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Lawson, Al, Jr.

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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
117th20468993100%
116th2045991796%
115th193261,13394%
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
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
117thHouseFlorida5Democratic
116thHouseFlorida5Democratic
115thHouseFlorida5Democratic
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · House
Participation
94%
1133/1209 cast
Sponsored
19
bills
Cosponsored
326
measures
Voting record on TQL-graded bills · 115th 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 votes115th Congress
MeasureCastResultDate
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayAgreed to2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354Not votingFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354Not votingAgreed to2017-09-07
HR 3354Not votingFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354Not votingFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354Not votingFailed2017-09-07
Sponsored · 115th19
—Entrepreneurial Education Acthr 2563—SBIR Commercialization Assistance Act of 2017hr 2702—Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2017hr 2855—Veterans Jobs Opportunity Acthr 3345—Student Opportunity Acthr 3346—To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building".hr 3638—SNAP Standard Medical Expense Deduction Act of 2017hr 3749—Food Sharing Act of 2017hr 3815—College Student Hunger Act of 2017hr 3875—Flood Water Relief Act of 2017hr 4409—SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Acthr 4521—Student Aid Enhancement Acthr 4662—To designate the health care center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tallahassee, Florida, as the Sergeant Ernest I. "Boots" Thomas VA Clinic, and for other purposes.hr 4687—To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System.hr 5005—Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018hr 5122—VETS Acthr 6285—Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Acthr 6367—NCAA Act of 2018hr 6749—National Women Veterans Recognition Week Resolutionhres 775
Cosponsored · 115th326
—Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 117—Supporting National Men's Health Week.hconres 123—Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.hconres 13—Original NAACP Resolution of 2017hconres 17—Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 44—Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.hconres 63—Expressing the sense of the Congress that homelessness in America should be eliminated.hconres 75—Condemning fear-mongering, racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, and violence perpetrated by hate groups.hconres 77—Condemning the racist and hate-based attacks on our college campuses and reaffirming our support for inclusion and safety in our institutions of higher learning.hconres 86—Expressing the sense of the Congress that temporary protected status for Haitian nationals should be extended until that country has demonstrably recovered from the 2010 earthquake, the cholera epidemic, Hurricane Matthew, and other disasters.hconres 87—Expressing the sense of the Congress that temporary protected status for Haitian nationals should be extended until that country has demonstrably recovered from the 2010 earthquake, the cholera epidemic, Hurricane Matthew, and other disasters.hconres 88—Expressing the sense of Congress that a day should be designated as "National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day".hconres 9—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Restoring Internet Freedom".hjres 129—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance".hjres 140—Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.hjres 33—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—Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 53—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers relating to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Water Control Master Manual.hjres 77—Freedom for Refugees Escaping Enmity (FREE) Acthr 1075—Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Acthr 1076—Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2017hr 112—Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017hr 113—To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.hr 1135—ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017hr 1171—Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Acthr 1194—Voter Empowerment Act of 2017hr 12—Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Acthr 1235—400 Years of African-American History Commission Acthr 1242—CPI-E Act of 2017hr 1251—Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017hr 1276
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
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