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

Chrissy Houlahan

Democrat · Pennsylvania

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

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.8792 — Multigenerational Caregiving Data Act (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
  • H.R.8751 — Servicemember Civilian Transition Support Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
  • H.R.8545 — Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 28, 2026)
  • H.R.8175 — To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Apr 2, 2026)
  • H.R.8050 — Preventing Future Vintage Plastic Pipeline Tragedies Act (Introduced, Mar 24, 2026)
  • H.R.6490 — To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to provide certain members of the Armed Forces with timely and relevant information via text message, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Dec 5, 2025)
  • H.R.6089 — Biomanufacturing Excellence Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 18, 2025)
  • H.R.6009 — Defense Biotechnology Strategy Act (Introduced, Nov 10, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea 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.9997 — National Guard for National Service Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9833 — Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9832 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental services under the Medicare program. (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9831 — Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.5469 — SHINE for Autumn Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.3509 — Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.4708 — Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Chrissy Houlahan is ranking member of the armed services subcommittee on military personnel and of an intelligence subcommittee on open source intelligence — two minority-side posts covering people and information rather than hardware.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Chrissy Houlahan's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (13), Government Operations and Politics (6), Education (4), Health (4), Labor and Employment (4), Agriculture and Food (3).

Where she broke ranks

Her crossings track the package that recurs among Democrats in competitive districts: disability employment, a main street economic bill, condemnation of those who defraud the government, fraud prevention, aid claimed for students who do not exist, bail reporting, violent offenders, and religious heritage for fallen servicemembers.

What separates her record from others casting the same votes is the amendment work alongside it — she split in both directions on a defence authorisation, which is the bill her subcommittee feeds into.

5.6%
Votes against the Democrat majority
216
Roll calls where a party majority formed
35 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
The 10 most recent of 12 roll calls where Chrissy Houlahan voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8884
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
On Passage · roll call 283		Jul 23, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.6955
Main Street Act
On Passage · roll call 271		Jul 21, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 257		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.Res.1335
Condemning actors seeking to defraud the U.S. Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that government-wide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the U.S., and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 222		Jun 11, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.8312
Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
On Passage · roll call 218		Jun 10, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7892
No Aid for Ghost Students Act
On Passage · roll call 217		Jun 10, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.5625
Cashless Bail Reporting Act
On Passage · roll call 171		May 14, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.6260
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
On Passage · roll call 169		May 14, 2026PassedAye (party: Nay)
S.1318
Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
On Passage · roll call 142		Apr 29, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)

Above the Pennsylvania Democrats

Pennsylvania's Democratic House members hold a moderate internal average, and Houlahan runs above it.

Among the 7 Democrats in the Pennsylvania delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.4%. Chrissy Houlahan is above that average at 5.6%.

The filings

Multigenerational caregiving data, civilian transition support for servicemembers, access to donor milk, codification of gender neutral standards for members of the armed forces, and prevention of failures in ageing plastic pipelines. Armed forces lead the classification, but the caregiving and infant nutrition bills are the ones with no obvious committee behind them.

117
Bills sponsored
1574
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

Elected in the last decade's closing years, she is mid-scale on tenure and rarely absent.

First elected in 2019, now serving across 4 terms. Chrissy Houlahan falls in the mid cohort.

0.9%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
2
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Chrissy Houlahan has 117 bills sponsored, 1574 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Armed Services
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Military Personnel (Ranking Member)
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Open Source Intelligence (Ranking Member)

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