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Brian Higgins

Brian Higgins

D NY-26 · House

2023–2024 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2021–2023 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2019–2021 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2017–2019 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2015–2017 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2013–2015 House Of Representatives (District 26)
2011–2013 House Of Representatives (District 27)
2009–2011 House Of Representatives (District 27)
2007–2009 House Of Representatives (District 27)
2005–2007 House Of Representatives (District 27)

Healthcare

+33
Helped 46 Hurt 13 Unclear 5

Finance

+13
Helped 18 Hurt 5

Housing

+11
Helped 16 Hurt 5

International Trade

+2
Helped 6 Hurt 4

Technology

+5
Helped 5 Hurt 0 Unclear 1

Trade

+2
Helped 2 Hurt 0 Unclear 4

Criminal Justice

+3
Helped 4 Hurt 1

Education

+5
Helped 5 Hurt 0

Native American Affairs

+3
Helped 4 Hurt 1

Science & Space

+5
Helped 5 Hurt 0

Public Health

+1
Helped 2 Hurt 1

Rural Development

+2
Helped 2 Hurt 0

Agriculture

+1
Helped 1 Hurt 0

Environment

+1
Helped 1 Hurt 0

Government Transparency

0
Helped 0 Hurt 0 Unclear 1

Housing Finance

+1
Helped 1 Hurt 0

Nutrition

-1
Helped 0 Hurt 1

Veterans Affairs

+1
Helped 1 Hurt 0

Workforce Development

-1
Helped 0 Hurt 1
19 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

182 industry impacts

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How this is computed

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.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

hres886-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people and memorializing the lives lost this year.

0 clauses Nov 21, 2023

hr6301-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

3 clauses Nov 8, 2023

hres771-118

Cosponsor Passed House

Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.

1 clause Oct 11, 2023

hres768-118

Cosponsor

Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.

0 clauses Oct 10, 2023

hr5775-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To ensure greater equity in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing an equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, improving data collection to measure disparate outcomes and participation barriers, requiring equity criteria to be applied to policies and programs, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Sep 27, 2023

hr5689-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the age limitations on eligibility for the earned income tax credit.

1 clause Sep 26, 2023

hres725-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Expressing support for the designation of September 30, 2023, as Rare Cancer Day to highlight the challenges patients with rare cancers face and to raise awareness and support efforts to improve early diagnosis and treatment.

1 clause Sep 26, 2023

hr5593-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exempt from the Generalized System of Preferences certain tire articles, and for other purposes.

1 clause Sep 20, 2023

hr5580-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain discharges of indebtedness secured by real property from income.

1 clause Sep 19, 2023

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

hr5435-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.

1 clause Sep 13, 2023

hr5408-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for supplemental security income eligibility.

1 clause Sep 12, 2023

hr5295-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Aug 25, 2023

hr5275-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the taxable REIT subsidiary asset test.

1 clause Aug 25, 2023

hr5131-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal.

4 clauses Aug 1, 2023

hr5080-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain Nurse Corps payments from gross income.

2 clauses Jul 28, 2023

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

hr4942-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Jul 26, 2023

hr4788-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To make opioid treatment programs eligible for grants under section 2008 of the Social Security Act.

1 clause Jul 20, 2023

hr4583-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.

21 clauses Jul 12, 2023
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