U.S. Representative — New York's 5th District
Gregory Meeks
Democrat · New York
Democrat U.S. Representative for New York's 5th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.8854 — Habitable Housing Conversion Pilot Program Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.J.Res.173 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023-02: Reopening Deposit Accounts That Consumers Previously Closed". (Introduced, May 4, 2026)
- H.R.8289 — BIS Licensing Efficiency Act of 2026 (Reported, Apr 15, 2026)
- H.R.8222 — End Russian Oil Windfalls Act (Introduced, Apr 9, 2026)
- H.J.Res.150 — Terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. (Introduced, Feb 17, 2026)
This joint resolution terminates the national emergency declared by President Donald J. Trump on April 2, 2025, which imposed a 10% tariff on most imports to the United States and additional duties on specified trading partners. - H.J.Res.147 — Terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. (Introduced, Feb 2, 2026)
This joint resolution terminates the national emergency that was declared by President Donald J. Trump in an executive order on July 30, 2025, that also imposed an additional 40% tariff on certain imports from Brazil based on the emergency declaration. (The executive order exempted certain products… - H.R.6879 — RESTRICT Act (Introduced, Dec 18, 2025)
- H.R.6338 — Stop Illegal Fishing Act (Introduced, Dec 1, 2025)
Stop Illegal Fishing Act This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign vessels and persons engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing). The bill directs the President to block and prohibit all transactions involving property (including interests in…
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.7977 — Energy Bills Relief Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.9905 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 John Street in New York, New York, as the "Jack Greenberg Post Office". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9944 — TPS Review Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.8909 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15422 NY 104 in Martville, New York, as the "Sergeant Staret J. Ingleston Memorial Post Office Building". (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.4876 — Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.8907 — IMPACT to Save Moms Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.8807 — Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.J.Res.108 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself. (Introduced, Jul 22, 2025)
Voting analysis
One of Gregory Meeks's filings would terminate the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. Emergency powers used for trade policy are a live constitutional argument — the statutes were written for crises and tariffs are an ordinary instrument of governing — and a resolution ending one is Congress attempting to take a power back rather than to legislate a new one.
Two Republicans on this site voted to terminate a different presidential emergency against their own conference. The mechanism is the same and the politics are not, which is a useful thing to notice about a tool both parties reach for when the other holds the executive.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 43 currently sit at Introduced.
Another disapproval resolution
He also filed a disapproval aimed at the consumer bureau's withdrawal of guidance, this one about reopening deposit accounts customers had already closed. Several members on this site have now used that instrument in the same reverse direction, and most of them sit on the financial services committee. He leads the minority on Foreign Affairs, which extends the pattern past the one panel it started in.
One subject, overwhelmingly
International affairs account for the great bulk of his classified filings — several times the next category. The remaining bills fit or nearly do: an export licensing efficiency measure, an act against Russian oil windfalls, and a housing conversion pilot that does not.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Gregory Meeks's cluster into: International Affairs (29), Finance and Financial Sector (7), Foreign Trade and International Finance (4), Emergency Management (3), Housing and Community Development (2), Commerce (1).
Where he broke ranks
Four times only. An amendment vote. Two crossings that passed, on a main street economic bill and fuel retailing. One refusal that passed anyway, on a shrimping measure.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.6955 Main Street Act On Passage · roll call 271 | Jul 21, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 243 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.2071 Save Our Shrimpers Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 156 | May 12, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
Below the New York Democrats
His rate sits under the average of New York's Democratic House members.
Among the 19 Democrats in the New York delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.1%. Gregory Meeks is below that average at 1.9%.
Tenure and attendance
Fifteen terms from the late nineteen-nineties, with a moderate share of votes missed.
First elected in 1997, now serving across 15 terms. Gregory Meeks falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Gregory Meeks has 244 bills sponsored, 5862 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Financial Services
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Ranking Member)
- House Committee on Financial Services: Capital Markets
- House Committee on Financial Services: Financial Institutions
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