Hakeem S. Jeffries

Born 1970-08-04 | Democrat | NY

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Ideology score (-1 = most liberal, +1 = most conservative): 117th House: -0.48 (more conservative than 7% of the chamber); 118th House: -0.48 (more conservative than 8% of the chamber); 119th House: -0.48 (more conservative than 9% of the chamber) What is this?

CongressChamberStatePartyVotes castMissedMissed %Party votesWith partyUnity %SponsoredBecame lawLaw %
117thHouseNYDemocrat99240.457257199.820420.0
118thHouseNYDemocrat122870.686585699.0300.0
119thHouseNYDemocrat67220.347046598.9400.0

Key votes

VoteDateResultHow they votedMatched party majority?
Epstein Files Transparency Act (House)2025-11-18PassedYeaYes
Government funding law ending the 2025 shutdown (House)2025-11-12PassedNayYes
GENIUS Act (House)2025-07-17PassedYeaNo
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (House)2025-07-03PassedNayYes
TAKE IT DOWN Act (House)2025-04-28PassedYeaYes
Laken Riley Act (House)2025-01-22PassedNayYes
TikTok divestiture bill (House)2024-03-13PassedYeaYes
Impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas (House)2024-02-13PassedNayYes
Fiscal Responsibility Act (House)2023-05-31PassedYeaYes
Fiscal 2023 government funding law (House)2022-12-23PassedYeaYes
Respect for Marriage Act (House)2022-12-08PassedYeaYes
Inflation Reduction Act (House)2022-08-12PassedYeaYes
CHIPS and Science Act (House)2022-07-28PassedYeaYes
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (House)2022-06-24PassedYeaYes
Honoring our PACT Act (House)2022-03-03PassedYeaYes
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (House)2021-11-05PassedYeaYes
American Rescue Plan Act (House)2021-03-10PassedYeaYes
Impeachment of President Trump (House)2021-01-13PassedYeaYes

About these votes

Voting patterns

CongressChamberAgainst both parties% of votes where parties agreedWith winning side %Close votesVoted onMissed
117thHouse61.496.619190
118thHouse61.750.41221220
119thHouse42.040.51581580

Votes most like theirs (119th Congress, House)

MemberPartyStateAgreement
Katherine M. ClarkDMA99.4%
Jennifer L. McClellanDVA99.1%
Betty McCollumDMN99.1%
Pete AguilarDCA98.9%
Ted LieuDCA98.9%

Votes least like theirs (119th Congress, House)

MemberPartyStateAgreement
Chip RoyRTX15.7%
Eric BurlisonRMO17.2%
Ralph NormanRSC17.5%
Andy BiggsRAZ17.5%
Josh BrecheenROK18.2%

Against both parties counts votes where the Democratic and Republican majorities took the same side and the member voted the other way. With winning side counts votes that matched the final outcome. A close vote is a roll call decided by 5 votes or fewer; absences can have many causes. Agreement is the share of votes both members cast on which they voted the same way (at least 100 shared votes). Independents who caucus with a party count as part of it, and delegates are left out of the party tallies. Counts cover members in this site's data and may differ slightly from official tallies.

Cosponsorship

CongressCosponsoredAcross partyAcross %Avg cosponsors on own billsOwn bills with other-party cosponsorShare %
117th20394.414.11890.0
118th26415.40.000.0
119th29310.30.000.0

Cosponsorship counts bills and joint resolutions only. A cosponsorship is across party lines when the cosponsor and the bill's sponsor are in different parties; independents who caucus with a party count as part of it, and members outside both caucuses are left out of the percentages. Totals can differ slightly from Congress.gov because of withdrawn cosponsors. The 119th Congress is still in progress.

A party vote is a roll call where the Democratic and Republican majorities took opposite sides. Unity % is how often the member sided with their own party's majority on those votes. Sponsored counts bills and joint resolutions only. Became law means the bill itself was enacted; bills whose text was folded into other legislation are not counted. The 119th Congress is still in progress.

In the news

House starts recess early, delaying a Hegseth impeachment vote

UPI | Sep 16, 2026 | Members: Mike Johnson, Thomas Massie, Hakeem S. Jeffries

Speaker Mike Johnson canceled Thursday's House session, starting a seven-week recess early and further shortening the legislative calendar. Rep. Thomas Massie had said he would force a vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war, and Democrats said leadership sent members home to avoid it. Johnson denied the two were connected, and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he opposed closing early.

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