Everton Blair

Votes on military aid, weapons transfers, and ceasefire resolutions, and whether representatives have recognized the genocide in Gaza as documented by the ICJ, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch.

• × Failed to cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act to stop the transfer of U.S. weapons used in Gaza (H.R.3565)
• × Failed to cosponsor recognizing genocide in Gaza, blocking weapons transfers, and imposing sanctions (H.Res.876)
• × Failed to cosponsor demanding unimpeded humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza, where famine conditions exist (H.Res.473)
• × Failed to cosponsor recognizing the Nakba (1948 mass displacement of Palestinians) and affirming refugee rights (H.Res.409)
• × Failed to cosponsor restoring U.S. funding for UNRWA, the UN agency serving Palestinian refugees (H.R.2411)
• × Failed to cosponsor blocking $12B in U.S. weapons transfers to Israel, in violation of U.S. and international law (H.J.Res.68)
• ✓ Opposed barring colleges from federal student aid over boycotts of Israeli businesses, and requiring equal access to Israel study programs (H.R.4795)

Border and asylum policy, DACA, deportation practices, ICE enforcement, and the treatment of immigrants and refugees.

• × Failed to cosponsor a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and TPS holders (H.R.1589)

Military authorizations, arms sales, sanctions, foreign aid, and US engagement in conflicts abroad (excluding Palestine/Israel, which is scored in its own dedicated category).

• × Failed to cosponsor prohibits export licenses for defense articles to the UAE until the president certifies the UAE is not arming the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan (H.R.2059)
• × Failed to cosponsor repeals the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba by dismantling the statutory pillars of 60+ years of economic sanctions (H.R.7521)
• × Failed to cosponsor urges the U.S. to adopt a no-first-use policy, end sole presidential nuclear launch authority, and halt the nuclear arms race (H.Res.317)
• × Failed to cosponsor prohibits the use of federal funds for military force in or against Cuba (H.R.8103)
• × Failed to cosponsor War Powers resolution directing the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Cuba (H.J.Res.153)
• × Failed to cosponsor prohibits the use of federal funds for military force in or against Venezuela without congressional authorization (H.R.6915)
• × Failed to cosponsor prohibits first-use nuclear strikes unless Congress expressly authorizes them through a declaration of war (H.R.669)

Affordable care access, Medicare expansion, drug pricing, insurance regulation, and public health funding.

• ✓ Cosponsored Medicare for All — a single government-run health plan covering all Americans (H.R.3069)
• × Failed to cosponsor restoring healthcare services eliminated by DOGE cuts and executive actions (H.R.4796)
• × Failed to cosponsor repeals OBBBA Medicaid cuts and permanently extends enhanced ACA premium tax credits — the core Democratic healthcare counter-bill (H.R.4849)
• × Failed to cosponsor Medicare Advantage reform package — curbs prior authorization abuse and increases insurer accountability for denied claims (H.R.6109)
• × Failed to cosponsor opposes the WISPR model that restricts Medicare Advantage beneficiary access to healthcare providers (H.Res.704)
• × Failed to cosponsor allows states to create their own single-payer universal healthcare systems using federal waivers (H.R.4406)
• × Failed to cosponsor setting minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals (H.R.3415)
• × Failed to cosponsor expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for seniors (H.R.2045)
• × Failed to cosponsor protects Social Security and Medicare from privatization and benefit cuts (H.R.1950)

Rent costs, public housing, homelessness, housing discrimination, and the right to stable shelter.

• × Failed to cosponsor Housing Is a Human Right Act — addresses root causes of homelessness and transitions toward guaranteed housing for all (H.R.4457)
• ✓ Cosponsored $5B in McKinney-Vento grants to build 410K homes and end homelessness (H.R.4872)
• × Failed to cosponsor expanding Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to build more affordable rental housing (H.R.2725)
• × Failed to cosponsor reauthorizes and increases HOME program funding for affordable housing construction and rehabilitation (H.R.2031)
• × Failed to cosponsor comprehensive housing: homebuyer credits, LIHTC expansion, and renter credits (H.R.6390)

Workers' rights, union protections, minimum wage, workplace safety, and corporate accountability to employees.

• ✓ Cosponsored raising the federal minimum wage to a living wage (H.R.2743)
• × Failed to cosponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act strengthening equal pay protections (H.R.17)
• × Failed to cosponsor removes tax deductions for companies that spend money on union-busting consultants and anti-union campaigns (H.R.2692)
• × Failed to cosponsor a nationwide right to unionize, preventing anti-union state laws (H.R.5159)
• × Failed to cosponsor establishes a national paid sick days standard so workers don't lose pay when they're ill (H.R.7531)
• × Failed to cosponsor national paid family and medical leave for all workers (H.R.5390)
• × Failed to cosponsor extends minimum wage, overtime, and workplace safety protections to domestic workers like nannies and home care aides (H.R.3971)
• × Failed to cosponsor protects public sector workers from retaliation and ensures fair treatment for government employees (H.R.3139)
• ✓ Cosponsored the PRO Act strengthening the right to unionize and bargain collectively (H.R.20)

Abortion access, contraception coverage, maternal healthcare, and reproductive autonomy legislation.

