of supported coverage
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
116thHouseMassachusetts4Democratic
115thHouseMassachusetts4Democratic
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 116th Congress · historical · House
Participation
97%
929/953 cast
Sponsored
38
bills
Cosponsored
685
measures
Voting record on TQL-graded bills · 116th 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 votes116th Congress
MeasureCastResultDate
ProceduralPresentPassed2019-01-03
HRES 5YeaPassed2019-01-03
HRES 5YeaPassed2019-01-03
HRES 5NayFailed2019-01-03
HRES 5YeaPassed2019-01-03
HRES 6YeaPassed2019-01-03
HJRES 1NayFailed2019-01-03
HJRES 1YeaPassed2019-01-03
HR 21NayFailed2019-01-03
HR 21YeaPassed2019-01-03
HRES 6YeaPassed2019-01-04
HR 269YeaPassed2019-01-08
Sponsored · 116th38
—Graduate Student Savings Act of 2019hr 1194—Do No Harm Acthr 1450—Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Acthr 1879—Medicaid Bump Acthr 1920—Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Acthr 2874—Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019hr 3133—Fair AMP Acthr 3276—MASS Acthr 3569—Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 2019hr 4418—Worker Dividend Act of 2019hr 4419—Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act of 2019hr 5513—Voices for Environmental Justice Acthr 5842—Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Acthr 5900—Moms MATTER Act of 2020hr 6143—Upholding Worker Protections Acthr 6245—Modernized Medicine Acthr 6538—Bend Toward Justice Act of 2020hr 7134—Tribal Reservation Pandemic Protection Acthr 7173—Peace Corps Commemorative Work Extension Acthr 7460—Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Acthr 7539—Restoring Worker Power Act of 2020hr 7638—COVID–19 Essential Workers Compensation Fund Act of 2020hr 7686—Behavioral Health Coordination and Communication Act of 2020hr 7723—Crisis Counseling Acthr 7748—Virtual Community Support Act of 2020hr 7780—Health Insurance Lemon Law Acthr 8875—Holyoke Veterans Acthr 8901—ASSIST Acthr 8942—Citizen Justice Restoration Act of 2020hr 9045—______ Act of 2020hr 9058
Cosponsored · 116th685
—Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.hconres 100—Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children; recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis; and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.hconres 119—Expressing the sense of Congress that female athletes be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap.hconres 29—Supporting reproductive health care in the United States.hconres 40—Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.hconres 52—Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 59—Supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution.hconres 65—Fiscal State of the Nation Resolutionhconres 68—Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran.hconres 83—Encouraging the Trump Administration to maintain protections under the National Environmental Policy Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken this landmark law and its protections for American communities.hconres 89—Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.hjres 2—Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.hjres 35—Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.hjres 37—Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 38—Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.hjres 46—Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.hjres 48—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability".hjres 76—Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 79—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to "Community Reinvestment Act Regulations".hjres 90—For the People Act of 2019hr 1—WOOF! Acthr 1002—To provide that the rule entitled "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance" shall have no force or effect.hr 1010—Full Military Honors Act of 2019hr 1019—To provide for the retention and service of transgender individuals in the Armed Forces.hr 1032—PREPARED Acthr 1042—Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019hr 1043—Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020hr 1044—Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Acthr 1045—National Heritage Area Act of 2020hr 1049—ANTIQUITIES Acthr 1050
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