Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11) Voting Record

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100%

Attendance

119th Cong.

Bills Intro'd

119th Cong.

18%

Corp PACs

Share of PAC $ · tenure to date

$4,298,436

net of $20,025 returned

PAC Total

Tenure to date · per FEC filings

Stock Trades

All filings

119th Congress (2025–2026) · Last updated November 2, 2026 · 164 entries

Palestine / Israel

12 items
#123/430

▾

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.

Scored Actions

× 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)
✓ Opposed imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) judges investigating Israeli officials for war crimes (H.R.23)
× 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)
× Did not sign letter opposing Israel's use of food as a weapon and starvation tactics in Gaza (Food Weaponization Letter)
× Did not sign letters demanding the release of detained Palestinian students including Khalil, Ozturk, and Mahdawi (Student Letter)
× 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)
✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 final passage — bill retains Section 219, a permanent US-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative (H.R.8800)
– Voted Present on the Massie amendment barring Israel from FY2027 State Department appropriations and eliminating its $3.3 billion Foreign Military Financing (H.Amdt.235 to H.R.8595)
✓ Cosponsored restoring U.S. funding for UNRWA, the UN agency serving Palestinian refugees (H.R.2411)

Context

$3.8 billion per yearper year in U.S. military aid to Israel ⓘ

Under 10-year MOU + supplemental

74,594+killed in Gaza ⓘ

20,179+children killed

4,000+child amputees: largest child amputee crisis in modern conflict

175,834+people injured

262 journalists killed · 1,701+ medical workers killed

Figures as of October 31, 2026

Sources: Congressional Research Service · UN OCHA / Gaza Ministry of Health

Money & Influence

Pro-Israel PACs

$1,474,696

net of $6,425 returned

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

PRO-ISRAEL AMERICA PAC ($844,054), AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($504,387), NORPAC ($95,455), JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS ($6,000), CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($5,000)

Outside spending: $1,634,321 supporting

12 tracked items: 7 fail, 1 mixed, 4 pass · $1,474,696 from related PACs (net of $6,425 returned).

Methodology partially informed by IMEU View scorecard

Immigration

A-

11 items
#123/428

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Opposed the SAVE Act requiring citizenship proof to vote — a voter suppression measure (H.R.22)
✓ Opposed the Laken Riley Act expanding mandatory ICE detention for immigrants (H.R.29)
✓ Opposed $10B in ICE funding expansion in the DHS Appropriations bill (H.R.7147)
× Voted YES on a resolution thanking ICE for enforcement operations (H.Res.488)
✓ Opposed Kayla Hamilton Act — expands detention and enforcement for unaccompanied minors and immigration violations (H.R.4371)
✓ Cosponsored a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and TPS holders (H.R.1589)
✓ Voted YES on Requires the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status through three months after January 20, 2029. (H.R.1689)
✓ Opposed a bill criminalizing illegal entry as a federal felony (H.R.3486)
✓ Opposed Requires Washington, D.C. to comply with federal immigration enforcement, overriding the city's sanctuary policies (H.R.2056)
✓ Opposed Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act — creates criminal penalties for fleeing federal officers near the border; signed into law (H.R.35)
✓ Opposed Standalone FY26 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act funding ICE detention and CBP enforcement. (H.R.7744)

The District Reality

6.6%

Residents born in another country

National avg: 14.1%

97%

Residents who are U.S. citizens

National avg: 93.2%

$590M / year in state & local taxes paid by undocumented immigrants in Ohio

2024

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B05002) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B05001) · ITEP (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy)

Money & Influence

No tracked funding for this issue area.

11 tracked items: 1 fail, 0 mixed, 10 pass.

11 tracked items See methodology

War & Foreign Policy

C+

17 items
#105/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Voted YES on War Powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from unauthorized military operations against Iran (H.Con.Res.38)
× 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)
✓ Opposed Department of Defense Appropriations FY2026 — funds $831 billion in military spending (H.R.4016)
× Voted YES on reaffirms Iran as the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism — whereas clauses invoke AUMF trigger language and Article II authority, designed to legally counter the Iran War Powers Resolution (H.Res.1099)
× 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)
✓ Opposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, House passage (H.R.8800)
✓ Opposed Rescissions Act — cuts $7.9 billion in foreign aid including USAID, development assistance, and global health programs (H.R.4)
✓ Voted YES on War Powers concurrent resolution directing removal of U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities in Lebanon, with added carve-outs for security cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and diplomatic-facility protection (H.Con.Res.108)
✓ Voted YES on War Powers resolution directing the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Lebanon (H.Con.Res.84)
✓ Voted YES on War Powers concurrent resolution directing removal of U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities with Iran. Second Iran War Powers Resolution to receive a House floor vote in the 119th Congress. (H.Con.Res.40)
✓ Voted YES on War Powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from military operations in the Western Hemisphere, including Venezuela (H.Con.Res.61)
✓ Voted YES on War Powers resolution to end unauthorized U.S. military involvement in Venezuela (H.Con.Res.64)

Context

$8 trillion+total U.S. spending on post-9/11 wars

940,000+ killed directly · 4.5–4.7M including indirect deaths

Sources: Brown University Costs of War Project

Money & Influence

Defense Contractor PACs

$21,500

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC) ($14,500), GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) ($6,000), LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($1,000)

17 tracked items: 8 fail, 0 mixed, 9 pass · $21,500 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by Peace Action View scorecard

Healthcare

12 items
#164/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Opposed a budget resolution enabling $880B in Medicaid cuts (H.Con.Res.14)
✓ Voted YES on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits, keeping insurance affordable for millions (H.R.1834)
✓ 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 protects Social Security and Medicare from privatization and benefit cuts (H.R.1950)
✓ Cosponsored expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for seniors (H.R.2045)
✓ Opposed Medicaid work requirements projected to strip coverage from 10.9 million people (H.R.1)

