Former representative · Missouri's 1st district
Cori Bush
Cori Bush served in Congress from 2021 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for Missouri's 1st district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 235, and cast 661 of 668 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2021
- 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 | 19.2%235 of 1,222 · rank 6 of 442 | 99%661 of 668 · rank 114 of 442 | 150 became law | 5%20 of 398 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.9%9 of 997 · rank 238 of 443 | 98%556 of 568 · rank 236 of 443 | 230 became law | 1%5 of 358 |
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.
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
- Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
- Jun 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 151–285· Against party
- May 25, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 190–233· Against party
- May 17, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 209–225· Against party
- Dec 14, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 264–162· 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
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
- 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.
38 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced3797%
- Passed one chamber12.6%
Policy areas
- Health11
- Environmental Protection4
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues3
- Crime and Law Enforcement3
- Energy3
- Housing and Community Development3
- International Affairs3
- Labor and Employment2
Latest activity
- H.Res. 1278 Affirming the importance of the survival of Garífuna culture and identity, condemning the violent and illegal appropriation of Garífuna territory, urging the Department of State and multilateral development banks to respect the rights of the Garífuna people, and calling on the Government of Honduras to fully comply with the resolutions of multilateral human rights bodies which mandate the return of Garífuna land and territory, and for other purposes.Introduced· International Affairs· Jun 5, 2024
- H.R. 8470 Helping Families Heal Act of 2024Introduced· Health· May 24, 2024
- H.Con.Res. 92 Honoring the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing.Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Feb 29, 2024
- H.Res. 786 Calling for an immediate deescalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.Introduced· International Affairs· Oct 25, 2023
- H.Res. 634 Unhoused Persons Bill of RightsIntroduced· Housing and Community Development· Aug 21, 2023
- H.R. 4901 Reproductive Health Care Accessibility ActIntroduced· Health· Jul 28, 2023
- H.R. 4972 End Solitary Confinement ActIntroduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jul 27, 2023
- H.R. 4699 The People’s Response ActIntroduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jul 21, 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 Missouri'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
- $7.3B
- Per resident
- $9,754
- Rank in Missouri
- 1 of 8
- Contract actions
- 102.5K
- New awards: 97.9K
By fiscal year
- 7.4BFY2017
- 12.5BFY2018
- 11.2BFY2019
- 11.5BFY2020
- 8.7BFY2021
- 5.9BFY2022
- 10.3BFY2023
- 10.8BFY2024
- 8.9BFY2025
- 7.3BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Air Force$4.6B63%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$1.2B17%Department of Defense
- Defense Health Agency$686.7M9.4%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$412.7M5.6%Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs$132.6M1.8%
- Defense Information Systems Agency$53.1M0.7%Department of Defense
- Rural Housing Service$48.8M0.7%Department of Agriculture
- Federal Acquisition Service$32.6M0.4%General Services Administration
Top recipients
- THE BOEING COMPANY$5.3B72%381 awards
- THE BOEING COMPANY$864.8M12%2,577 awards
- EVERNORTH FEDERAL SERVICES INC$686.5M9.4%1 award
- WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC$129.9M1.8%178 awards
- GC & V CONSTRUCTION LLC$59.9M0.8%1 award
- NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND$33.7M0.5%95,077 awards
- GUIDEHOUSE INC.$25.7M0.4%2 awards
- MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$23.6M0.3%4 awards
- DISTINCTION LLC$19M0.3%1 award
- RECON CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES LLC$13.3M0.2%7 awards
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
- $1.3M
- through Jul 15, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $97.8K
- From committees
- $27.8K
- 9 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $0
- 0 PACs · 0% of committee money
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.3M | $27.8K | $00 PACs · 0% of committee money |
| 2024 | $4.2M | $199.1K | $5,0001 PACs · 3% of committee money |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $145.9K | $5,0002 PACs · 3% 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 · Missouri's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Missouri's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.