Mark Pocan
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJuly 7, 2025
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 18 spending items this member requested, $14,321,000 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 |
| 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--Byrn e | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-- Madison | Public Law 119-74 | UW-Madison Criminal Justice Forensic Assistance ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | 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 |
| 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 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
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
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