The District Reality

75.8 years

Average life expectancy

People here live 3 years less than the national average

6.5%

People without health insurance

23% less than national avg (8.4%)

3.4%

Children without health insurance

34% less than national avg (5.14%)

223.6

Heart disease deaths per 100K

11% more than national avg (201.05)

25.6%

In doctor shortage areas

228% more than national avg (7.81%)

Sources: Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · U.S. Census ACS 2023 · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health / HRSA

Money & Influence

Pharma & Insurance PACs

$113,000

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($24,000), THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($12,500), ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) ($10,500), NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($10,500), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) ($9,000)

Healthcare Providers

$14,000

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC ($7,500), AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($2,500), AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($2,000), AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) ($1,000), AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) ($1,000)

12 tracked items: 7 fail, 0 mixed, 5 pass · $127,000 from related PACs.

12 tracked items See methodology

Housing & Affordability

6 items
#86/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

× Failed to cosponsor Housing Is a Human Right Act — addresses root causes of homelessness and transitions toward guaranteed housing for all (H.R.4457)
× Failed to cosponsor $5B in McKinney-Vento grants to build 410K homes and end homelessness (H.R.4872)
✓ Voted YES on the bipartisan Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R.6644)
× Failed to cosponsor expanding Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to build more affordable rental housing (H.R.2725)
✓ Cosponsored 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)

The District Reality

24.8%

Renters paying more than half their income on rent

3% more than national avg (24.1%)

21.6%

People living in poverty

73% more than national avg (12.5%)

27.8%

Children living in poverty

78% more than national avg (15.58%)

0.5254

Income inequality

9% more than national avg (0.4832)

49.9%

People who own their home

23% less than national avg (65.2%)

21.9%

Households on SNAP

81% more than national avg (12.1%)

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B25070) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B17001) · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B19083) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B25003) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B22003)

Money & Influence

Real Estate PACs

$113,300

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($38,500), ROCKET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP PAC (ROCKET PAC) ($34,800), NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC) ($25,500), BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) ($6,000), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($5,000)

Corporate Financing Connections

$11,600

1 employer · FEC Schedule A

Blackstone $11,600

6 tracked items: 4 fail, 0 mixed, 2 pass · $113,300 from related PACs · 1 corporate financing connection.

6 tracked items See methodology

Labor

A-

10 items
#49/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Cosponsored raising the federal minimum wage to a living wage (H.R.2743)
✓ Cosponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act strengthening equal pay protections (H.R.17)
✓ Voted YES on protecting federal workers' collective bargaining rights from Trump's executive order (H.R.2550)
✓ Cosponsored 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)
✓ Cosponsored protects public sector workers from retaliation and ensures fair treatment for government employees (H.R.3139)
✓ Cosponsored establishes a national paid sick days standard so workers don't lose pay when they're ill (H.R.7531)
✓ Cosponsored national paid family and medical leave for all workers (H.R.5390)
✓ Cosponsored extends minimum wage, overtime, and workplace safety protections to domestic workers like nannies and home care aides (H.R.3971)
✓ Cosponsored the PRO Act strengthening the right to unionize and bargain collectively (H.R.20)

The District Reality

9.2%

Working-age adults without health insurance

21% less than national avg (11.7%)

8.4%

Unemployed

62% more than national avg (5.2%)

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B27010 working-age) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B23025)

Money & Influence

Corporate & Anti-Union PACs

$2,000

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) ($2,000)

Labor & Unions

$566,000

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($35,000), UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA) ($35,000), INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE ($33,500), INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND ($32,500), NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($31,500)

10 tracked items: 1 fail, 0 mixed, 9 pass · $568,000 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by AFL-CIO View scorecard

Reproductive Rights

A-

10 items
#123/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act codifying the right to abortion nationwide (H.R.12)
✓ Cosponsored 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)
✓ Opposed restrictions on abortion coverage in ACA insurance plans (H.R.6703)
✓ Opposed the Born-Alive Act — an anti-abortion messaging bill (H.R.21)
× Failed to cosponsor protecting IVF and assisted reproductive technology from state bans (H.R.2049)
✓ Opposed Requires schools to distribute anti-abortion materials rather than comprehensive reproductive health information to pregnant students (H.R.6359)
✓ Opposed directs federal funds to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers that do not provide comprehensive reproductive healthcare (H.R.6945)
✓ Cosponsored repealing the Hyde Amendment to allow federal Medicaid funding for abortion care (H.R.4611)
✓ Opposed Planned Parenthood defunding in the One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1)

State Context

29.4

Maternal deaths per 100K births

17.3

Teen births per 1K

28% more than national avg (13.49)

8.77

Infant deaths per 1K births

50% more than national avg (5.85)

Sources: CDC NVSS / Kaiser Family Foundation · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · CDC WONDER

Money & Influence

Reproductive Rights (pro-choice)

$10,150

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

EMILYS LIST ($10,150)

10 tracked items: 2 fail, 0 mixed, 8 pass · $10,150 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by Planned Parenthood Action View scorecard

