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U.S. Representative — Illinois's 16th District

Darin LaHood

Republican · Illinois

Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9518 — Health Savings for Families Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 29, 2026)
  • H.R.9150 — Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access Act (Introduced, Jun 4, 2026)
    Boxing Therapy for Parkinson's Access Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish boxing-based exercise classes to veterans who (1) are enrolled in the VA health care system, (2) have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (or a similar movement disorder), and (3)…
  • H.R.9100 — Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
  • H.R.8933 — Dietary Supplements Access Act (Introduced, May 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7620 — CHEERS Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7594 — Workforce Development Through Post-Graduation Scholarships Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 17, 2026)
  • H.R.7432 — Fostering the Future Act (Introduced, Feb 9, 2026)
    Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act This bill expands states' permissible uses of federal funds under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Chafee program) to include supportive housing services. The Chafee program is administered by the Department of Health…
  • H.R.6450 — Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act (Introduced, Dec 4, 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 Nay 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 Yea 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 Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.1502 — North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8891 — Rural MOMS Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.8662 — To provide assisted living assistance through Medicaid and low-income housing tax credit. (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
  • H.R.6280 — Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.4282 — Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.8205 — Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.2729 — Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act (Introduced, May 11, 2026)
  • H.R.1065 — Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 7, 2026)

Voting analysis

Darin LaHood holds three committee posts, and they do not belong to the same career. He chairs the work and welfare subcommittee at Ways and Means. He is vice chairman of the intelligence panel covering the Central Intelligence Agency. And he chairs the intelligence panel covering the National Security Agency and cyber. Tax policy in one hand, signals intelligence in the other.

Taxation dominates his classified filings by an enormous margin — nothing else on his list comes close. The intelligence work leaves no trace in the bill record at all, which is what you would expect: that committee's output is classified and does not arrive as public legislation.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Darin LaHood's cluster into: Taxation (29), Health (5), Armed Forces and National Security (2), Environmental Protection (2), Public Lands and Natural Resources (2), Families (1).

Six amendments, one answer

Every departure he has is an amendment vote, all six failed, and in every one he was a no while his conference was a yes. Not a single completed bill appears. A record like this describes a member who disagrees about how text gets assembled and never about what the text finally says.

2.8%
Votes against the Republican majority
215
Roll calls where a party majority formed
130 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first
All 6 roll calls where Darin LaHood voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 269		Jul 21, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 245		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 151		Apr 30, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.Res.1175
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 123		Apr 17, 2026FailedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7148
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 44		Jan 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.7148
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 43		Jan 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)

Boxing, bonds, a clinic

One bill would expand access to boxing therapy for people with Parkinson's disease — a specific and unglamorous intervention that exists because it works for some patients. Another modernises agricultural and manufacturing bonds. The rest: a health savings measure for families, a fostering bill, and the naming of a veterans clinic after a Medal of Honor recipient.

140
Bills sponsored
1091
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 47 currently sit at Introduced.

Below the Illinois Republicans

Set against Illinois's three House Republicans, his rate is comfortably the smaller.

Among the 3 Republicans in the Illinois delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 5.4%. Darin LaHood is below that average at 2.8%.

Tenure and attendance

He has served six terms, arriving mid-decade last time around, and only a slight share of votes go unrecorded for him.

First elected in 2015, now serving across 6 terms. Darin LaHood falls in the veteran cohort.

2.3%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
5
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Darin LaHood has 140 bills sponsored, 1091 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Ways and Means
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
  • House Committee on Ways and Means: Trade
  • House Committee on Ways and Means: Work and Welfare (Chair)
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Central Intelligence Agency (Vice Chairman)
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: National Intelligence Enterprise
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: National Security Agency and Cyber (Chairman)

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