Representative · Pennsylvania's 2nd district

Brendan F. Boyle

Brendan F. Boyle is a Democratic representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 28, and cast 442 of 458 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2015
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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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.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6754.1%28 of 675 · rank 97 of 43997%442 of 458 · rank 332 of 439210 became law28%91 of 324
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2233.0%37 of 1,223 · rank 180 of 44296%802 of 835 · rank 262 of 442172 became law26%85 of 328
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.6%6 of 997 · rank 294 of 44399%564 of 570 · rank 139 of 443240 became law5%21 of 406

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 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.38+1 Conservative

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.

  1. H.R. 6955: Main Street Capital Access ActYea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 270–155· Against party
  2. H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  3. H.R. 7892: No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026Yea
    Jun 10, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 249–172· Against party
  4. H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  5. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  6. H.R. 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.Yea
    Feb 12, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 233–185· Against party
  7. H.R. 3383: Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025Yea
    Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 302–123· Against party
  8. H.Con.Res. 58: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.Yea
    Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActNot voting
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Not voting
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

62 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5894%
  2. Passed one chamber23.2%
  3. Became law23.2%

Policy areas

  1. Health19
  2. Taxation11
  3. Economics and Public Finance8
  4. Government Operations and Politics7
  5. Congress5
  6. Public Lands and Natural Resources2
  7. Animals1
  8. Arts, Culture, Religion1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10251 Back-to-School Supplies Affordability Act
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Sep 3, 2026
  2. H.R. 9623 Protecting Americans’ Health Care Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· Jul 9, 2026
  3. H.Res. 1403 Expressing the sense of Congress that Medicaid is an important lifeline for the health care of millions of Americans.
    Introduced· Health· Jun 30, 2026
  4. H.R. 9542 Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· Jun 30, 2026
  5. H.R. 8741 Philadelphia Campaign Two Hundred and Fiftieth Commemoration Commission Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· May 12, 2026
  6. H.R. 8600 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily suspend certain fuel excise taxes for fuel separated during periods in which the national average price of gasoline exceeds $3.99 per gallon, and to prohibit certain credits or deductions for oil and gas companies during such periods.
    Introduced· Taxation· Apr 30, 2026
  7. H.R. 2319 Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025
    Passed one chamber· Health· Apr 22, 2026
  8. H.R. 7763 Protecting American History Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Mar 3, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Pennsylvania's 2nd 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
$296.5M
Per resident
$397
Rank in Pennsylvania
12 of 17
Contract actions
5,921
New awards: 4,498

By fiscal year

  1. 375.1MFY2017
  2. 308.9MFY2018
  3. 408.7MFY2019
  4. 565.3MFY2020
  5. 597.3MFY2021
  6. 628.9MFY2022
  7. 590.2MFY2023
  8. 430MFY2024
  9. 480.1MFY2025
  10. 296.5MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. National Institutes of Health$71.7M24%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$68.7M23%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Army$21.1M7.1%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Navy$21.1M7.1%
    Department of Defense
  5. Office of Procurement Operations$21M7.1%
    Department of Homeland Security
  6. Public Buildings Service$19.3M6.5%
    General Services Administration
  7. National Park Service$13M4.4%
    Department of the Interior
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$7.5M2.5%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. DLA TROOP SUPPORT$72.4M24%
    11 awards
  2. OAKLAND CONSULTING GROUP INC$36.5M12%
    1 award
  3. THE TRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND$23.5M7.9%
    2 awards
  4. TRIPLE CANOPY INC$19M6.4%
    3 awards
  5. SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.$18M6.1%
    1 award
  6. PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC.$14.5M4.9%
    2 awards
  7. LION-VALLEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$13.9M4.7%
    2 awards
  8. DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC$10.5M3.5%
    144 awards
  9. JONES LANG LASALLE AMERICAS, INC.$6.8M2.3%
    78 awards
  10. MICROSOFT CORPORATION$6.5M2.2%
    1 award
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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
$2.5M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$5.6M
From committees
$1.1M
285 committees
From contractor PACs
$228.8K
61 PACs · 22% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$10KPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal$10KCOMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$453.1K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$7,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
bristol-myers squibb companybristol-myers squibb company political action committee$7,500BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$8.8M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$6,000NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee$6,000JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family—
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$5,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee$5,000INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization—
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$5,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$2.5M$1.1M$228.8K61 PACs · 22% of committee money
2024$2.3M$1.1M$205K53 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022$1.7M$1.2M$240.5K66 PACs · 20% 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.

  1. House · Pennsylvania's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Pennsylvania's 2nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Pennsylvania's 2nd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Pennsylvania's 2nd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Pennsylvania's 13th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Pennsylvania's 13th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
boyle.house.gov
Phone
202-225-6111
Office
1502 Longworth House Office Building

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.