119th Congress (2025–2026) · Last updated September 17, 2026 · 158 entries
119th Congress (2025–2026) · Last updated September 17, 2026 · 158 entries
Stephen F. Lynch's Grades Across 12 Issue Areas
Palestine / Israel
B
12 items #42/428
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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
✓Cosponsored 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)
✓Cosponsored 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)
×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 YES 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)
✓Signed letters demanding the release of detained Palestinian students including Khalil, Ozturk, and Mahdawi (Student Letter)
Context
$3.8 billion per yearper year in U.S. military aid to Israel ⓘ
Under 10-year MOU + supplemental
73,821+killed in Gaza ⓘ
20,179+children killed
4,000+child amputees: largest child amputee crisis in modern conflict
174,897+people injured
262 journalists killed · 1,701+ medical workers killed
Border and asylum policy, DACA, deportation practices, ICE enforcement, and the treatment of immigrants and refugees.
Scored Actions
×Voted YES on the Laken Riley Act expanding mandatory ICE detention for immigrants (H.R.29)
✓Opposed the SAVE Act requiring citizenship proof to vote — a voter suppression measure (H.R.22)
✓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 Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act — creates criminal penalties for fleeing federal officers near the border; signed into law (H.R.35)
✓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 Standalone FY26 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act funding ICE detention and CBP enforcement. (H.R.7744)
The District Reality
20.2%
Residents born in another country
National avg: 14.1%
91.9%
Residents who are U.S. citizens
National avg: 93.2%
$731M / year in state & local taxes paid by undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts
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)
✓Cosponsored repeals the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba by dismantling the statutory pillars of 60+ years of economic sanctions (H.R.7521)
✓Cosponsored 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
Jobs for the Future, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation· Chicago, IL· 2023-04-12Filing$825
10 tracked items: 0 fail, 0 mixed, 10 pass · $1,695,497 from related PACs.
Methodology partially informed by AFL-CIO
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Reproductive Rights
B+
10 items #186/428
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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 repealing the Hyde Amendment to allow federal Medicaid funding for abortion care (H.R.4611)
×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)
✓Opposed Planned Parenthood defunding in the One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1)
Methodology partially informed by Planned Parenthood Action
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LGBTQ+ Rights
A
18 items #34/428
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Anti-discrimination protections, trans rights, marriage equality, and legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ communities.
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)
✓Cosponsored 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)
✓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 protecting access to gender-affirming healthcare (H.R.2487)
✓Cosponsored Do No Harm Act — prevents the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from being used to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals (H.R.1954)
✓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 appoints a special envoy for LGBTQ+ human rights to combat persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals worldwide (H.R.6056)
✓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)
✓Cosponsored Safe Schools Improvement Act — requires schools to adopt anti-bullying policies that specifically protect LGBTQ+ students (H.R.1810)
✓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
0
Anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed into law in Massachusetts (2025)
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)
×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)
✓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 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
354.6
Incarcerated per 100K
59% less than national avg (872.3)
30.1
Opioid deaths per 100K
19% more than national avg (25.3)
0.4
Killed by police per 100K
National avg: 1.9 per 100K · (2021-2026) · Mapping Police Violence
District racial composition
Black 9.6% Hispanic 7.2% White 65.1% Asian 9.8% Other 8.3%
Climate legislation, fossil fuel subsidies, environmental regulation, and the transition to clean energy.
Scored Actions
✓Opposed the methane emissions charge on oil and gas producers by voting against repeal (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 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 saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act — amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead, rolling back DOE water-efficiency standards (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 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)
✓Cosponsored 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)
✓Signed Bicameral letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin opposing the March 12, 2025 announcement of 31 environmental rule rollbacks (EPA Assault Letter)
✓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 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
22.6 / 100
Natural disaster risk score ⓘ
58% less than national avg (54.3) — lower is better
Campaign finance, lobbying disclosure, corporate political influence, and the integrity of the legislative process.
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 CFPB consumer protections for digital payment apps by voting against repeal (S.J.Res.28)
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
Sponsored travel to New Orleans, LA — sponsored by Jobs for the Future, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
Sponsored travel to Cleveland, OH — sponsored by Jobs for the Future, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and Joyce Foundation
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
Rep. Lynch argues foreign aid is essential to national security, opposing USAID cuts that would weaken American influence and create power vacuums for adversaries.
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
Rep. Lynch opposes expansionist rhetoric regarding Greenland, Panama Canal, and Canada, calling it destabilizing to alliances and international norms.
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
Sponsored travel to Chicago, IL — sponsored by Jobs for the Future, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
PACs and Donors Funding Stephen F. Lynch's Campaign
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Outside money — spent for / against
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2025 filing contains
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