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U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 6th District

Chrissy Houlahan

Democrat 4th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.1M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Deloitte Political Action Committee, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 4 of 13 party-line votes (31%; most Democrats: 8%)
94LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
16BipartMed 12
29BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2019–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 46% of the House
Committees
  • Armed Services 9th minority
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 10th minority
Age
59

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date24336336967429
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2723761,23558

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 22% 8%
Armed Forces and National Security 35% 28%
Labor and Employment 10% 14%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Labor and Employment; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Labor and Employment.

  • She talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Military Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 36 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberMilitary Personnel SubcommitteeArmed Services
Ranking memberOpen Source Intelligence SubcommitteePermanent Select Committee on Intelligence
MemberArmed Services Committee9th minority
MemberPermanent Select Committee on Intelligence10th minority

Ranking member on the Military Personnel Subcommittee, more senior than 46% of the House, in the minority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 46% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

41% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Houlahan.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

41% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in her party: Plaskett and Norton.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 27 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 4
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 3 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 178 of 433 in the House

0.82expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

3 of 27 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.82 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 2846 (passed a chamber), H.R. 730 (passed a chamber), H.R. 250 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.26
Energy4 of 35

With her party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 10 of the 10 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 94% of party-line votes, breaks 29 times (peer median 8), most on Energy.

  • Position: −0.26, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 4 of 13, Government Operations and Politics 4 of 15, Crime and Law Enforcement 4 of 23.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Houlahan$2.1M raised12%48%33%8%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

60% of what she raised came from individuals; 12% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.1M raised, 33% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 12.4 points.

90 PACs of the 149 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Health.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. Deloitte50% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

227 bills

Houlahan voted Yea on 36, Nay on 73, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 117 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.