LGBTQ+ Rights

B+

18 items
#142/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Opposed a ban on Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care (H.R.498)
✓ 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)
✓ Opposed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors (H.R.3492)
× 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)
✓ Opposed Requires public elementary and middle schools, as a condition of receiving funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to obtain parental consent before changing a minor student's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form, or changing the student's sex-based accommodations (locker rooms, bathrooms). (H.R.2616)
✓ Opposed a ban on transgender athletes competing in women's sports (H.R.28)
✓ Cosponsored Resolution affirming a Transgender Bill of Rights — legal recognition, healthcare access, and anti-discrimination protections (H.Res.1058)
✓ Cosponsored prohibits discrimination in foster care and adoption based on sexual orientation or gender identity (H.R.6181)
✓ Cosponsored Safe Schools Improvement Act — requires schools to adopt anti-bullying policies that specifically protect LGBTQ+ students (H.R.1810)
✓ Opposed NDAA amendment banning gender-affirming healthcare for military families in the Exceptional Family Member Program (H.Amdt.85 to H.R.3838)
✓ Opposed NDAA amendment banning TRICARE from covering gender-affirming healthcare for service members (H.Amdt.86 to H.R.3838)
✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 amendment prohibiting TRICARE coverage of gender-affirming medical care (H.Amdt.255 to H.R.8800)
✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 amendment restricting transgender students from women's/girls' sports teams at DoD-run (DoDEA) schools (H.Amdt.256 to H.R.8800)
✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 amendment to codify Executive Order 14183, banning transgender individuals from military service (H.Amdt.254 to H.R.8800)

Context

4xmore likely: LGBTQ+ youth attempt suicide at 4 times the rate of their peers

National statistic

Anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed into law in Ohio (2025)

Sources: CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) · ACLU — Legislative Attacks on LGBTQ Rights

Money & Influence

LGBTQ Rights

$3,500

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC ($3,500)

18 tracked items: 4 fail, 0 mixed, 14 pass · $3,500 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by HRC View scorecard

Justice & Civil Liberties

B+

13 items
#55/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

× 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)
✓ Cosponsored descheduling marijuana at the federal level (MORE Act) (H.R.5068)
× Failed to cosponsor Ban Flock Act (H.R.10691)
× Failed to cosponsor automatic sealing of criminal records (Clean Slate Act) (H.R.3114)
✓ Opposed treats organizations that post bail for defendants — including charitable bail funds — as insurance businesses under federal law, subjecting them to federal insurance-fraud prosecution and state insurance-commission regulation (H.R.6260)
✓ Opposed Three-year reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA without a warrant requirement for queries of Americans' communications (S.1318)
✓ Opposed permanent fentanyl scheduling imposing mandatory minimum sentences (S.331)
✓ Opposed No Rogue Rulings Act — prohibits federal district courts from issuing nationwide injunctive relief beyond named parties, with a narrow exception for multi-state cases via three-judge panels. (H.R.1526)
✓ Opposed CLEAN DC Act — repeals D.C. police transparency requirements, use-of-force limits, and civilian oversight protections (H.R.5107)
✓ Opposed imposes mandatory pretrial detention and cash bail requirements in Washington, D.C. — overriding local criminal justice reforms (H.R.5214)

The District Reality

1209.4

Incarcerated per 100K

39% more than national avg (872.3)

39.7

Opioid deaths per 100K

57% more than national avg (25.3)

1.2

Killed by police per 100K

National avg: 1.9 per 100K · (2021-2026) · Mapping Police Violence

District racial composition

Black 43% Hispanic 8% White 41.1% Asian 2.8% Other 5.1%

30.2

Segregation index

72% more than national avg (17.55)

Sources: Vera Institute of Justice — Incarceration Trends (2019) · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · Mapping Police Violence · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B03002)

Money & Influence

Gun Safety

$1,000

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

GIFFORDS PAC ($1,000)

13 tracked items: 5 fail, 0 mixed, 8 pass · $1,000 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by ACLU View scorecard

Climate

33 items
#96/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Opposed repealing the methane emissions charge on oil and gas producers (H.J.Res.35)
✓ Opposed streamlines natural gas pipeline permitting and reduces environmental review requirements (H.R.3668)
✓ Opposed GRID Power Act — undermines electric grid modernization toward renewable energy sources (H.R.1047)
✓ Opposed the SPEED Act weakening environmental review for energy projects (H.R.4776)
✓ Opposed delays EPA power plant emission rules under the guise of grid reliability (H.R.3632)
× 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)
× Did not sign bicameral letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin opposing the March 12, 2025 announcement of 31 environmental rule rollbacks (EPA Assault Letter)
× 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)
✓ Opposed Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act — amends the Clean Air Act to exclude air-quality monitoring data influenced by wildfires from compliance determinations, allowing states to discount real exposure when measured against federal standards (H.R.6387)
✓ Opposed Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act — amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal federal building energy efficiency performance standards (Section 305(a)(3)(D)(i)), removing fossil-fuel-reduction targets for new and majorly-renovated federal buildings (H.R.4690)
✓ Opposed Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for Economic Stability (FENCES) Act — amends the Clean Air Act to exclude foreign-origin emissions from nonattainment-area determinations, softening EPA enforcement against communities with high cross-border pollution (H.R.6409)
✓ Opposed reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations (RED Tape) Act — amends Section 309 of the Clean Air Act to strike EPA's authority to review and comment on (a) federal construction projects, (b) major federal agency actions affecting the environment, and (c) proposed federal regulations (H.R.6398)
✓ Opposed Homeowner Energy Freedom Act — repeals three IRA building-energy provisions: §50122 home electrification and efficiency rebates (heat pumps, electric stoves, weatherization for low- and moderate-income households), §50123 contractor training grants, and §50131 state energy-code adoption assistance, while rescinding unobligated balances (H.R.4758)
✓ Opposed Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act — bars DOE from prescribing new or amended energy conservation standards unless "technologically feasible and economically justified" (H.R.4626)
✓ Opposed rolling back DOE water-efficiency standards by redefining what counts as a showerhead (H.R.4593)
✓ Opposed PERMIT Act — Clean Water Act amendment package weakening NPDES permitting, fast-tracking pipeline reviews, and limiting judicial review. (H.R.3898)
✓ Opposed fast-tracking of LNG export terminal approvals bypassing environmental review (H.R.1949)
✓ Opposed FY26 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act cutting Department of Energy clean energy programs and including policy riders against renewable energy deployment. (H.R.4553)
✓ Opposed Budget resolution enabling rollback of clean energy tax credits and environmental regulations (H.Con.Res.14)
✓ Opposed amends the Congressional Review Act to allow a single joint resolution to disapprove multiple regulations submitted during the final year of a President's term. (H.R.77)
✓ Opposed the Fix Our Forests Act reducing NEPA environmental review requirements (H.R.471)
✓ Opposed overturns protections against oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (H.J.Res.131)
✓ Opposed overturns BLM limits on coal leasing on federal lands in Wyoming (H.J.Res.130)
✓ Opposed overturns protections against oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic (S.J.Res.80)
✓ Opposed the One Big Beautiful Bill repealing IRA clean energy credits and expanding drilling (H.R.1)
✓ Opposed rolling back California's clean car emission standards (H.J.Res.88)
✓ Opposed blocks California's waiver requiring manufacturers to sell increasing percentages of zero-emission trucks (H.J.Res.87)
✓ Opposed blocks California's waiver setting stricter nitrogen oxide emission limits for heavy-duty trucks (H.J.Res.89)
✓ Opposed rescinds U.S. international climate funding commitments, withdrawing from global climate cooperation (H.Res.590)
✓ Opposed overturns EPA rule allowing major hazardous air pollutant sources to reclassify as area sources, reducing the scope of Clean Air Act protections (S.J.Res.31)
✓ Opposed Joint resolution of disapproval repealing BOEM's rule requiring oil and gas operators to report potential harms to marine archaeological sites before drilling approval. (S.J.Res.11)
✓ Opposed overturns Department of Energy efficiency standards for water heaters, blocking energy savings and emissions reductions (H.J.Res.20)

