Politician
Politician
Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
NY
In office since
2009
Next election
2030
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
17 (1.9%)
Committees
4
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Supports comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform combining border security with paths for legal immigration and asylum, and has worked to secure federal aid for New York City's migrant crisis; has acknowledged past immigration stances did not adequately consider diverse communities.
Supported some DACA processing and detention oversight amendments but record includes mixed procedural actions on related funding.
🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-04)
Views health care as a human right; supports lowering prescription drug prices, expanding access to reproductive care, and passed legislation for 9/11 responders and veterans exposed to toxins.
Sponsored 9/11 commemorative coin bill and cast votes on Medicare and child care rules aligning with access and responders support.
🗳 Yea on SJRES198 (2026-07-16)🗳 Yea on SJRES199 (2026-07-30)🗳 Yea on HR5334 (2026-07-29)📜 Sponsored S. 1289
Supports overturning Citizens United via constitutional amendment and refuses corporate PAC donations.
Voted in favor of amendment placing limits on Super PAC contributions.
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade, repealing the Hyde Amendment, and opposes restrictions such as a 20-week abortion ban.
No votes or bills address abortion, codifying Roe, Hyde Amendment, or related restrictions.
Supports same-sex marriage legalization and has backed civil unions and broader LGBT protections.
No votes or bills address same-sex marriage, civil unions, or LGBT protections.
Supports policies to boost domestic manufacturing, incentivize bringing jobs back to the U.S., and passed the Main Street Employee Ownership Act to support employee-owned co-ops.
No votes or bills address domestic manufacturing, job repatriation, or employee ownership acts.
S. 1289 — 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
2026-05-21 · Received in the Senate.
S. 3897 — Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program Expansion Act of 2026
2026-02-25 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 3279 — John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
2025-11-20 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
S. 2255 — Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2025
2025-02-14 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.