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U.S. Representative — Maryland's 6th District

April McClain Delaney

Democrat · Maryland

Democrat U.S. Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (29 on record)

  • H.R.9286 — Broadband Deployment and Economic Impact Study Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
  • H.R.8981 — SCALE Biology Act (Reported, May 21, 2026)
  • H.R.8825 — Democracy Without Intimidation Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.8453 — Rural Child Care Facility Expansion Act (Introduced, Apr 22, 2026)
  • H.R.8146 — Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act (Introduced, Mar 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8147 — Prioritizing Rural Broadband Affordability Act (Introduced, Mar 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8144 — Quality Broadband for Connected Communities Act (Introduced, Mar 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8145 — Expanding Access to Distance Learning and Telemedicine Act (Introduced, Mar 27, 2026)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.5448 — Protecting Free Vaccines Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9875 — Protecting Childcare from Private Equity Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.8163 — Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9250 — Great American Outdoors Act 250 (Reported, Jul 18, 2026)
  • H.R.8831 — Protecting Our Democracy Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.8802 — January 6th Law Enforcement Heroes Compensation Fund Act (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
  • H.R.4717 — First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

One of April McClain Delaney's bills would expand rural child care facilities. Child care in thin markets fails differently from child care in cities — the problem is not price but that there is no provider within reach at all, and a facility bill addresses the building rather than the subsidy.

29
Bills sponsored
431
Bills cosponsored

Of all 29, 27 currently sit at Introduced.

Agriculture tops her classified subjects, with science and technology second. The remaining filings cover reporting at the national fire academy, a study of broadband deployment and its economic effect, a biology scaling measure, and a democracy act framed against intimidation.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. April McClain Delaney's cluster into: Agriculture and Food (7), Science, Technology, Communications (5), Emergency Management (4), Government Operations and Politics (4), Armed Forces and National Security (3), Arts, Culture, Religion (1).

Where she broke ranks

Five departures. One amendment vote, one refusal on a surveillance extension, and three crossings — war powers, bail reporting, and fuel retailing.

2.4%
Votes against the Democrat majority
211
Roll calls where a party majority formed
142 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 5 roll calls where April McClain Delaney voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 243		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.Con.Res.84
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201		Jun 4, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.5625
Cashless Bail Reporting Act
On Passage · roll call 171		May 14, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
S.4465
To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155		Apr 30, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Above the Maryland Democrats

She departs marginally more than the state's seven House Democrats do collectively. First term, with an absence share a little above the middle.

Among the 7 Democrats in the Maryland delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 2.3%. April McClain Delaney is above that average at 2.4%.

First elected in 2025, now serving across 1 terms. April McClain Delaney falls in the freshman cohort.

3.6%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
8
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, April McClain Delaney has 29 bills sponsored, 431 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Research and Technology

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