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U.S. Representative — Wisconsin's 2nd District

Mark Pocan

Democrat · Wisconsin

Democrat U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9414 — Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9075 — Tax the Grift Act (Introduced, May 29, 2026)
  • H.R.7803 — Save Medicare Act (Introduced, Mar 4, 2026)
    Save Medicare Act This bill renames Medicare Advantage (MA) as the Alternative Private Health Plan program. It also establishes civil penalties for entities that continue to advertise MA plans with Medicare in the title.
  • H.R.7555 — Audit the Pentagon Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 12, 2026)
  • H.R.7189 — PrEP Access Act (Introduced, Jan 21, 2026)
  • H.R.6109 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish certain requirements with respect to rates of reversed prior authorization coverage determinations under Medicare Advantage plans. (Introduced, Nov 18, 2025)
  • H.R.6113 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose limitations on contracts with Medicare Advantage organizations offering multiple Medicare Advantage plans under the Medicare program. (Introduced, Nov 18, 2025)
  • H.R.6111 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require any advertisement of a Medicare Advantage plan to include information related to the rates of prior authorization denials under such plan. (Introduced, Nov 18, 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.9959 — To establish a Green New Deal for public schools. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9939 — No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9946 — To require the coverage of testing for certain sexually transmitted infections without the imposition of cost sharing, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.6731 — Restore Trust in Government Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9944 — TPS Review Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.3178 — Save Healthcare Workers Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)

Voting analysis

One of Mark Pocan's bills would audit the Pentagon. The defence department has never completed a clean full financial audit, which is a statement about the scale of the accounting problem rather than about anyone's honesty — the assets are too numerous and too dispersed for the systems tracking them. A bill demanding it is a bill about whether that should remain acceptable.

171
Bills sponsored
4766
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.

Health tops his classified subjects with education second. The remaining filings cover preserving and expanding a student grant programme, saving a health programme, access to a preventive medication, and a tax measure.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Mark Pocan's cluster into: Health (15), Education (9), Agriculture and Food (4), Arts, Culture, Religion (4), Armed Forces and National Security (3), Government Operations and Politics (3).

Below his own colleague

Wisconsin sends two Democrats to the House, and the other one also has a page on this site. She sits above the pair's average and he sits below it — which is all a two-member comparison can ever tell you, since each of them is the other's entire benchmark.

Among the 2 Democrats in the Wisconsin delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.9%. Mark Pocan is below that average at 3.7%.

Where he broke ranks

Six refusals on measures his caucus supported, drawn from the left-flank set recorded throughout these pages, and two crossings on war powers and fuel retailing. The ethics records resolution appears among the refusals.

3.7%
Votes against the Democrat majority
219
Roll calls where a party majority formed
84 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 8 roll calls where Mark Pocan voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7757
KIDS Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228		Jun 29, 2026PassedNay (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.5317
Community Bank Deposit Access Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 179		May 20, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
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)
H.Res.1099
Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree · roll call 84		Mar 5, 2026PassedNay (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, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Tenure and attendance

Seven terms from the opening of the last decade. He carries no gavel and misses almost nothing.

First elected in 2013, now serving across 7 terms. Mark Pocan falls in the veteran cohort.

0.5%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
1
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Mark Pocan has 171 bills sponsored, 4766 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Financial Services and General Government
  • House Committee on Appropriations: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

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