The District Reality

18.9 / 100

Natural disaster risk score ⓘ

65% less than national avg (54.3) — lower is better

10.6%

Adults with asthma

9% more than national avg (9.7%)

Water safety violations

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index · CDC PLACES · EPA SDWIS

Money & Influence

Environment & Climate

$2,500

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND ($2,500)

33 tracked items: 4 fail, 0 mixed, 29 pass · $2,500 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by LCV View scorecard

Democracy & Voting Rights

11 items
#22/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

✓ Opposed the SAVE Act requiring citizenship proof to vote — a voter suppression measure (H.R.22)
✓ 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)
✓ Cosponsored strengthens protections against voter intimidation at polling places and during the registration process (H.R.4894)
✓ Opposed overriding D.C.'s local election rules on noncitizen voting (H.R.884)
✓ Signed letter accusing DOJ and DHS of using the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home 22 days before her election to sway the vote, and demanding no further action that could affect it (Omar Search Letter)
✓ Opposed Non-binding resolution denouncing socialism in all forms — a political messaging vote (H.Con.Res.58)
✓ Opposed Resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, after his assassination (H.Res.719)
✓ Voted YES on tabling a resolution to censure Representative Ilhan Omar and strip her committee assignments over public statements (H.Res.713)
✓ Opposed censuring Rep. Al Green for protesting Trump's Medicaid cuts on the House floor (H.Res.189)
✓ Cosponsored the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act restoring federal preclearance (H.R.14)

State Context

55,000

Denied voting rights (felony convictions) in Ohio

51.3%

Voter turnout

13% less than national avg (59%)

Sources: Sentencing Project — Locked Out 2024 · MIT Election Data + Science Lab

Money & Influence

Democracy & Election Reform

$3,500

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

VPP ($3,500)

11 tracked items: 1 fail, 0 mixed, 10 pass · $3,500 from related PACs.

11 tracked items See methodology

Money in Politics & Finance

11 items
#38/430

▾

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

Scored Actions

× 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)
✓ Cosponsored 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)
✓ Opposed exempting up to $50 million a year in crypto token sales from SEC registration and moving many tokens to CFTC oversight (H.R.3633)
✓ Opposed creating federal licenses for private stablecoin issuers, including big tech firms, with no deposit insurance for holders (S.1582)
✓ Opposed repealing an OCC rule that ended automatic approval of bank mergers and added review of large deals' risks (S.J.Res.13)
✓ Opposed repealing CFPB consumer protections for digital payment apps (S.J.Res.28)
✓ Opposed repealing the CFPB's $5 cap on overdraft fees at banks and credit unions with over $10 billion in assets (S.J.Res.18)

Context

$3.2M

Outside spending (dark money)

$2.9M supporting · $355K opposing · tenure to date

Sources: FEC Schedule E Independent Expenditures

Money & Influence

Wall Street PACs

$74,500

Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date

AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) ($15,000), TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC ($12,500), CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND ($8,000), THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($8,000), INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICBA PAC) ($7,000)

Crypto & Digital Assets

Outside spending: $1,010,178 supporting

Corporate Financing Connections

$18,700

2 employers · FEC Schedule A

Blackstone $11,600

Wells Fargo $7,100

11 tracked items: 5 fail, 0 mixed, 6 pass · $74,500 from related PACs · 2 corporate financing connections.

