Emilia Strong Sykes
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Sykes 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 Sykes is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Sykes 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.
Sykes 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 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Sykes 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.
Sykes votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; 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. Sykes votes to cancel 1 and against cancelling 23. The rules Sykes votes to cancel come from: Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
Sykes votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 60 Yes and No votes: Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), Yes on the law that cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do and Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention.
Votes on laws that passed
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.
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.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
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.
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.
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.
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 an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
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 5 laws.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
From a secondary sourceThese are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.
10 excerpts
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“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (OH-13) voted to pass the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6500, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027. This bill extends government funding through December 11, 2026.”
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Rep. Sykes Celebrates Final Passage of Bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) celebrated the final passage of H.R. 6644, the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The legislation expands housing affordability and supply nationwide by incorporating priorities championed in Rep. Sykes’ Homes Over Massive Investors in Neighborhoods (HOMES) Act, including efforts to address the role of large-scale institutional investors in local housing”
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Rep. Sykes Opposes Republican Reconciliation Bill Expanding ICE Enforcement Without Reforms
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) voted against S.2, the Secure America Act. The Republicans’ roughly $70 billion reconciliation package that funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) without commonsense reforms.”
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“The members explained that the proposed rule worsens Trump and Republicans’ attacks on women graduate students’ ability to pay for school, which Trump and Republicans’ launched in their so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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Rep. Sykes Announces Guest for State of the Union Address
“Rep. Sykes introduced the bill to expand overtime tax relief to employees excluded from the provisions in H.R. 1, the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”
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Rep. Sykes Takes Action to Protect Ohio Families Facing Health Care Crisis
“H.R. 1, or “The Big Ugly Bill,” put more than 17,000 residents at risk of losing Medicaid coverage, cut an estimated $19 million in funding for local hospitals, and threatens the jobs of roughly 30,000 people in the local health care system.”
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Reps. Sykes Co-Sponsors Legislation to Reverse Health Care Cuts in the Big Ugly Bill
“This bill, introduced by Congressman Adam Gray (CA-13), would reverse all of the healthcare cuts made in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1, including those to Medicaid, and would permanently extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Premium Tax Credits.”
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“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act to expand the no tax on overtime provision for workers whose eligibility was excluded from the provisions included in H.R. 1, the “Big Beautiful Bill”.”
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“Earlier this year, Republicans passed and President Trump signed into law, H.R. 1 the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.” That legislation is expected to raise energy prices by an average of $410 a year for Ohio families.”
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Rep. Sykes Votes to Protect Consumers in Ohio 13
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) voted against the Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) that would roll back critical consumer protections from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and allow bank overdraft fees to be raised from the $5 cap established during the Biden Administration.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $12,590,223 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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| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e OH Summit County Sanitary Sewe and TreatmentEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate OH City of Cuyaho Water Treatme Improvement PEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate OH Village of Sil Water Main Im ProjectEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $725,223 |
| City of Barberton | Public Law 119-74 | City of Barberton Justice Center Technology and Equipment ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| OH | Public Law 119-75 | Clinton Road Rehabilitation ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | OH | $250,000 |
| City of Akron | Public Law 119-75 | Downtown Akron Main Street ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $1,200,000 |
| City of Monroe Falls | Public Law 119-75 | Guise Park Lodge Renovation ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $450,000 |
| City of Twinsburg | Public Law 119-75 | Glen Chamberlin Park Improvement StudyDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $850,000 |
| City of Akron | Public Law 119-75 | East Copley District Safe and Vibrant Streets StudyDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $250,000 |
| Stark County Park District | Public Law 119-75 | Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Area RestorationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $1,500,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Village of Boston Heights | Public Law 119-75 | Village of Boston Heights Safety CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $850,000 |
| City of Canton | Public Law 119-75 | Cleveland Ave. NW StreetscapeDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $850,000 |
| City of Massillon | Public Law 119-75 | Reservoir Park RestorationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $250,000 |
| City of Fairlawn | Public Law 119-75 | Rosemont Preserve Restoration ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $1,200,000 |
| City of Tallmadge | Public Law 119-75 | Tallmadge Circle Pedestrian Tunnel Development and ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | OH | $1,000,000 |
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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- Campaign website: www.emiliasykesforcongress.com. The Federal Election Commission’s record of EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESS gives this address.Confirmed from the official record
- 2 pages of www.emiliasykesforcongress.com saved on October 8, 2026. 1 states positions on issues.From a secondary source
- 2 Internet Archive copies of www.emiliasykesforcongress.com, the earliest captured October 31, 2024. We ask the Archive for the copy closest to election day, November 5, 2024.From a secondary source
Online ads
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EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESS Google Ads Transparency Center
Evidence for the tie: The library lists FEC committee number C00801274 for this advertiser, and the FEC committee file names this member as that committee’s candidate.
The library lists 8 ads by this advertiser since January 3, 2025.
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Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Sykes's campaign reports receiving $3,137,439.96 and reports spending $1,362,656.21, as of June 30, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H2OH13264as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H2OH13264as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Money raised (total receipts) | $3,137,439.96 | $5,332,291.25 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $1,362,656.21 | $5,260,289.76 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $1,897,462.29 | $122,678.54 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H2OH13264as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H2OH13264as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals, itemized | $1,509,754.88 | $2,641,898.70 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $414,138.69 | $715,743.65 |
| Other political committees | $1,000,913.34 | $1,448,543.48 |
| Party committees | $5,863.81 | $10,000.00 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESS Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00801274
- WE BELONG HERE FEDERAL PAC Leadership PAC · 2026 · FEC committee C00898247
- WE BELONG HERE PAC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00723676
Every figure is copied from the Federal Election Commission. The campaign's committee reports each one.
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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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