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Gerald E. Connolly

Gerald E. Connolly

D VA-11 · House

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Agriculture

+86
Helped 405 Hurt 319 Unclear 23

Healthcare

+66
Helped 166 Hurt 100 Unclear 365

Government Operations

-11
Helped 30 Hurt 41 Unclear 390

Finance

-85
Helped 115 Hurt 200 Unclear 77

Environment

+31
Helped 133 Hurt 102 Unclear 149

Education

-9
Helped 125 Hurt 134 Unclear 121

Labor

+93
Helped 144 Hurt 51 Unclear 151

Energy

-137
Helped 29 Hurt 166 Unclear 72

Defense

+12
Helped 57 Hurt 45 Unclear 161

Civil Rights

+20
Helped 116 Hurt 96 Unclear 50

Foreign Affairs

-113
Helped 61 Hurt 174 Unclear 16

Foreign Policy

-3
Helped 63 Hurt 66 Unclear 47

Transportation

-5
Helped 31 Hurt 36 Unclear 91

Criminal Justice

+10
Helped 81 Hurt 71 Unclear 3

National Security

-108
Helped 0 Hurt 108 Unclear 44

Technology

+31
Helped 69 Hurt 38 Unclear 34

Native American Tribes

-93
Helped 2 Hurt 95 Unclear 20

Housing

+51
Helped 80 Hurt 29 Unclear 2

Voting Rights

+15
Helped 60 Hurt 45

Regulated Industries

-43
Helped 11 Hurt 54 Unclear 32
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

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P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

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Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)

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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
Industry S+ S- O+ O- Net
State & Local Government - - +3
Government - - - +6
General Public - - +3
Nonprofits - - 0

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

hr7787-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Mar 21, 2024
Federal Administration Agricultural Producers Environmental Services

hr7634-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes.

1 clause Mar 12, 2024
Environmental Services

hr7532-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to establish Federal AI system governance requirements, and for other purposes.

26 clauses Mar 5, 2024
Environmental Services Federal Administration Defense Contractors Transportation

hr7272-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require reports on the progress and implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

3 clauses Feb 7, 2024
Transportation Environmental Services

hr7145-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the taking, importation, exportation, and breeding of certain cetaceans for public display, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jan 30, 2024
Federal Administration Environmental Services

hr6882-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To enhance the Federal Government’s planning and preparation for extreme weather and the Federal Government’s dissemination of best practices to respond to extreme weather, thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordination, and mitigating the financial risk to the Federal Government from such extreme weather, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Dec 22, 2023
Health Care Providers Education Environmental Services Federal Administration

hr6747-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To speed up the deployment of electricity transmission and clean energy, with proper input from affected communities, and for other purposes.

62 clauses Dec 13, 2023
Health Care Providers Education Defense Contractors Federal Administration

hr6654-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene food service ware, expanded polystyrene loose fill, and expanded polystyrene coolers, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Dec 7, 2023
Health Care Providers Agricultural Producers

hr6618-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Dec 6, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Environmental Services Defense Contractors

hr3448-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields.

15 clauses Nov 7, 2023
Native American Tribal Government General Public Federal Government Nonprofit Organizations

hr6054-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To ensure that the United States diplomatic workforce at all levels reflects the diverse composition of the United States, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Oct 25, 2023
Federal Administration Environmental Services Defense Contractors

hr6053-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of consumer products and packaging, to prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways, and for other purposes.

41 clauses Oct 25, 2023
Health Care Providers Education Environmental Services Federal Administration

hr5983-118

Cosponsor In Committee

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore a national minimum standard of protection for the water resources of the United States while providing certainty to regulated entities.

3 clauses Oct 18, 2023
Energy Production Health Care Providers Environmental Services

hr5855-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To enshrine the legacy of Jamal Khashoggi by protecting activists and journalists, codifying the Khashoggi Ban, and introducing the Khashoggi Amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Sep 29, 2023
Federal Administration Defense Contractors Foreign Affairs Environmental Services

hr5784-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a Green New Deal for public schools.

11 clauses Sep 28, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

hr5760-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a climate resilience workforce, and for other purposes.

27 clauses Sep 27, 2023
Labor Health Care Providers Education Defense Contractors

hr14-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

16 clauses Sep 19, 2023
Civil Rights Advocacy Education Environmental Services Agricultural Producers

hr5572-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy, and for other purposes.

16 clauses Sep 19, 2023
Health Care Providers Education Defense Contractors Federal Administration

hr5169-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Aug 8, 2023
Federal Administration Energy Production Environmental Services

hr5048-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.

90 clauses Jul 27, 2023
Information Technology Environmental Services Foreign Affairs Financial Services

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