11 tracked items See methodology

Where Shontel Stands · 119th Congress

#90 of 430 House members

B+

Shontel's Grade

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Cosponsor last week

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Medicare Dental, Vision and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

H.R.2045 Congress.gov
Letter last week

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Signed Letter: Objecting to the Search of Representative Ilhan Omar's Home

Omar Search Letter jayapal.house.gov
Cosponsor 2 weeks ago

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Public Service Worker Protection Act

H.R.3139 Congress.gov
Vote Sep 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Student Aid Ban for Israel Boycotts

H.R.4795 Congress.gov
Vote Jul 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on NDAA FY2027: Section 219 US-Israel Defense Merger

H.R.8800 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on NDAA FY2027 (House passage)

H.R.8800 Congress.gov
Vote Jul 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FY27 NDAA: TRICARE Trans Care Ban (Mace)

H.Amdt.255 to H.R.8800 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FY27 NDAA: DoDEA Trans Athletics Ban (Mace)

H.Amdt.256 to H.R.8800 Congress.gov
Vote Jul 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on NDAA Amendment: Codify Transgender Military Service Ban (Boebert)

H.Amdt.254 to H.R.8800 Congress.gov
Vote Jul 2026

MIXED Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted PRESENT on Massie Amendment — Bar Israel Funding / Cut $3.3B FMF

H.Amdt.235 to H.R.8595 Congress.gov
Cosponsor Jul 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025

H.R.3243 Congress.gov
Vote Jun 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Lebanon War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

H.Con.Res.108 Congress.gov
Speech Jun 2026

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Rep. Brown criticizes the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants, calling it based on racist falsehoods rather than facts. She also condemns a recent law that cut healthcare and food assistance while providing tax breaks to the wealthy.

HAITI TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS Congressional Record
Speech Jun 2026

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Rep. Brown recognizes Juneteenth's historical significance and connects it to ongoing voting rights protections, criticizing recent Supreme Court decisions that weakened the Voting Rights Act. She also honors Olympic gold medalist Laila Edwards from her district.

RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH Congressional Record
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Lebanon War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

H.Con.Res.84 Congress.gov
Vote May 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on School Gender-Recognition Consent Mandate

H.R.2616 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act — Subjects Charitable Bail Funds to Insurance Regulation

H.R.6260 Congress.gov
Vote Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FISA Section 702 Reauthorization (3-Year Extension)

S.1318 Congress.gov
Vote Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FIRE Act

H.R.6387 Congress.gov
Vote Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act

H.R.4690 Congress.gov
Cosponsor Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Restore UNRWA Funding

H.R.2411 Congress.gov
Vote Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Haiti TPS Designation Act

H.R.1689 Congress.gov
Vote Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Iran War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

H.Con.Res.40 Congress.gov
Vote Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FENCES Act

H.R.6409 Congress.gov
Vote Apr 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on RED Tape Act

H.R.6398 Congress.gov
Speech Mar 2026

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Brown opposes the SAVE Act, arguing its documentation requirements would disenfranchise millions of voters. She also criticizes Republican spending priorities, citing tax cuts for the wealthy and $200 billion for an Iran war while cutting Medicaid, SNAP, and education funding.

FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS Congressional Record
Vote Mar 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on DHS Appropriations Act, 2026 (Standalone)

H.R.7744 Congress.gov
Vote Mar 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Iran War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

H.Con.Res.38 Congress.gov
Vote Mar 2026

FAIL Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Reaffirming Iran as Largest State Sponsor of Terrorism

H.Res.1099 Congress.gov
Vote Feb 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Homeowner Energy Freedom Act

H.R.4758 Congress.gov
Vote Feb 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act

H.R.4626 Congress.gov
Cosponsor Feb 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Healthy Families Act

H.R.7531 Congress.gov
Cosponsor Feb 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Transgender Bill of Rights

H.Res.1058 Congress.gov
Vote Feb 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Housing for the 21st Century Act

H.R.6644 Congress.gov
Speech Feb 2026

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Warns about ICE operations coming to Springfield, Ohio, expressing concern for immigrant families and community stability in the face of enforcement actions.

ICE COMING TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO Congressional Record
Vote Jan 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on DHS Appropriations Act (ICE Funding)

H.R.7147 Congress.gov
Vote Jan 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Pregnant Students' Rights Act

H.R.6359 Congress.gov
Vote Jan 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women Act

H.R.6945 Congress.gov
Vote Jan 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on SHOWER Act

H.R.4593 Congress.gov
Speech Jan 2026

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Brown warns that history is watching, calling out Trump's corruption and urging Congress to defend democratic institutions and the rule of law.

HISTORY IS WATCHING Congressional Record
Vote Jan 2026

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on ACA Premium Tax Credit Extension

H.R.1834 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Do No Harm in Medicaid Act

H.R.498 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on SPEED Act (Permitting Reform)

H.R.4776 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Western Hemisphere War Powers Resolution

H.Con.Res.61 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Venezuela War Powers Resolution

H.Con.Res.64 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Lower Health Care Premiums Act — Abortion Insurance CSR Restriction

H.R.6703 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Protect Childrens Innocence Act

H.R.3492 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Kayla Hamilton Act

H.R.4371 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Power Plant Reliability Act

H.R.3632 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Pipeline Reviews Act

H.R.3668 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Protect Americas Workforce Act

H.R.2550 Congress.gov
Vote Dec 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on PERMIT Act — Clean Water Act Permitting Rollback

H.R.3898 Congress.gov
Vote Nov 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism

H.Con.Res.58 Clerk of the House
Cosponsor Nov 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

H.R.6181 Congress.gov
Vote Nov 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CLEAN DC Act

H.R.5107 Congress.gov
Vote Nov 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on DC Cash Bail Reform Act

H.R.5214 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act

H.R.1949 Congress.gov
Vote Nov 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: Arctic Refuge Oil/Gas Protections

H.J.Res.131 Congress.gov
Vote Nov 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: Wyoming Coal BLM Rule

H.J.Res.130 Congress.gov
Vote Nov 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: Alaska Western Arctic Drilling

S.J.Res.80 Congress.gov
Speech Nov 2025

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Brown (D) argues working people pay the price of current economic policies, highlighting rising costs and stagnant wages under the administration.

