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U.S. Representative — Illinois's 8th District

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Democrat · Illinois

Democrat U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9748 — Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • H.R.9747 — Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • H.R.9596 — Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 6, 2026)
  • H.R.8932 — Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8577 — Disaster Declaration Transparency Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 29, 2026)
  • H.R.8429 — Baby Food Safety Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 22, 2026)
  • H.R.7909 — Medicare Expansion and Lowering Costs Now Act (Introduced, Mar 12, 2026)
  • H.R.7833 — Puerto Rican People’s Power Restoration Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 5, 2026)

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.9983 — Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.9914 — Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9958 — To amend the Head Start Act to expand and improve participation in Head Start programs, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.7100 — Sikh American Anti-Discrimination Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9943 — Businessowner Immigration Rights and Responsibilities Information Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9044 — Minority Fellowship Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.8501 — Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.4694 — Fighting Fibers Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)

Voting analysis

Raja Krishnamoorthi holds two minority-side posts on opposite sides of the transparency question: health care and financial services on the oversight committee, and the national intelligence enterprise on the intelligence committee. One is about making government visible, the other about the parts that cannot be.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Raja Krishnamoorthi's cluster into: Health (9), International Affairs (8), Education (6), Taxation (4), Congress (3), Government Operations and Politics (3).

Where he broke ranks

Four refusals and four crossings, with no obvious axis. He declined a daylight saving measure, a children's online safety act, a resolution on Iran and a resolution directing the release of ethics records. He supported a bail reporting requirement, a fuel retailing bill, and two farm bill amendments — one that carried and one that did not.

Voting against the ethics records resolution is the one worth pausing on. It concerns the House's willingness to publish material about its own members, and members from both parties appear on both sides of it in this data.

3.8%
Votes against the Democrat majority
212
Roll calls where a party majority formed
75 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 8 roll calls where Raja Krishnamoorthi voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 243		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
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.R.5625
Cashless Bail Reporting Act
On Passage · roll call 171		May 14, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 146		Apr 30, 2026Agreed toNo (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)

Above the Illinois Democrats

The Illinois Democratic contingent is large and votes together closely; Krishnamoorthi's rate clears its internal average.

Among the 14 Democrats in the Illinois delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.4%. Raja Krishnamoorthi is above that average at 3.8%.

What he legislates on

Health leads his classified filings, with international affairs behind it — the two committees again. His filed total is substantial for a member at this length of service.

168
Bills sponsored
2626
Bills cosponsored

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

Tenure and attendance

He arrived toward the end of the last decade, which leaves him in the middle tenure band. A modest share of roll calls go by without him.

First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. Raja Krishnamoorthi falls in the mid cohort.

3.6%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
8
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Raja Krishnamoorthi has 168 bills sponsored, 2626 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • 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 Oversight and Government Reform: Health Care and Financial Services (Ranking Member)
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Central Intelligence Agency
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: National Intelligence Enterprise (Ranking Member)

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