Former representative · Florida's 8th district
Bill Posey
Bill Posey served in Congress from 2009 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for Florida's 8th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 33, and cast 817 of 830 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 6, 2009
- Last term ended
- Jan 3, 2025
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 2.7%33 of 1,222 · rank 196 of 442 | 98%817 of 830 · rank 162 of 442 | 290 became law | 15%63 of 412 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 5.5%55 of 997 · rank 30 of 443 | 96%543 of 565 · rank 327 of 443 | 400 became law | 27%135 of 504 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235· Against party
- Jul 11, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 128–289· Against party
- Nov 8, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 115–306· Against party
- Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 240–191· Against party
- Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 205–229· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 229–205· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 211–224· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
- Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235· Against party
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20· Against party
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
69 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced6797%
- Passed one chamber11.4%
- Sent to the President11.4%
Policy areas
- Government Operations and Politics16
- Taxation9
- Health7
- Environmental Protection6
- Immigration5
- Congress4
- Science, Technology, Communications4
- Agriculture and Food2
Latest activity
- H.R. 5575 Safe Medicine ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 2571 RAM Act of 2023Introduced· Taxation· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 1363 American Space Commerce Act of 2023Introduced· Taxation· Dec 17, 2024
- H.Res. 1423 Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 21 through September 28, 2024, as "National Estuaries Week".Introduced· Environmental Protection· Sep 6, 2024
- H.R. 9452 Common Sense Real Estate Consumer Rights Protection Act of 2024Introduced· Commerce· Sep 3, 2024
- H.R. 8972 Safety for Our Babies Act of 2024Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Jul 10, 2024
- H.R. 6642 GRANT Act of 2023Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Dec 6, 2023
- H.R. 5930 Rulemaking Accountability and Reform Act of 2023Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Oct 25, 2023
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
No committee seats are listed.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Florida's 8th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $6.8B
- Per resident
- $8,320
- Rank in Florida
- 1 of 28
- Contract actions
- 6,385
- New awards: 2,594
By fiscal year
- 4.3BFY2017
- 5.5BFY2018
- 8.3BFY2019
- 4.5BFY2020
- 6.3BFY2021
- 6.4BFY2022
- 6.8BFY2023
- 7.8BFY2024
- 7.2BFY2025
- 6.8BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$3.5B51%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$682.2M10%Department of Defense
- Federal Aviation Administration$448.5M6.6%Department of Transportation
- Department of the Army$219.4M3.2%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$168.9M2.5%Department of Defense
- Department of State$71.9M1.1%
- Department of Commerce
Top recipients
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.3B34%10 awards
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$976.9M14%264 awards
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$519.4M7.7%1 award
- BLUE ORIGIN, LLC$351.6M5.2%8 awards
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$329.4M4.9%102 awards
- HARRIS CORPORATION$264.8M3.9%10 awards
- WALSH FEDERAL LLC$165.8M2.4%1 award
- DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$146.6M2.2%195 awards
- THE BOEING COMPANY$128.6M1.9%3 awards
- KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO$90.3M1.3%1 award
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $13.3K
- through May 4, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $0
- From committees
- -$9,500
- 0 committees
- From contractor PACs
- -$1,000
- 0 PACs · — of committee money
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $13.3K | -$9,500 | -$1,0000 PACs · — of committee money |
| 2024 | $499.5K | $144.1K | $36.5K10 PACs · 25% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1M | $341K | $97.5K17 PACs · 29% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · Florida's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Florida's 8th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Florida's 8th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Florida's 8th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · Florida's 8th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · Florida's 8th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · Florida's 15th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
- House · Florida's 15th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.