WORKING PEOPLE PAY THE PRICE Congressional Record
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Safe Schools Improvement Act

H.R.1810 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Honoring the Life and Legacy of Charlie Kirk

H.Res.719 Clerk of the House
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on GRID Power Act

H.R.1047 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar

H.Res.713 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored FAMILY Act of 2025

H.R.5390 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

H.R.5361 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored MORE Act (Marijuana Descheduling)

H.R.5068 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Stop Illegal Entry Act

H.R.3486 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FY26 NDAA: EFMP Trans Care Ban (Norman)

H.Amdt.85 to H.R.3838 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FY26 NDAA: TRICARE Trans Care Ban (Mace)

H.Amdt.86 to H.R.3838 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 2026

H.R.4553 Congress.gov
Speech 2025

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Brown (D) describes how Northeast Ohioans are getting squeezed by rising costs, stagnant wages, and economic uncertainty after the recess.

NORTHEAST OHIOANS ARE GETTING SQUEEZED Congressional Record
Travel 2025

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Sponsored travel to Cleveland, OH — sponsored by Jobs for the Future, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and Joyce Foundation

Cleveland, OH Travel disclosure
Travel 2025

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Sponsored travel to St. Louis, MO — sponsored by St. Louis AgriBusiness Club

St. Louis, MO Travel disclosure
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Voter Intimidation Prevention Act

H.R.4894 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored EACH Act of 2025

H.R.4611 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on DoD Appropriations FY2026

H.R.4016 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on International Climate Funding Rescission

H.Res.590 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Crypto Market Structure Bill (CLARITY Act)

H.R.3633 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Stablecoin Licensing Law (GENIUS Act)

S.1582 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Womens Health Protection Act of 2025

H.R.12 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on D.C. Federal Immigration Compliance Act

H.R.2056 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Rescissions Act — Foreign Aid Cuts

H.R.4 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

H.R.3971 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on HALT Fentanyl Act

S.331 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Prohibit Noncitizen Voting in D.C. Elections

H.R.884 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

FAIL Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted YES on Resolution Thanking ICE

H.Res.488 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Medicaid Work Requirements

H.R.1 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on One Big Beautiful Bill — PP Defunding Provision

H.R.1 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on One Big Beautiful Bill (IRA Repeal, Drilling Expansion)

H.R.1 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: EPA HAP Source Reclassification

S.J.Res.31 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: OCC Bank Merger Review Rule

S.J.Res.13 Congress.gov
Speech 2025

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Rep. Brown opposes the GOP tax scam that hurts women and families, defending Medicaid and social programs for Ohio's working families.

GOP TAX SCAM HURTS WOMEN AND FAMILIES Congressional Record
Speech 2025

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Rep. Brown leads extended session on how erasing DEI erases Black history, arguing diversity programs are essential to equal opportunity.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION: ERASING BLACK HISTORY Congressional Record
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: CA Clean Cars II Waiver Disapproval

H.J.Res.88 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: CA Clean Trucks Waiver Disapproval

H.J.Res.87 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: CA Low-NOx Waiver Disapproval

H.J.Res.89 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Medicare for All Act

H.R.3069 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Equality Act

H.R.15 Congress.gov
Speech 2025

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Rep. Brown calls Trump's first 100 days 100 days of broken promises, criticizing rising costs, government dysfunction, and cuts to services.

FIRST 100 DAYS Congressional Record
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility)

H.R.22 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on No Rogue Rulings Act — Limit Nationwide Injunctions

H.R.1526 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: CFPB Digital Payment Apps Rule

S.J.Res.28 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: CFPB Overdraft Fee Rule

S.J.Res.18 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Raise the Wage Act of 2025

H.R.2743 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act

H.R.2692 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Paycheck Fairness Act

H.R.17 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2025

H.R.2031 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: BOEM Marine Archaeological Resources Rule Disapproval

S.J.Res.11 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Censuring Representative Al Green

H.Res.189 Clerk of the House
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

H.R.20 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

H.R.14 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: Water Heater Efficiency Standards

H.J.Res.20 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored American Dream and Promise Act of 2025

H.R.1589 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on FY2025 Budget Resolution (Medicaid Cuts)

H.Con.Res.14 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Budget Resolution FY2025

H.Con.Res.14 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on CRA: Methane Emissions Charge Disapproval

H.J.Res.35 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act (119th)

H.R.35 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Midnight Rules Relief Act — En Bloc CRA Disapproval

H.R.77 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Constitutional Amendment: Rights for Natural Persons Only

H.J.Res.54 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Right to Contraception Act

H.R.999 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

H.R.21 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Fix Our Forests Act

H.R.471 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act

H.R.28 Congress.gov
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PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on ICC Sanctions Bill

H.R.23 Congress.gov
Vote 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Voted NO on Laken Riley Act

H.R.29 Congress.gov
Cosponsor 2025

PASS Rep. Shontel M. Brown Cosponsored Washington, D.C. Admission Act

H.R.51 Congress.gov
Travel 2024

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Sponsored travel to Tunica, MS — sponsored by Congressional Black Caucus Institute

Tunica, MS Travel disclosure
Travel 2023

Rep. Shontel M. Brown Sponsored travel to Wilmington, DE — sponsored by Jobs for the Future and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Wilmington, DE Travel disclosure

Money raised and spent by the campaign, cash on hand, and outside money (spent for or against) · per FEC filings.

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Individual donor ties

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Campaign finance summary

Interactive money map requires JavaScript. Key totals (per FEC filings, tenure to date):

Raised through Oct 14, 2026

Raised (individual)$3,334,642

Raised (organizations & tribes)$34,785

Raised (PAC)$4,298,436

net of $20,025 returned

2022 cycle: Joint fundraising committees raised $88,832 for this campaign; the campaign reports $99,181 transferred from them.

