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Shimkus, John

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Congress	Sponsored	Cosponsored	Recorded votes	Participation
116th	4	145	887	93%
115th	6	148	1,195	99%

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

Congress	Chamber	State	District	Party
116th	House	Illinois	15	Republican
115th	House	Illinois	15	Republican

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

Legislative activity · 116th Congress · historical · House

Participation

93%

887/953 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	Nay	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Nay	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Failed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Nay	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Nay	Passed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Yea	Failed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Nay	Passed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Yea	Failed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Nay	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Yea	Passed	2019-01-04
HR 269	Yea	Passed	2019-01-08

Sponsored · 116th4

—Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2020hr 6488 —To authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to convey certain property to the Massac-Metropolis Port District, and for other purposes.hr 6730 —Expressing support for the designation of August 23, 2019, as Black Ribbon Day to recognize the victims of Soviet and Nazi regimes.hres 300 —Recognizing the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the 30th anniversary of the restoration of their independence.hres 889

Cosponsored · 116th145

—Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.hconres 20 —Expressing the sense of the Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically and continue to provide critical benefits to Americans and United States communities.hconres 27 —Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Mexico City policy.hconres 58 —Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique and one-time arrangements for displays on the National Mall and the Washington Monument during the period beginning on July 16, 2019 and ending on July 20, 2019.hjres 60 —Expressing support for freedom of conscience.hjres 78 —Providing for the reappointment of Michael M. Lynton as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.hjres 87 —Providing for the appointment of Franklin D. Raines as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.hjres 88 —National Heritage Area Act of 2020hr 1049 —Autism CARES Act of 2019hr 1058 —Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019hr 1108 —LEOSA Reform Acthr 1156 —Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019hr 1175 —Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Acthr 1225 —Protect and Serve Act of 2019hr 1325 —To make technical corrections to the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act.hr 1365 —Ensuring Lasting Smiles Acthr 1379 —Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Acthr 1396 —Social Security Fairness Act of 2019hr 141 —Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Acthr 1411 —To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3033 203rd Street in Olympia Fields, Illinois, as the "Captain Robert L. Martin Post Office".hr 1449 —Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020hr 1570 —Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Acthr 1641 —PHIT Act of 2019hr 1679 —Partner with Korea Acthr 1762 —College Transparency Acthr 1766 —Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019hr 1773 —National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Acthr 1830 —United States-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Regional Security Acthr 1837 —To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 66 Grove Court in Elgin, Illinois, as the "Corporal Alex Martinez Memorial Post Office Building".hr 1844 —Restoring Investment in Improvements Acthr 1869

Campaign financefederal · source: FEC

FEC candidate H2IL20042 · SHIMKUS, JOHN M → (House IL) · linked deterministic

Cycle	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand
2024	$311	$85,696	$529,359
2022	$401	$105,070	$614,743
2020	$561,615	$842,942	$719,412
2018	$1,974,775	$1,810,326	$1,000,739
2016	$3,207,856	$3,398,402	$836,290

1 authorized/associated committee · 95 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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