Official portrait of Ayanna Pressley
U.S. House · Massachusetts, District 7

Ayanna Pressley

DDemocratIn this seat since January 3, 2019Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.

Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Pressley has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.

22 Yes · 34 No · 4 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 Pressley is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Pressley 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.

Pressley votes Yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

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

Pressley 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 GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); 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. Pressley votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 22, and did not vote on 2.

Pressley votes differently from most House Democrats on 4 of 56 Yes and No votes: No on the September 2026 funding extension, No 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, No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.

Pressley did not vote on the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, the Local Access to Courts Act, the law that cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development and the law that cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.

Votes on laws that passed

Most recent

Public Law 119-111 · Signed September 18, 2026Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes No
Public Law 119-110 · Signed September 16, 2026Prison 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 objectionDid not vote
Public Law 119-109 · Signed September 16, 2026Local Access to Courts Act

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

House 378–10Senate: without objectionDid not vote
Public Law 119-103 · Signed September 2, 2026Continuing 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 No

Most recent No votes

Public Law 119-111 · Signed September 18, 2026Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes No
Public Law 119-103 · Signed September 2, 2026Continuing 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 No

Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed July 24, 2025Rescissions 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

What this member says about laws and orders

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From this member’s press releases

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1 excerpt

  1. Pressley, Durbin Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty

    “On the first day of his second term, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety,” directing the Attorney General to pursue the death penalty wherever possible, and in February 2025, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi officially lifted the Biden Administration’s moratorium on federal executions.”

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Member-requested spending

Confirmed from the official record

Congress printed 23 spending items this member requested, $21,258,000 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
Eastie Farm, IncPublic Law 119-74Climate Corps FellowshipDOC · NOAA--CZMNone printed$1,031,000
City of BostonPublic Law 119-74Flood Mitigation in Affordable Housing in BostonDOC · NOAA--CZMNone printed$1,031,000
BMA Ten Point, Inc.Public Law 119-74BMA Ten Point Family InitiativeDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$275,000
Louis D. Brown Peace InstitutePublic Law 119-74Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Community Violence Intervention ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$1,031,000
Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County, Inc.Public Law 119-74Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County Victim Support ImprovementsDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$1,031,000
The American City CoalitionPublic Law 119-74Roxbury WorxDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$1,031,000
The PhoenixPublic Law 119-74Expansion of Recovery Resources at The PhoenixDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$682,000
Justice For Housing, Inc.Public Law 119-74Stable Housing & Reintegration Program, SHARPDOJ · OJP--Byrn eNone printed$250,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate MA City of Cambri Ozone Generat ProjectEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate MA Town of Randol Standpipe RepEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
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RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
Eastie Farm, IncPublic Law 119-74Climate Corps FellowshipDOC · NOAA--CZMNone printed$1,031,000
City of BostonPublic Law 119-74Flood Mitigation in Affordable Housing in BostonDOC · NOAA--CZMNone printed$1,031,000
BMA Ten Point, Inc.Public Law 119-74BMA Ten Point Family InitiativeDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$275,000
Louis D. Brown Peace InstitutePublic Law 119-74Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Community Violence Intervention ProgramDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$1,031,000
Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County, Inc.Public Law 119-74Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County Victim Support ImprovementsDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$1,031,000
The American City CoalitionPublic Law 119-74Roxbury WorxDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$1,031,000
The PhoenixPublic Law 119-74Expansion of Recovery Resources at The PhoenixDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$682,000
Justice For Housing, Inc.Public Law 119-74Stable Housing & Reintegration Program, SHARPDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$250,000
Boston Housing AuthorityPublic Law 119-75Fairmount Modernization ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundMA$1,000,000
City of SomervillePublic Law 119-75Union Square Plaza and Streetscape Phase 1Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundMA$500,000
City of ChelseaPublic Law 119-75Former Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company Site Redevelopment in ChelseaDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundMA$850,000
City of EverettPublic Law 119-75Gateway Park Boardwalk Development and Construction, EverettDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundMA$850,000
City of ChelseaPublic Law 119-75Renovation of Massachusetts Veterans Home at ChelseaDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundMA$3,150,000

8 rows here have the same law, recipient, purpose and amount as another row. The Congressional Record may print one item more than once. The count and the total include each row.

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 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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Official portraitCongress.gov member directory · saved October 5, 2026 · Image courtesy of the Member
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House roll call 308 of 2026 (Russia and Iran sanctions law)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 284 of 2026 (Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 285 of 2026 (Local Access to Courts Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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