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U.S. Representative — Alabama's 7th District

Terri Sewell

Democrat · Alabama

Democrat U.S. Representative for Alabama'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.8864 — LIFT Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
  • H.R.8153 — Maternal Vaccination Act (Introduced, Mar 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8024 — Maternal Vaccination Act (Introduced, Mar 19, 2026)
  • H.R.7921 — To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify provisions relating to rural decentralized water systems grants. (Introduced, Mar 12, 2026)
    This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2031 a program that provides financial assistance for rural water systems under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Under the existing program, the Department of Agriculture may provide grants to nonprofit organizations that in turn must…
  • H.R.6894 — Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 18, 2025)
    Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025 This bill expands coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare. Specifically, the bill allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to administer…
  • H.R.5377 — Rural Health Training Opportunities Act (Introduced, Sep 16, 2025)
  • H.R.4731 — Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
    Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health professional shortage areas. The bill provides for an…
  • H.R.4381 — To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program regarding treating pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in TRICARE Select. (Introduced, Jul 14, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • 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)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Agreed to, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9827 — Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.9970 — RESCUE Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9936 — PERFORM Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9922 — AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.5486 — Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9890 — Polling Place Standards Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9849 — Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9873 — Inclusive Democracy Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)

Voting analysis

Terri Sewell holds two minority-side posts that rarely appear together: elections on the House Administration committee, and oversight on Ways and Means. Voting rights and tax administration are separate worlds, and she works in both.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Terri Sewell's cluster into: Health (22), Taxation (9), Government Operations and Politics (4), Armed Forces and National Security (3), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2), Foreign Trade and International Finance (2).

Where she broke ranks

Every one of her departures except two is a crossing. She voted to pass an economic measure, a servicemembers' religious heritage bill, a property measure and the consolidated appropriations act, each against most of her caucus, and supported two defence amendments that were adopted. A fuel retailing bill appears twice in her record and she backed it both times, on the roll call that carried and on one that did not.

Supporting the omnibus is the most consequential of these. Alabama's only Democratic House member voting to fund the government, when much of her caucus withheld, is a position about the state as much as about the bill.

4.1%
Votes against the Democrat majority
219
Roll calls where a party majority formed
65 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 9 roll calls where Terri Sewell voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.6955
Main Street Act
On Passage · roll call 271		Jul 21, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 268		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 267		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 243		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Motion to Recommit · roll call 163		May 13, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
S.1318
Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
On Passage · roll call 142		Apr 29, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7084
Defending American Property Abroad Act
On Passage · roll call 105		Mar 27, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7148
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · roll call 53		Feb 3, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)

Above the Alabama Democrats

The Alabama Democratic House group is very small, so this comparison rests on almost no one, and Sewell sits above its average.

Among the 2 Democrats in the Alabama delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.7%. Terri Sewell is above that average at 4.1%.

What she legislates on

Health leads by a wide margin, with taxation behind. The bills cover a lift measure, reducing the resident physician shortage, maternal vaccination — which appears twice in the displayed list, an artefact of successive versions being recorded separately — and rural decentralised water systems grants.

123
Bills sponsored
3207
Bills cosponsored

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

Tenure and attendance

Serving since the start of the last decade, she is a veteran here and rarely absent.

First elected in 2011, now serving across 8 terms. Terri Sewell 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, Terri Sewell has 123 bills sponsored, 3207 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on House Administration
  • House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Joint Committee on Printing
  • House Committee on House Administration: Elections (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Ways and Means: Oversight (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Ways and Means: Social Security
  • House Committee on Ways and Means: Trade

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