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U.S. Representative for Connecticut’s 3rd District

Rosa L. DeLauro

Democrat 18th term Up 2026 Ranking · Appropriations

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$1.6M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, Avangrid Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 3 of 24 party-line votes (13%; most Democrats: 5%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
6BreaksMed 7
In office
House 1991–now
35 years in CongressMore senior than 98% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations Ranking Member
Age
83

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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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 date1904012396746
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—4502041,23512

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 →
Taxation 19% 3%
Government Operations and Politics 14% 10%
Health 10% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Taxation, Armed Forces and National Security and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Health and Labor and Employment; the two overlap on Government Operations and Politics.

  • She talks most about: Cost of Living (Taxation), Tariffs (Taxation), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Consumer Product Safety (Commerce).
  • 39 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberAppropriations CommitteeFull committee
Ranking memberLabor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeAppropriations

Ranking member on the Appropriations Committee, more senior than 98% of the House, in the minority.

  • 35 years in Congress: more senior than 98% 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

17% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

17% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in her party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 33 · expected 18
Action in committee 3 · expected 3
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 258 of 433 in the House

0.50expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 33 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.50 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 4647 (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 −0.41

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 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 99% of party-line votes, breaks 6 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.41, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 3 of 24, Economics and Public Finance 2 of 50.

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

DeLauro$1.6M raised7%38%47%9%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

44% of what she raised came from individuals; 7% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.6M raised, 47% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 19.3 points.

63 PACs of the 124 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: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% D
  3. Avangrid61% 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

195 bills

DeLauro voted Yea on 29, Nay on 86, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 78 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.