Mark Pocan
- Previous profession
- Small business owner, 1986 to 2025
- First public office
- 1991Member, Dane County Board of Supervisors, 1991 to 1996
- Years in public office
- 32of 40 years since 1986, the first year the biography gives for any work
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, Pocan 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 Pocan is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Pocan 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.
Pocan votes Yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Pocan 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.
Pocan 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. Pocan votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 24.
Pocan votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 59 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 defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Pocan did not vote on Lulu's Law.
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.
The annual defense policy law.
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.
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
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 1 law.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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1 excerpt
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Pocan Corrects the Record on Van Orden’s Billion-Dollar Claims
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) freezes certain provider tax rates, singling out Wisconsin and a few other states that had very low rates compared to the rest of the country. In response, the state rushed to increase that tax rate to ensure that they could be grandfathered into the reconciliation bill at the maximum level, thus enabling the”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 14 spending items this member requested, $10,759,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Middleton | Public Law 119-37 | Greenway EstablishmentNatural Resources Conservation Service · Conservation Operations | WI | $525,000 |
| Reedsburg Area Medical Center | Public Law 119-37 | Facility ImprovementsRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | WI | $400,000 |
| Madison Area Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., d.b.a. MARC, Inc | Public Law 119-37 | Facility ConstructionRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | WI | $1,000,000 |
| Sauk Prairie Healthcare, Inc | Public Law 119-37 | Facility ConstructionRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | WI | $1,000,000 |
| City of Dodgeville | Public Law 119-37 | Fire and Rescue Training Tower ConstructionRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | WI | $572,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | State WI City of Minera Lead Service ReplacementEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-- Madison | Public Law 119-74 | UW-Madison Entrepreneurship Science Lab's Statistical Analysis for Rapid Commercialization of University Ideas and Research (STARCUIR) InitiativeDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County | Public Law 119-74 | Youth Crime Prevention, Education, and Awareness ProjectDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-- Madison | Public Law 119-74 | UW-Madison Criminal Justice Forensic Assistance ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Innovation Center Stoughton, Inc. | Public Law 119-74 | Innovation Center Stoughton Youth and Young Adult STEM Education projectNASA · SSMS | None printed | $500,000 |
Show all 14
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WI | Public Law 119-75 | Great Sauk State Trail Bicycle Rail Trail ConnectionDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | WI | $1,200,000 |
| City of Madison | Public Law 119-75 | City of Madison Metro Transit Safety InitiativeDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | WI | $850,000 |
| City of Edgerton, Wisconsin | Public Law 119-75 | City of Edgerton Veterans Park Site Improvement ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | WI | $400,000 |
| Village of Loganville, WI | Public Law 119-75 | Village of Loganville Street and Utility ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | WI | $250,000 |
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: pocanforcongress.com. The Federal Election Commission’s record of MARK POCAN FOR CONGRESS gives this address.Confirmed from the official record
- 1 page of pocanforcongress.com saved on October 8, 2026.From a secondary source
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 7, 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, Pocan's campaign reports receiving $814,873.62 and reports spending $933,048.01, as of July 22, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H2WI02124as of July 22, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H2WI02124as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Money raised (total receipts) | $814,873.62 | $1,070,480.82 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $933,048.01 | $1,060,953.72 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $884,042.57 | $1,002,216.96 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H2WI02124as of July 22, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H2WI02124as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals, itemized | $244,661.60 | $303,968.27 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $124,619.75 | $189,286.70 |
| Other political committees | $401,660.00 | $570,434.55 |
| Party committees | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- MARK POCAN FOR CONGRESS Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00502179
- BLUE MAJORITY PAC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00529693
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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