Shri Thanedar
- Previous profession
- Chemist; Business owner, Chemir, 1991 to 2011; CEO, founder, and business owner, Avomeen Analytical Services, 2010 to 2016
- First public office
- 2021Member, Michigan House of Representatives, 2021 to 2023
- Years in public office
- 5
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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The saved record holds 142 recorded votes by Shri Thanedar, from 2023 to 2026.
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118th Congress, 2023 and 2024
76 Yes · 3 No on 79 laws of this Congress. 2 votes on a resolution that passed a law.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 1 law and 1 executive order.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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3 excerpts
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJune 9, 2026
“Transfer of One Big Beautiful Bill Act Amounts to the Department of Homeland Security for Ensuring Access to Meals, Medical Attention, and Cleanliness”
- Protecting the American People Against InvasionJanuary 15, 2026
Congressman Shri Thanedar Introduces the Abolish ICE Act
“(2) One of President Trump’s first Executive Orders, titled ‘‘Protecting the American People Against Invasion’’, unleashed ICE to carry out mass arrests and deportations of noncriminal immigrants in the United States, with approximately 70 percent of arrests made by immigration agents in 2025 being detainees who had no criminal record.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJuly 3, 2025
“Today, Congressman Shri Thanedar (MI-13) voted against the Senate’s version of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. This partisan, cruel GOP budget passed the House 218-214 and is expected to be signed into law by President Trump.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 14 spending items this member requested, $13,294,592 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e MI Great Lakes Wa for 7 Mile Se RehabilitatioEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e MI Great Lakes Wa for Fox Creek Condition AssEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e MI Great Lakes Wa for Freud & C Pump StationEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e MI Great Lakes Wa for Oakwood D IntercommunitModificationEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate MI City of Allen Road Water Ma ProjectEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate MI Great Lakes Wa for Downriver Main ConstrucEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Public Law 119-74 | Detroit Mercy Cybersecurity Operations CenterDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| UNITAS North America | Public Law 119-74 | UNITY Detroit Center for Victims of Exploitation and TraffickingDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| City of Detroit Airport (Coleman A. Young Airport KDET) | Public Law 119-75 | City of Detroit Airport Construction of Taxiway BDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | MI | $250,000 |
| City of Detroit | Public Law 119-75 | Michigan Central Station Intermodal Passenger ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements | MI | $3,000,000 |
Show all 14
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ecorse | Public Law 119-75 | City of Ecorse Fire Station RenovationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $680,592 |
| Michigan State Housing Development Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Thome Rivertown Senior Affordable HousingDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $250,000 |
| City of Southgate | Public Law 119-75 | Downriver Miracle Field and PlaygroundDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $250,000 |
| Wayne State University | Public Law 119-75 | WDET Community Broadcast CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $250,000 |
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Campaign promises
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Online ads
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SHRI FOR CONGRESS Google Ads Transparency Center
Evidence for the tie: The library lists FEC committee number C00798132 for this advertiser, and the FEC committee file names this member as that committee’s candidate.
The library lists 41 ads by this advertiser since January 3, 2025.
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