Representative · Wisconsin's 1st district

Bryan Steil

Bryan Steil is a Republican representative for Wisconsin's 1st district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 5, and cast 462 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

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 Representatives6750.7%5 of 675 · rank 338 of 43999%462 of 468 · rank 168 of 439350 became law15%18 of 121
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2220.6%7 of 1,222 · rank 384 of 44294%800 of 847 · rank 306 of 442311 became law13%21 of 166
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.1%1 of 997 · rank 411 of 44396%552 of 573 · rank 314 of 443170 became law27%52 of 193

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+0.42+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. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  2. Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  3. Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
  4. Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
  5. Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
  6. Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–286· Against party
  7. Jul 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 178–234· Against party
  8. Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 144–277· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. 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.

83 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced4858%
  2. Reported by committee1417%
  3. Passed one chamber2024%
  4. Became law11.2%

Policy areas

  1. Congress24
  2. Finance and Financial Sector21
  3. Government Operations and Politics13
  4. Armed Forces and National Security7
  5. International Affairs6
  6. Commerce3
  7. Health3
  8. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 7008 Stop Insider Trading Act
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Sep 30, 2026
  2. H.R. 9330 Earned Wage Access Consumer Protection Act
    Reported by committee· Finance and Financial Sector· Sep 1, 2026
  3. H.R. 9368 Voter ID Act
    Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 15, 2026
  4. H.R. 8720 Campaign Finance Transparency Act
    Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 13, 2026
  5. H.R. 9367 Stop Lawmakers From Predicting Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jun 24, 2026
  6. H.R. 8286 Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings From Politics Act
    Reported by committee· Finance and Financial Sector· Jun 24, 2026
  7. H.Res. 1288 Supporting the designation of May 14, 2026, as "National Scam Survivor Day".
    Introduced· Commerce· May 14, 2026
  8. H.R. 8721 Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· May 14, 2026

Committees

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

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Wisconsin's 1st 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
$343.8M
Per resident
$475
Rank in Wisconsin
3 of 8
Contract actions
9,908
New awards: 9,423

By fiscal year

  1. 172.7MFY2017
  2. 251.9MFY2018
  3. 184.2MFY2019
  4. 173.3MFY2020
  5. 348.7MFY2021
  6. 162.6MFY2022
  7. 237.2MFY2023
  8. 556MFY2024
  9. 443.7MFY2025
  10. 343.8MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. General Services Administration
  4. Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of Homeland Security
  7. Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. 8 awards
  2. LDV, INC.$22.9M6.6%
    85 awards
  3. 4,634 awards
  4. 81 awards
  5. 90 awards
  6. 30 awards
  7. 5 awards
  8. 4 awards
  9. 13 awards
  10. 4,259 awards
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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
$5.5M
through Jul 22, 2026
Cash on hand
$6.3M
From committees
$1.7M
358 committees
From contractor PACs
$262.5K
49 PACs · 15% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)$10KNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family$2M
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$10KMORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee$10KABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$90M
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
the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac)$10KNORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization—
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac$10KMICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$443M
bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac$10KBANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family—
u.s. bancorpu.s. bancorp federal political action committee$10KU.S. BANCORPAI match · 99% · the same organization$8M
the bank of the new york mellon corporationthe bank of new york mellon corporation federal pac (bny fedpac)$10KBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (THE)AI match · 100% · the same organization$39.1M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$5.5M$1.7M$262.5K49 PACs · 15% of committee money
2024$5.6M$2M$265.4K55 PACs · 13% of committee money
2022$3.6M$1.5M$236.9K50 PACs · 16% 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 · Wisconsin's 1st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Wisconsin's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Wisconsin's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Wisconsin's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1526 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.