• × Failed to cosponsor the Women's Health Protection Act codifying the right to abortion nationwide (H.R.12)
• × Failed to cosponsor the Right to Contraception Act protecting access to birth control (H.R.999)
• × Failed to cosponsor ensures access to birth control by requiring insurance coverage and preventing pharmacies from refusing to fill prescriptions (H.R.4084)
• × Failed to cosponsor protecting IVF and assisted reproductive technology from state bans (H.R.2049)
• ✓ Cosponsored repealing the Hyde Amendment to allow federal Medicaid funding for abortion care (H.R.4611)

Anti-discrimination protections, trans rights, marriage equality, and legislation that restricts LGBTQ+ rights.

• ✓ Cosponsored the Equality Act — comprehensive LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections (H.R.15)
• × Failed to cosponsor strengthens hate crime protections specifically for LGBTQ+ individuals (H.R.3708)
• ✓ Cosponsored banning conversion therapy as consumer fraud (H.R.3243)
• × Failed to cosponsor Resolution affirming a Transgender Bill of Rights — legal recognition, healthcare access, and anti-discrimination protections (H.Res.1058)
• × Failed to cosponsor prohibits discrimination in foster care and adoption based on sexual orientation or gender identity (H.R.6181)
• × Failed to cosponsor appoints a special envoy for LGBTQ+ human rights to combat persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals worldwide (H.R.6056)
• × Failed to cosponsor protecting access to gender-affirming healthcare (H.R.2487)
• × Failed to cosponsor Do No Harm Act — prevents the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from being used to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals (H.R.1954)
• ✓ Cosponsored Safe Schools Improvement Act — requires schools to adopt anti-bullying policies that specifically protect LGBTQ+ students (H.R.1810)

Policing accountability, mass incarceration, surveillance, due process, and civil liberties protections.

• × Failed to cosponsor ends qualified immunity for police officers, allowing victims of misconduct to sue for civil rights violations (H.R.3602)
• ✓ Cosponsored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act — ending qualified immunity and police accountability (H.R.5361)
• × Failed to cosponsor ending solitary confinement in federal prisons (H.R.4682)
• × Failed to cosponsor FAIR Act — reforms civil asset forfeiture so police can't seize property from people who haven't been convicted of a crime (H.R.5350)
• × Failed to cosponsor descheduling marijuana at the federal level (MORE Act) (H.R.5068)
• × Failed to cosponsor automatic sealing of criminal records (Clean Slate Act) (H.R.3114)

Climate legislation, fossil fuel subsidies, environmental regulation, and the transition to clean energy.

• × Failed to cosponsor End Polluter Welfare Act — eliminates approximately $190 billion in fossil fuel subsidies, tax loopholes, and federal giveaways over 10 years, including provisions for enhanced oil recovery, fossil fuel R&D, and below-market royalty rates on federal lands (H.R.4714)
• × Failed to cosponsor House Concurrent Resolution declaring a health and safety emergency disproportionately affecting the fundamental rights of children due to executive-branch directives that unleash fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions while suppressing climate change science (H.Con.Res.44)
• × Failed to cosponsor Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act — imposes a $1 trillion total assessment ($100 billion per year over 10 years) on the largest fossil-fuel companies, allocated by each company's share of covered historical greenhouse-gas emissions, with proceeds funding climate adaptation and damage mitigation (H.R.1135)

Voting access, election integrity, gerrymandering, and the defense of democratic institutions.

• ✓ Cosponsored D.C. statehood giving 700,000 residents full voting representation in Congress (H.R.51)
• × Failed to cosponsor independent redistricting commissions to end partisan gerrymandering (H.R.5449)
• × Failed to cosponsor strengthens protections against voter intimidation at polling places and during the registration process (H.R.4894)
• ✓ Cosponsored the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act restoring federal preclearance (H.R.14)

Campaign finance, lobbying, corporate influence over lawmaking, and how Congress regulates banks, Wall Street, crypto, and consumer financial protections.

• × Failed to cosponsor banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office (H.R.1908)
• × Failed to cosponsor requiring disclosure of dark money donors in elections (H.R.2498)
• × Failed to cosponsor Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United by clarifying that constitutional rights apply to people, not corporations (H.J.Res.54)
• × Failed to cosponsor abolishing Super PACs that allow unlimited political spending (H.R.2352)
• × Failed to cosponsor closes the revolving door between Congress and lobbying by extending cooling-off periods and restricting lobbying by former officials (H.R.3554)
• × Failed to cosponsor eliminating corporate PACs from making campaign contributions (H.R.4799)