Representative · Pennsylvania's 6th district

Chrissy Houlahan

Chrissy Houlahan is a Democratic representative for Pennsylvania's 6th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 20, and cast 430 of 459 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
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 Representatives6753.0%20 of 675 · rank 131 of 43994%430 of 459 · rank 387 of 439360 became law40%145 of 366
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2222.4%29 of 1,222 · rank 226 of 44293%773 of 831 · rank 335 of 442270 became law43%160 of 376
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.5%5 of 997 · rank 318 of 44397%552 of 571 · rank 299 of 443220 became law16%67 of 424

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 −1−0.26+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. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. H.R. 8884: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans ActYea
    Jul 23, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 232–188· Against party
  3. H.R. 6955: Main Street Capital Access ActYea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 270–155· Against party
  4. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  5. H.Res. 1335: Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment.Yea
    Jun 11, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 235–177· Against party
  6. H.R. 8312: Fraud Prevention and Accountability ActYea
    Jun 10, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 240–181· Against party
  7. H.R. 7892: No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026Yea
    Jun 10, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 249–172· Against party
  8. H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· 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 ActYea
    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 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  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.

85 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced7689%
  2. Reported by committee11.2%
  3. Passed one chamber89.4%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security22
  2. Commerce8
  3. Government Operations and Politics8
  4. Labor and Employment8
  5. Education7
  6. International Affairs7
  7. Health6
  8. Agriculture and Food4

Latest activity

  1. H.Res. 1562 Expressing support for "Military Sexual Trauma Awareness Day".
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 17, 2026
  2. H.R. 10497 Protect Our Polls Act
    Introduced· Sep 17, 2026
  3. H.R. 2846 To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).
    Passed one chamber· Health· Sep 16, 2026
  4. H.Con.Res. 117 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 15, 2026
  5. H.R. 10316 National Housing Emergency Act of 2026
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Sep 8, 2026
  6. H.Res. 1380 Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 23, 2026
  7. H.Res. 1359 Supporting the designation of the second Friday of June as "National Service and Conservation Corps Day".
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Jun 11, 2026
  8. H.R. 8792 Multigenerational Caregiving Data Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· May 13, 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 6th 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
$372.9M
Per resident
$479
Rank in Pennsylvania
10 of 17
Contract actions
3,291
New awards: 2,279

By fiscal year

  1. 2.4BFY2017
  2. 2.6BFY2018
  3. 2.8BFY2019
  4. 2.6BFY2020
  5. 1.7BFY2021
  6. 481.4MFY2022
  7. 490.8MFY2023
  8. 465.8MFY2024
  9. 371MFY2025
  10. 372.9MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$158.4M42%
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$84.5M23%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Air Force$24.3M6.5%
    Department of Defense
  4. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$24.3M6.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. National Institutes of Health$19.5M5.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of the Navy$18.9M5.1%
    Department of Defense
  7. Environmental Protection Agency$18.3M4.9%
  8. Department of the Army$9.2M2.5%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.$182.6M49%
    284 awards
  2. JA MOODY LLC$38.7M10%
    936 awards
  3. BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL LTD, ALLSCHWIL$24.9M6.7%
    1 award
  4. ANSYS GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES, LLC$22.3M6.0%
    16 awards
  5. WESTON SOLUTIONS INC$18.2M4.9%
    16 awards
  6. TITAN-AUXO, LLC$8.5M2.3%
    4 awards
  7. BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED$7.8M2.1%
    5 awards
  8. FARASON CORPORATION$5.6M1.5%
    19 awards
  9. MATERIALS RESEARCH & DESIGN INC$5.1M1.4%
    10 awards
  10. FORETHOUGHT, INC.$4.7M1.3%
    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
$1.8M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$4M
From committees
$547.2K
185 committees
From contractor PACs
$179.5K
57 PACs · 33% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
the boeing companythe boeing company pac$9,500THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$9B
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$8,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
humana inc.humana inc. political action committee$7,500HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$5.6B
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee$7,000LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$1.1B
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee$6,000RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.9B
burns & mcdonnell, inc.burns and mcdonnell inc. pac$6,000BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$6M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$5,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
siemens medical solutions usa inc.siemens healthineers pac (the employee funded political action committee of siemens medical solutions usa, inc.)$5,500SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization—
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee$5,000AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization$78.5K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$5,000AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.8M$547.2K$179.5K57 PACs · 33% of committee money
2024$2.5M$933.8K$253.8K77 PACs · 27% of committee money
2022$4.8M$1.3M$290.9K76 PACs · 22% 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 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Pennsylvania's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Pennsylvania's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Pennsylvania's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
houlahan.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4315
Office
1727 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.