U.S. Representative — Maryland's 7th District
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat · Maryland
Democrat U.S. Representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.7915 — Clarence Mitchell, Jr. Statue Act (Introduced, Mar 12, 2026)
- H.R.7740 — African American History Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 26, 2026)
- H.R.7549 — National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 12, 2026)
- H.R.7265 — Vote by Mail Tracking Act (Reported, Jan 27, 2026)
- H.R.6467 — National Museum of the Blind People’s Movement Act (Introduced, Dec 4, 2025)
- H.R.5278 — Affordable Inhalers and Nebulizers Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 10, 2025)
- H.R.4517 — Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act (Introduced, Jul 17, 2025)
- H.R.3498 — Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, May 19, 2025)
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.2618 — Federal Firearm Licensee Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.2790 — GOSAFE Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.8716 — Blood Pressure MATTERS Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.1106 — Scientific Integrity Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.9873 — Inclusive Democracy Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.8582 — Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.R.4732 — Orphanage Trafficking Prevention and Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4405 — Epstein Files Transparency Act (Signed into law, Jul 23, 2025)
Voting analysis
The tenure figures on this page do not add up the way they usually do. Kweisi Mfume was first elected in the nineteen-eighties, but his term count is a fraction of what unbroken service since then would produce. The arithmetic records an absence of many years between two stretches in the same chamber — the shape of a career that left Congress and came back to it.
First elected in 1987, now serving across 9 terms. Kweisi Mfume falls in the veteran cohort.
Statues, museums, councils
Four of his five filings build institutions of memory rather than policy. A statue act. An African American history act. A national council on African American history and culture. A museum of the blind people's movement. Only a vote-by-mail tracking measure is administrative.
Arts, culture and religion register among his leading classified subjects, which almost never happens on this site. Most members' filings are about what the government should do; a meaningful share of his are about what the country should remember, and those are not the same activity.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Kweisi Mfume's cluster into: Commerce (8), Armed Forces and National Security (5), Arts, Culture, Religion (5), Crime and Law Enforcement (5), Education (4), Public Lands and Natural Resources (4).
Of the 50 most recent of those, 46 currently sit at Introduced.
Where he broke ranks
Five departures. One amendment. One yes his caucus withheld, on fuel retailing, which failed. And three noes against the caucus, all on measures that passed: a surveillance extension, a resolution on ethics records, and the year's spending package.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Motion to Recommit · roll call 163 | May 13, 2026 | Failed | Yea (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, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.Res.1100 Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee’s review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. On Motion to Refer · roll call 83 | Mar 4, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 On Passage · roll call 45 | Jan 22, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
Above the Maryland Democrats
Maryland's seven House Democrats hold a lower shared rate than he does — he is the more frequent departer of the comparison.
Among the 7 Democrats in the Maryland delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 2.3%. Kweisi Mfume is above that average at 2.4%.
Attendance
His absence share is among the highest on this site, though it remains a small fraction of all votes cast.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Kweisi Mfume has 95 bills sponsored, 2869 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Middle East and North Africa
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: South and Central Asia
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Government Operations (Ranking Member)
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Military and Foreign Affairs
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