Democratic

Lawrence, Brenda L.

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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking

Congress	Sponsored	Cosponsored	Recorded votes	Participation
117th	14	431	992	99%
116th	13	456	912	96%
115th	25	364	1,180	98%

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 history3 Congresses of supported coverage

Congress	Chamber	State	District	Party
117th	House	Michigan	14	Democratic
116th	House	Michigan	14	Democratic
115th	House	Michigan	14	Democratic

Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.

Legislative activity · 116th Congress · historical · House

Participation

96%

912/953 cast

Bill grade band	Supported	Opposed	Present	Not voting
A/B-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0
C-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0
D/F-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0

Measure	Cast	Result	Date
Procedural	Present	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Yea	Passed	2019-01-04
HR 269	Yea	Passed	2019-01-08

Sponsored · 116th13

—Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Acthr 1003 —Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019hr 1417 —Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019hr 2262 —To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Aretha Franklin Post Office Building".hr 3976 —Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Acthr 4420 —Pell to Grad Acthr 6033 —Small Business PPE Tax Credit Acthr 7216 —GAO Mandates Revision Acthr 8241 —Get the Lead Out of Schools Acthr 852 —DOULA for VA Act of 2020hr 9016 —Supporting the development of guidelines for ethical development of artificial intelligence.hres 153 —Affirming that all men and women are created equal.hres 272 —Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States.hres 354

Cosponsored · 116th456

—Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.hconres 100 —Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the Buffalo Soldiers.hconres 12 —Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.hconres 13 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 30 —Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.hconres 36 —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 goals and ideals of GLSEN's 2020 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.hconres 98 —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 —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 —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 —For the People Act of 2019hr 1 —WOOF! Acthr 1002 —PREPARED Acthr 1042 —Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019hr 1043 —Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020hr 1044 —Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019hr 1046 —National Heritage Area Act of 2020hr 1049 —ANTIQUITIES Acthr 1050 —Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Acthr 1055 —Autism CARES Act of 2019hr 1058 —Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020hr 1109 —Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Acthr 1128 —VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019hr 1133 —Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Acthr 1139 —Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020hr 1140 —Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Acthr 1146

Campaign financefederal · source: FEC

FEC candidate H2MI14111 · LAWRENCE, BRENDA LULENAR → (House MI) · linked deterministic

Cycle	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand
2024	$16,647	$136,138	$705,902
2022	$371,367	$437,160	$825,393
2020	$1,087,215	$792,122	$891,186
2018	$918,529	$583,591	$596,093
2016	$872,534	$700,511	$261,155

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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