2024 cycle: Joint fundraising committees raised $58,718 for this campaign and transferred $57,382 after their own costs of $1,336.

Outside spending$3,233,533

Spent$6,534,984

Cash on hand · as of Oct 14, 2026$1,244,617

Itemized spending$5,886,552

Given to other committees$434,399

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Data: Federal Election Commission. Includes reports filed through Oct 30, 2026.

Stock Trades

disclosed trades

Based on STOCK Act filings from the House Clerk. Shows transaction type, amount range, and filing date.

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Floor Speeches

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Analyzed floor speeches · 119th Congress

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Community Projects ⓘ

$30,375,703

requested (15 projects) · FY2026

Community project funding requests directed to local projects through the appropriations process.

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Legislative Effectiveness

0/29

enacted

Bills introduced vs enacted · 119th Congress. Compared to chamber average for bill advancement rates.

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Attendance

100%

119th Congress

119th Congress avg & ranking. Session-by-session breakdown shown below for reference.

119th-2 (2026)

100%

314/314

119th-1 (2025)

100%

362/362

118th-2 (2024)

99.4%

514/517

118th-1 (2023)

99.7%

722/724

119th avg: 96.4% · Rank: #4 of 445

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Office Budget

$430,227

spent Apr–Jun 2026 · $820,715 so far in 2026

Based on the House Statement of Disbursements. Shows what the member's office spent from its allowance, by category, each quarter.

Staff pay

$324,528

Paid interns

$16,965

Rent, phones, and utilities

$31,335

Travel

$23,671

Official mail

$289

Printing

$11,798

Supplies

$15,418

Equipment

$744

Other services

$5,480

Staff pay covers 17 people on the quarter's payroll. The House publishes each name and amount; we show the total and the count.

Quarter figures count spending from that year's allowance. Bills the House posted in the quarter for an earlier year's allowance count toward that earlier year.

By quarter

Office spending by quarter
Quarter	Amount
Jul–Sep 2023	$414,581
Oct–Dec 2023	$511,060
Jan–Mar 2024	$354,782
Apr–Jun 2024	$431,527
Jul–Sep 2024	$418,367
Oct–Dec 2024	$563,061
Jan–Mar 2025	$384,423
Apr–Jun 2025	$435,100
Jul–Sep 2025	$454,571
Oct–Dec 2025	$491,032
Jan–Mar 2026	$390,488
Apr–Jun 2026	$430,227

By session

Office spending by session
Session	Amount
117th-1 (2021)	$239,435 (partial session)
117th-2 (2022)	$1,698,302
118th-1 (2023)	$1,894,774
118th-2 (2024)	$1,886,169
119th-1 (2025)	$1,901,324
119th-2 (2026, so far)	$820,715 (still in progress)

Session totals include bills the House posted after the session ended. The current session is still in progress. A dashed session is one the office served only part of.

Largest payees this quarter

WATER TOWER PLAZA LLC $18,000

CITIBANK $16,728

Payee not named in the filing $14,061

CITIBANK -URBAN ONE INC $4,100

QWESTCOM GRAPHICS INC $4,013

Download the office's spending detail (CSV) Source: House Statement of Disbursements

The download covers 118th-2 (2024) through 119th-2 (2026, so far).

Staff names are withheld in the download.

Their District: Ohio · OH-11

773,464

residents

$53,094 median household income · 21.6% poverty rate · 6.5% uninsured

Racial Composition

Hispanic/Latino 8% White (non-Hisp.) 41.1% Black (non-Hisp.) 43% Asian (non-Hisp.) 2.8% Other (non-Hisp.) 5.1%

38.1Median Age

$1,024Median Rent

8.4%Unemployment

33.5%Bachelor's+

49.9%Homeownership

6.6%Foreign-born

Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS 2024 5-year estimates; boundaries of the 119th Congress)

Financial Disclosure

recent filings · 2020–2025

Annual Form A disclosures filed with the House Clerk under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

Disclosed net worth 2025 Annual $3K+*

* Form A's top band reads “Over $50,000,000” and stops there. A figure marked + is the least the filing supports.

A figure marked max is the most the filing supports: the reported debts can exceed the reported assets.

By filing year select a year

2025 $3K+* no upper limit 2024 $4K+ assets · $50K+ debts* no upper limit 2023 $4K+ assets · $60K+ debts* no upper limit 2022Annual-2 $2K–$70K amended 2020Candidate $2K–$70K

2025 Annual — $3K+* · 6 holdings · filed Aug 13, 2026
View this filing on the Clerk portal (PDF)

2024 Annual — $4K+ assets · $50K+ debts* · 6 holdings · 1 liability · filed May 16, 2025
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2023 Annual — $4K+ assets · $60K+ debts* · 5 holdings · 2 liabilities · filed Aug 12, 2024
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2022 Annual-2 — $2K–$70K · 3 holdings · 1 liability · filed Aug 12, 2022
View this filing on the Clerk portal (PDF)

2020 Candidate — $2K–$70K · 3 holdings · 1 liability · filed Jun 29, 2021
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Bars for marked years fade out rather than ending, and carry no midpoint.

amended More than one filing covers that year. The figure comes from the most complete one, and the others remain on the Clerk's portal.

2025 filing contains

6 assets 0 liabilities 1 position

Form A reports values in statutory bands, for example $100,001–$250,000, and its top band is open-ended. Assets held by a spouse or dependent child appear here because the form requires it. Figures are shown rounded.

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Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov · 2025 Annual, filed Aug 13, 2026
Disclosure data last pulled from the Clerk on Nov 1, 2026.

