Brendan F. Boyle
Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Boyle has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.
This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.
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 Boyle is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Boyle 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.
Boyle 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) and the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
On funding the government, Boyle 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.
Boyle votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; and the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Boyle votes to cancel 1 and against cancelling 23. The rules Boyle votes to cancel come from: Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
Boyle votes differently from most House Democrats on 5 of 57 Yes and No votes: No on the September 2026 funding extension, No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, 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.
Boyle did not vote on the Russia and Iran sanctions law, the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025 and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
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 2 laws.
From the official record
Statements from the official record: Not checked yet. A statement appears here after a person reviews our account of the law or order it is about.
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.
2 excerpts
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJanuary 20, 2026
“of the House Budget Committee, held a press conference at CORE at Esperanza Health Center in Kensington alongside Esperanza Health, the New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC), and Project HOME to highlight the harm caused by federal cuts to violence-prevention and housing funding, as well as broader cuts to health care access under HR1 that disproportionately affect neighborhoods like Kensington.”
- Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing ActJanuary 3, 2025
Congressman Boyle Sworn in for the 119th Congress
“During the 118th Congress, Congressman Boyle delivered major legislative wins for Philadelphia and the nation, including securing over $40 million in Community Project Funding for Philadelphia neighborhoods and turning his Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act into law. See more here.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 19 spending items this member requested, $16,020,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple University | Public Law 119-74 | Temple University Public Safety InitiativeDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $1,039,000 |
| Phoenix Multisport dba ``The Phoenix'' | Public Law 119-74 | The Phoenix Criminal Legal ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $515,000 |
| Salvation Army of Eastern Pennsylvania | Public Law 119-74 | The Salvation Army New Day Program Expansion ProjectDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $250,000 |
| Office of Public Safety, City of Philadelphia | Public Law 119-74 | Safe Streets PhillyDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Temple University | Public Law 119-74 | Temple University Public Safety InitiativeDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,039,000 |
| Phoenix Multisport dba ``The Phoenix'' | Public Law 119-74 | The Phoenix Criminal Legal ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $515,000 |
| Salvation Army of Eastern Pennsylvania | Public Law 119-74 | The Salvation Army New Day Program Expansion ProjectDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $250,000 |
| Office of Public Safety, City of Philadelphia | Public Law 119-74 | Safe Streets PhillyDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| City of Philadelphia, Department of Aviation | Public Law 119-75 | PNE--Taxiway C RehabilitationDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | PA | $1,000,000 |
| Philadelphia Water Department, City of Philadelphia, PA | Public Law 119-75 | PWD Kensington Lead Service Line ReplacementDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $2,000,000 |
Show all 19
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Philadelphia-- Department of Parks and Recreation | Public Law 119-75 | Pleasant Hill Park Community Center Development and ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $250,000 |
| City of Philadelphia-- Department of Parks and Recreation | Public Law 119-75 | Pennypack on the Delaware Ranger Building Development and ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $250,000 |
| City of Philadelphia's Department of Fleet Services | Public Law 119-75 | Shop 134 EV Charging Equipment AcquisitionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $250,000 |
| City of Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems | Public Law 119-75 | Castor Avenue Safety and Streetscape ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $850,000 |
| City of Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems | Public Law 119-75 | Lehigh Avenue Traffic Safety ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $850,000 |
| City of Philadelphia | Public Law 119-75 | McPherson Library RenovationsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $850,000 |
| City of Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems | Public Law 119-75 | Market Street Headhouses ReplacementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $1,200,000 |
| Center City District | Public Law 119-75 | Viaduct Greenway Development and RevitalizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $2,000,000 |
| City of Philadelphia | Public Law 119-75 | Demolition and Redevelopment of Holmesburg Prison SiteDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $850,000 |
4 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.
Online ads
No advertiser in the ad libraries we read is tied to this member by an FEC number or an exact name.
Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 6, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.
Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Boyle's campaign reports receiving $2,451,957.76 and reports spending $729,723.16, as of June 30, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H4PA13199as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H4PA13199as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Money raised (total receipts) | $2,451,957.76 | $2,337,216.44 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $729,723.16 | $843,874.24 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $5,560,517.95 | $3,838,283.35 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H4PA13199as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H4PA13199as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals, itemized | $476,705.40 | $622,941.42 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $18,411.34 | $12,559.19 |
| Other political committees | $970,785.00 | $1,112,299.44 |
| Party committees | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- CITIZENS FOR BOYLE Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00543363
- BFB PAC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00584805
Every figure is copied from the Federal Election Commission. The campaign's committee reports each one.
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Where this comes from
We saved our own copy of each official House vote file listed here before writing this page. A code beside a file is its fingerprint, a short code that changes if the file's contents change.