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U.S. House · Illinois, District 2

Robin L. Kelly

DDemocratIn this seat since April 9, 2013Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Kelly has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.

25 Yes · 33 No · 2 Did not vote
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The record in plain language

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Kelly is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Kelly votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

Kelly votes Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

On funding the government, Kelly votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.

Kelly votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Kelly votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 24.

Kelly votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 58 Yes and No votes: No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar) and No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.

Kelly did not vote on the law that extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants and the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act.

Votes on laws that passed

Public Law 119-110 · Signed Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act

Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.

House 376–8Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-109 · Signed Local Access to Courts Act

Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.

House 378–10Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-103 · Signed Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.

House 370–48Senate 90–6Votes Yes
Public Law 119-102 · Signed Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

Lets farmers and ranchers get emergency conservation money up front after a disaster, instead of paying first and waiting for reimbursement.

House 368–19Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-101 · Became law without a signature on 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.

House 358–32Senate 85–5Votes Yes
Public Law 119-100 · Signed Lulu's Law

Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.

House 401–6Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-99 · Signed Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act

Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.

House 404–14Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-97 · Signed Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.

House 405–5Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
S. 1020 · Signed Public Law 119-90

Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.

House 394–14Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-88 · Signed Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025

Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.

House 384–40Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-74 · Signed Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.

House 397–28Senate 82–15Votes Yes
Public Law 119-66 · Signed Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act

Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.

House 370–22Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-64 · Signed Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act

When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.

House 423–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-62 · Signed Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025

Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.

House 413–0Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-61 · Signed Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.

House 416–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-58 · Signed Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025

Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.

House 399–5Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-44 · Signed SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025

Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.

House 366–57Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-43 · Signed Medal of Honor Act

Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.

House 424–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-38 · Signed Epstein Files Transparency Act

Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.

House 427–1Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-30 · Signed Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act

Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.

House 372–0Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-29 · Signed Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.

House 388–0Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-27 · Signed GENIUS Act

Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).

House 308–122Senate 68–30Votes Yes
Public Law 119-25 · Signed Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act

Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.

House 382–31Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-23 · Signed Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.

House 412–1Senate: voice voteVotes Yes
Public Law 119-12 · Signed TAKE IT DOWN Act

Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.

House 409–2Senate: without objectionVotes Yes

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Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed this law in the House

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Member-requested spending

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Congress printed 13 spending items this member requested, $10,731,000 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.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
Village of DwightPublic Law 119-37Facility ImprovementsRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities ProgramIL$1,000,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate IL Southland Wate Water IntakeEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
Cook County Southland Juvenile Justice CouncilPublic Law 119-74Southland Juvenile Justice Council Violence and Truancy Prevention ProgramDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$1,000,000
By The Hand Club For KidsPublic Law 119-74Altgeld Gardens Youth Entrepreneurship Accountability and Empowerment ProgramDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$1,000,000
County of IroquoisPublic Law 119-74Emergency Services Interoperable Radio Communications Project-- Iroquois County, ILDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$1,039,000
ILPublic Law 119-75100th St Bridge over the Calumet RiverDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsIL$850,000
Commuter Rail Division of the RTA d/b/a MetraPublic Law 119-75Station Displays Across Chicago's South Side and Suburbs ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure GrantsIL$250,000
Village of South HollandPublic Law 119-75South Holland Neighborhood Revitalization Project--South Holland, ILDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundIL$500,000
Chicago Park DistrictPublic Law 119-75Jackson Park Safety and Accessibility ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundIL$1,200,000
Village of RantoulPublic Law 119-75Broadmeadow Road Extension Project-- Rantoul, ILDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundIL$850,000
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RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
City of Paxton, IllinoisPublic Law 119-75Paxton Downtown StreetscapeDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundIL$850,000
Village of Hazel CrestPublic Law 119-75Water/Sewer Repairs and UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundIL$850,000
Prairie State CollegePublic Law 119-75Prairie State College Workforce Development Education Facility ExpansionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundIL$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.

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Campaign money

Robin L. Kelly has 2 FEC candidate numbers. Each number's figures appear side by side, one column each.

Confirmed from the official record
What the filing reports2026 cycleFEC number H2IL02172as of August 7, 20262026 cycleFEC number S6IL00474as of September 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number H2IL02172as of December 31, 2024
Money raised (total receipts)$456,271.69$3,509,919.00$1,923,741.97
Money spent (total disbursements)$2,471,382.66$3,505,725.02$1,355,795.73
Cash on hand (at the end of the period)$0.00$4,193.98$2,015,110.97
Debts (owed by the committee)$0.00$0.00$0.00

Where it comes from

Reported as received from2026 cycleFEC number H2IL02172as of August 7, 20262026 cycleFEC number S6IL00474as of September 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number H2IL02172as of December 31, 2024
Individuals, itemized$120,954.85$799,106.77$596,660.60
Individuals, unitemized$18,800.29$276,042.21$69,494.18
Other political committees$312,250.00$229,001.96$1,235,556.11
Party committees$0.00$0.00$0.00
The candidate, contributions$207.25$0.00$716.45
The candidate, loans$0.00$0.00$0.00

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Reported stock trades

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House roll call 308 of 2026 (Russia and Iran sanctions law)clerk.house.gov · saved
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House roll call 284 of 2026 (Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act)clerk.house.gov · saved
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House roll call 285 of 2026 (Local Access to Courts Act)clerk.house.gov · saved
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