3 days ago

Reps. Brown, McClellan, and Salinas Introduce Legislation to Support New and Underserved Farmers

Washington, DC – Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) have introduced the Farming Opportunities Training and…
4 days ago

Brown, Adams, and Rivas Lead Letter Calling on Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Terminate Minority Science Programs

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) have written to the Department of Justice (DOJ) calling on the Administration to reverse their decision to terminate…
last week

Brown Introduces Legislation to Require Labels on AI-Generated Campaign Content

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has introduced the Securing Elections from AI Deception Act, legislation to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deprive or defraud individuals of their right to vote and…
Oct 2026

Brown, Casar Demand Answers on FBI’s Plan to Buy Mass Surveillance Systems, Including Flock Cameras

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) sent a letter demanding answers and transparency from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel on the FBI’s planned…
Oct 2026

As Grocery Prices Skyrocket, Brown Sounds Alarm on New Trump SNAP Cut Taking Effect Today

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Agriculture Committee, warned that another SNAP cut from H.R. 1, the Republican Reconciliation Law, has gone into effect.
Oct 2026

Brown Introduces Legislation to Address Nationwide Veterinarian Shortage, Encourage Next Generation to Work in Animal Medicine

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Agriculture has introduced legislation to create a competitive federal grant program supporting work-based learning programs exposing…
Sep 2026

Reps. Brown, McBath, Sen. Merkley Introduce Legislation to Reduce Class Sizes

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) and Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-07) have reintroduced the Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act. This legislation would provide funding for…
Sep 2026

Brown, Blunt Rochester, Gimenez Introduce Legislation to Preserve and Repair Distressed Affordable Multifamily Housing

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), and Congressman Carlos Gimenez (FL-28) have introduced legislation to preserve and repair affordable housing and help more families remain in their…
Sep 2026

Brown Announces $20 Million Dollar Grant for GCRTA Platform Renovations Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Cleveland, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) is proud to announce that the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has been awarded a $20 million dollar grant to fund renovations to Green Line light rail platforms.
Sep 2026

Brown Calls on GE HealthCare to Engage in Good-Faith Negotiations with Workers at Aurora Facility

Cleveland, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has written to GE HealthCare urging them to negotiate in good faith with workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 1363 at the…
Sep 2026

Ag Vice Ranking Member Brown, Ranking Member Craig Press Chairman Thompson on Oversight

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, House Agriculture Committee Vice Ranking Member Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) and urged Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson to fulfill Congress’ oversight responsibilities on behalf of…
Aug 2026

Brown, Wyden Call for GAO Investigation After DOT Fails to Protect Airline Passenger Data

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) are urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) ongoing failure to protect passenger…
Aug 2026

Brown Calls on Cleveland Clinic to Negotiate in Good Faith with Workers at Lutheran Hospital

Cleveland, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has written to the Cleveland Clinic regarding ongoing contract negotiations with Lutheran Hospital employees represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199.
Jul 2026

Brown Celebrates Neighborhood Revitalization in East Cleveland Supported by Funding Secured By Her Office

East Cleveland, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined the Cuyahoga Land Bank and local elected officials to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Circle East District, a Cuyahoga Land Bank initiative to revitalize the residential…
Jul 2026

Brown, Tlaib Introduce Bills to Remove Poisonous Lead from Homes, Pipes, and Walls

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) have introduced two bills to address the lead poisoning crisis in Ohio, Michigan, and across the country. Together, the GET THE LEAD OUT Act and…
Jul 2026

Brown Statement on Massie Amendment

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement on the Massie Amendment #8 to the State Department and National Security Appropriations Bill: “The Massie amendment was a false choice between…
Jul 2026

Brown Celebrates Major CHIPS and Science Act Award of up to $160 Million to Accelerate Northeast Ohio Manufacturing

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today celebrated the National Science Foundation's selection of the Northeast Ohio Strengthening Manufacturing for American Resilience through Technology (NEO-SMART), a consortium led by…
Jul 2026

Brown Blasts Catastrophic Loss of Health Care Coverage in Ohio

Cleveland, OH – According to the latest official federal data, over 160,000 Ohioans have lost Affordable Care Act health care coverage following cuts enacted by the Trump Administration.
Jun 2026

Brown Criticizes Devastating Supreme Court Ruling Supporting Mass Deportation of Haitians, Calls on Senate to Act

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) strongly criticizes the Supreme Court’s ruling to remove Temporary Protected Status (TPS) legal protections for Haitians in the United States. Brown calls on the Senate to join the House…
Jun 2026

Brown Applauds Federal Court Ruling Stopping Trump-LaRose Voter Purge Scheme

Washington, DC – A federal judge has halted the Trump Administration’s effort to purge eligible voters using the faulty Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system and a federal database of private voter registration data…
Jun 2026

Brown and Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Organic Import Verification

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) have introduced the Organic Imports Verification Act, bipartisan legislation to protect American organic farmers and consumers from fraudulent organic…

Rest of the Ohio delegation

14 other current House members from Ohio, with their 119th Congress grades.

OH-1

Greg Landsman C+ OH-2

David J. Taylor F OH-3

Joyce Beatty B+ OH-4

Jim Jordan F OH-5

Robert E. Latta F OH-6

Michael A. Rulli F OH-7

Max L. Miller F OH-8

Warren Davidson F OH-9

Marcy Kaptur C+ OH-10

Michael R. Turner F OH-12

Troy Balderson F OH-13

Emilia Strong Sykes B OH-14

David P. Joyce F OH-15

Mike Carey F

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Grades are computed from tracked House votes, cosponsorships, and congressional letters across the 119th Congress. PAC funding, independent expenditures, employer donations, and donor profiles sourced from FEC bulk data files. Stock trades from Clerk of the House PTR filings. Travel disclosures from the Clerk of the House. Floor speeches from the Congressional Record via GovInfo. Attendance from House roll call records. Legislative effectiveness from Congress.gov bill tracking. Earmarks from the House Appropriations Committee. Demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
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