Mary Gay Scanlon
- Previous profession
- Attorney, Education Law Center; Pro bono counsel, Ballard Spahr, LLP
- First public office
- 2006Vice chair, Wallingford- Swarthmore Tax Commission, 2006 to 2007
- Years in public office
- 17
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Scanlon 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 Scanlon is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Scanlon 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.
Scanlon votes Yes on 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, Scanlon 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.
Scanlon 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 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. Scanlon votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 24.
Scanlon votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 58 Yes and No votes: 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 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 and No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Scanlon did not vote on the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 and the Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act.
Votes on laws that passed
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
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.
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.
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.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
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.
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.
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
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4 excerpts
- Promoting Competition in the American EconomySeptember 21, 2026
Scanlon Introduces Bill to Lower Costs of Meat and Poultry and Target Corporate Greed
“To address major changes from the first Trump administration, including the weakening of Packers and Stockyards protections, the USDA released a study entitled Agricultural Competition: A Plan in Support of Fair and Competitive Markets as part of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy to use existing authorities to promote competition and protect ranchers and farmers”
- Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024August 28, 2025
“I am visiting Moshannon Valley Processing Center today to conduct oversight pursuant to statutory authority as a Member of Congress under Section 527 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 (Public Law 118-47).”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJune 3, 2025
Congresswoman Scanlon Highlights Harm to School Meal Programs in GOP Reconciliation Bill
“Last month, the House passed the strictly partisan “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which would provide a sizable tax cut for billionaires at the expense of low-income and working class Americans. The proposal puts forward the deepest cuts to SNAP and Medicaid in our nation’s history – slashing $300 billion in food assistance for low-income families and $715 billion in”
- Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024May 20, 2025
“Section 527 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) explicitly states that the Department of Homeland Security cannot prevent Members of Congress from “entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens [...]. The law goes on to state that “Nothing in”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $11,387,900 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Delaware | Public Law 119-74 | Delaware County Client Advocates ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $902,000 |
| Villanova University | Public Law 119-74 | Villanova University Legal Support ClinicDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $850,000 |
| City of Chester (PA) | Public Law 119-74 | City of Chester Police Department Technology UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $450,000 |
| City of Philadelphia, Department of Aviation | Public Law 119-75 | Taxiway Rehabilitation at Philadelphia International AirportDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | PA | $850,000 |
| PA | Public Law 119-75 | SR420 Advance Warning Safety ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | PA | $425,500 |
| PA | Public Law 119-75 | Third Street Pedestrian and Bicycle BridgeDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | PA | $500,000 |
| PA | Public Law 119-75 | Lenni Road Quad Gate InstallationDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | PA | $250,000 |
| Delaware County Community College | Public Law 119-75 | Delaware County Community College Workforce Success CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $2,000,000 |
| Sharon Hill Borough | Public Law 119-75 | Sharon Hill Library and Recreation CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $1,200,000 |
| Township of Chester | Public Law 119-75 | Chester Township Fire Company Health and Safety RenovationsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $500,000 |
Show all 15
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware County District Attorney's Office | Public Law 119-75 | Four Seasons Park RevitalizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $1,000,000 |
| The School District of Philadelphia | Public Law 119-75 | Schoolyard Improvements at Penrose ElementaryDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $860,400 |
| Montgomery County | Public Law 119-75 | Norristown Public Library RenovationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $850,000 |
| Nether Providence Township | Public Law 119-75 | Providence Road Sidewalk Improvement ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $500,000 |
| Folcroft Borough | Public Law 119-75 | Improvements to Montgomery ParkDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | PA | $250,000 |
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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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