Jared F. Golden
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Golden has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
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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 Golden is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Golden 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.
Golden votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention, the HALT Fentanyl Act, the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
On funding the government, Golden votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.
Golden votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law, and the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Golden votes to cancel 10 and against cancelling 14. The rules Golden votes to cancel come from: Environmental Protection Agency (5), Energy (3), Interior: Bureau of Land Management (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).
Golden votes differently from most House Democrats on 16 of 57 Yes and No votes: Yes on the Russia and Iran sanctions law; Yes on the law that cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years; Yes on the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; Yes on the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); Yes on the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines; Yes on the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035; and Yes on the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks, and 8 more in the list below.
Golden did not vote on the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and the law that gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Votes on laws that passed
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Lets farmers and ranchers get emergency conservation money up front after a disaster, instead of paying first and waiting for reimbursement.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.
Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.
When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.
The annual defense policy law.
Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.
Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.
Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
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.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
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 7 laws and 2 executive orders.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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16 excerpts
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Golden statement in support of Russia sanctions bill
“WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement regarding his vote in favor of HR 5334, legislation to impose sanctions against Russia until it ends its war against Ukraine:”
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Golden votes against GOP’s partisan ICE, CBP reconciliation bill
“The Republicans’ so-called “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ” a party-line reconciliation bill passed last year, provided $65 billion to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and $75 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year. Both sums far outpace prior years’ appropriations.”
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Golden votes against House Republicans’ DHS dodge
“The Senate bill would fund all of DHS except for immigration agencies, which are already funded through the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Earlier this week, Golden signed a discharge petition to force a vote on a similar bill in the House of Representatives.”
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Golden, Collins, King demand IRS re-open Bangor and Augusta Tax Assistance Centers
“Following confirmation of the closures from the agency, the lawmakers are now making the case that rural Maine deserves the same quality of assistance as those living in the southern part of the state — especially for navigating the new tax provisions created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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“President Trump’s March 27 Executive Order, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior and Agriculture. The order affected hundreds of thousands of federal workers.”
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“President Trump’s March 27 Executive Order, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior and Agriculture. The order affected hundreds of thousands of federal workers.”
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Golden moves to force vote this week on bill to restore federal workers’ union rights
“President Trump’s March 27 Executive Order, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior and Agriculture. The order affected hundreds of thousands of federal workers.”
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Golden votes to release Epstein files
“WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today for H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which would require the Department of Justice to publicly release all unclassified materials from its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The bill passed the House by a vote of 427-1.”
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Golden urges regulators to drop unnecessary new ropeless lobster gear proposal
“As you are aware, Congress, through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L. 117-328), paused the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) until December 31, 2028. This provision was included out of the dire need to preserve the existence of our nation’s lobster fishery and to provide both state and federal regulators with more time to improve the data”
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“President Trump’s March 27 Executive Order, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior and Agriculture.”
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Golden statement on passage of GOP’s partisan reconciliation bill
“WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement after the House GOP gave final passage to H.R. 1, their reconciliation budget bill, in a party-line 218-214 vote.”
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Golden votes to roll back California EV mandates that could take options away from Mainers
“H.J.Res. 87, voted on yesterday, which would revoke an EPA waiver allowing California to require manufacturers to produce and sell increasing percentages of zero-emission trucks by 2035. The bill passed in a bipartisan vote of 231-191.”
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Golden votes to roll back California EV mandates that could take options away from Mainers
“H.J.Res. 88, voted on today, which would revoke an EPA waiver allowing California to require all new passenger vehicles sold to be zero emissions by 2035. The bill passed in a bipartisan vote of 246-164.”
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Golden votes to roll back California EV mandates that could take options away from Mainers
“H.J.Res. 89, voted on yesterday, which would revoke an EPA waiver allowing California to reduce the permissible nitrogen oxide emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The bill passed in a bipartisan vote of 225-196.”
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“In your executive order on “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness,” you directed the Secretary of Commerce to consider suspending, revising, or rescinding regulations that overly burden America’s commercial fishing industries and the United States Trade Representative to examine other nations’ trade practices. As part of those investigations, I write in support of swift and decisive action to address the unequal regulatory”
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“The bill nullifies President Trump’s March 27 executive order, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” which sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior and Agriculture. The employees covered by the order account for 67”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $13,859,000 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.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Town of Surry | Public Law 119-37 | Purchase of Fire EngineRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | ME | $492,000 |
| Town of Holden | Public Law 119-37 | Police Garage Facility ImprovementsRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | ME | $643,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e ME Town of Wilton System UpgradEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| University of Maine | Public Law 119-74 | American Lobster Settlement Index ExpansionDOC · NOAA ORF | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| Maine Department of Public Safety | Public Law 119-74 | Northern Maine Regional Law Enforcement Equipment ModernizationDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Maine Department of Public Safety | Public Law 119-74 | Northeastern Maine Regional Law Enforcement EquipmentDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $982,000 |
| Maine Department of Public Safety | Public Law 119-74 | Central and Western Maine Regional Law Enforcement Equipment ModernizationDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,004,000 |
| Town of Stonington | Public Law 119-75 | Stonington Commercial Fish Pier Improvement ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $2,000,000 |
| Town of Jay | Public Law 119-75 | Town of Jay Alden Hill Road Economic Development Enhancement ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $565,000 |
| Town of Swan's Island | Public Law 119-75 | Town of Swan's Island Town DockDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $1,400,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Town of Jonesport | Public Law 119-75 | Jonesport Working Waterfront Access at Henry PointDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $1,200,000 |
| Central Maine Community College | Public Law 119-75 | Central Maine Community College Public Service Simulation Center ExpansionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $500,000 |
| Town of Fort Kent | Public Law 119-75 | Fort Kent Public Works Garage Expansion ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $850,000 |
| Mi'kmaq Nation | Public Law 119-75 | Mi'kmaq Environmental LaboratoryDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $850,000 |
| City of Auburn | Public Law 119-75 | Auburn Tech Hub Infrastructure ExpansionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | ME | $250,000 |
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Campaign promises
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Online ads
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COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN Google Ads Transparency Center
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Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Golden's campaign reports receiving $2,582,579.97 and reports spending $2,311,630.49, as of June 30, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H8ME02185as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H8ME02185as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Money raised (total receipts) | $2,582,579.97 | $7,943,838.27 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $2,311,630.49 | $7,851,798.65 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $397,679.36 | $126,729.88 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H8ME02185as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H8ME02185as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Individuals, itemized | $1,610,449.83 | $5,129,958.20 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $367,175.81 | $1,128,218.58 |
| Other political committees | $319,000.00 | $1,003,326.00 |
| Party committees | $547.83 | $9,529.86 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00653816
- AS MAINE GOES PAC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00834101
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Reported stock trades
Confirmed from the official recordThe Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 lists no Periodic Transaction Report under this member's name and district.
Source: Periodic Transaction Reports filed with the Clerk of the House. The Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 was saved October 8, 2026.
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