James Himes
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James Andrew Himes is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district since 2009. Himes is a member of the Democratic Party. (Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- PartialJames Himes holds the office of U.S. Representative for Connecticut-4profile identity· unitedstates/congress-legislators
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Protecting Domestic Mining Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
- VerifiedVoted Nay on To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
- VerifiedVoted Yea on In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Local Access to Courts Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Stop Insider Trading Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on 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
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Stop Insider Trading Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Main Street Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Main Street Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on EARLY Act Reauthorization
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the “Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic”
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- VerifiedVoted No on On Agreeing to the Amendment
- VerifiedVoted Yea on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027
- VerifiedVoted Nay on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Sunshine Protection Act
- VerifiedPublic statement: Himes Statement on House Vote to Reclaim Congressional War Authority
- VerifiedPublic statement: Statements and Releases
- VerifiedPublic statement: Himes Statement on the Passing of Former Congressman Barney Frank
- VerifiedPublic statement: Himes Statement on House Passage of FISA 702 Reauthorization
- VerifiedPublic statement: Himes Statement on Supreme Court Gutting the Voting Rights Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2026
- VerifiedSponsored: CLEAR (Committee Leadership and Enhanced Accountability for Resilience) Defense Production Act of 2025
- VerifiedSponsored: Middle Market IPO Cost Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2024
- VerifiedSponsored: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Protecting Americans from Foreign Commercial Spyware Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Reclamation of War Powers Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Middle Market IPO Cost Act
Voting Record Feed
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
Protecting Domestic Mining Act
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
Local Access to Courts Act
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
Stop Insider Trading Act
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
Stop Insider Trading Act
Main Street Act
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes
Main Street Act
EARLY Act Reauthorization
Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the “Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic”
Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
Bills & Legislative Work
2026-03-04: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2025-05-21: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2025-07-22: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2024-10-22: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2023-11-14: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2024-12-05: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-802, Part I.
2023-09-18: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2023-09-13: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2023-05-16: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2023-06-06: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Statements & Newsroom
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ttps://himes.house.gov/2026/04/29/himes-statement-on-house-passage-of-fisa-702-reauthorization/">Himes Statement on House Passage of FISA 702 Reauthorization April 29, 2026 | Press Releases Washington, DC— Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Jim Himes today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed legislation to... April 29, 2026 | Press Releases Washington, D.C. — Today, following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Ca