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U.S. Representative for New York’s 7th District

Nydia M. Velázquez

Democrat 17th term Not running · open seat Ranking · Small Business

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$180K raised · top PACs: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Small Business Investor Alliance, National Association of Development Companies
100LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 12
1BreaksMed 7
In office
House 1993–now
33 years in CongressMore senior than 97% of the House
Committees
  • Small Business Ranking Member
  • Financial Services 2nd minority
Age
73

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date894615126741
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—5015641,2354

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 16% 4%
Health 16% 11%
Commerce 3% 28%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Commerce and Health.

  • She talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 46 bills sponsored, most on Commerce.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberSmall Business CommitteeFull committee
MemberFinancial Services Committee2nd minority

Ranking member on the Small Business Committee, more senior than 97% of the House, in the minority.

  • 33 years in Congress: more senior than 97% 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

8% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

8% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in her party: Casar and Lee.

  • 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 34 · expected 18
Action in committee 5 · expected 3
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 211 of 433 in the House

0.67expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 34 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.67 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 10375 (out of committee), H.R. 2804 (out of committee), H.R. 1816 (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 −0.55

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 9 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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 1 time (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.55, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Major bills: with her party on 9 of 10.

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

Velázquez$180K raised59%36%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

64% of what she raised came from individuals; 5% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$180K raised, 36% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 56.1 points.

15 PACs of the 21 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 Banking.

  1. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D
  2. Small Business Investor Alliance41% D
  3. National Association of Development Companies67% 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

75 bills

Velázquez voted Yea on 17, Nay on 14, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 40 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.