Former representative · Rhode Island's 1st district
David N. Cicilline
David N. Cicilline served in Congress from 2011 to 2023, last as a Democratic representative for Rhode Island's 1st district. In the 118th Congress, 229 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 7, and cast 161 of 162 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 5, 2011
- Last term ended
- May 31, 2023

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 | 229 | 3.1%7 of 229 · rank 172 of 442 | 99%161 of 162 · rank 36 of 442 | 40 became law | 10%9 of 88 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.9%9 of 997 · rank 238 of 443 | 99%566 of 571 · rank 121 of 443 | 450 became law | 7%56 of 787 |
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.
- Mar 1, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 272–148· Against party
- Feb 4, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–166· Against party
- Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 279–153· Against party
- Dec 1, 2021· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 302–127· Against party
- Jul 27, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–285· Against party
- Mar 17, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 242–174· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- May 31, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 383–18
- May 31, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 314–117
- May 31, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended· Passed 429–0
- May 30, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 309–67
- May 30, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 347–30
- H.R. 2792: Small Entity Update ActNot votingMay 30, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 367–8
- H.R. 467: HALT Fentanyl ActNot votingMay 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 289–133
- H.R. 467: HALT Fentanyl ActNot votingMay 25, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 190–233
- May 24, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 409–9
- May 24, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203
- May 24, 2023· House· Passage· Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding· Failed 214–205
- May 23, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 221–203
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
49 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced4286%
- Reported by committee12.0%
- Passed one chamber612%
Policy areas
- Crime and Law Enforcement12
- Government Operations and Politics9
- Congress5
- Armed Forces and National Security4
- Commerce3
- International Affairs3
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2
- Education2
Latest activity
- H.R. 2752 First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 25, 2023
- H.R. 1118 DISCLOSE Act of 2023Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 11, 2023
- H.R. 698 Assault Weapons Ban of 2023Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jun 5, 2023
- H.Res. 106 Condemning the undemocratic attacks on Brazil's Government institutions and supporting the free will of the Brazilian people as expressed in Brazil's recent Presidential election.Introduced· International Affairs· Feb 8, 2023
- H.R. 9695 Platform Integrity ActIntroduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Dec 27, 2022
- H.R. 3816 American Innovation and Choice Online ActReported by committee· Commerce· Dec 21, 2022
- H.R. 9578 To provide that Donald J. Trump is ineligible to again hold the Office of President of the United States or to hold any office, civil or military, under the United States.Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Dec 15, 2022
- H.R. 9433 SEEED Commission Act of 2022Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Dec 6, 2022
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 Rhode Island'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
- $649.1M
- Per resident
- $1,191
- Rank in Rhode Island
- 1 of 2
- Contract actions
- 3,728
- New awards: 2,234
By fiscal year
- 519.1MFY2017
- 592.4MFY2018
- 587.7MFY2019
- 884.6MFY2020
- 753.7MFY2021
- 1BFY2022
- 837.7MFY2023
- 973.4MFY2024
- 709.7MFY2025
- 649.1MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$531.6M82%Department of Defense
- Federal Acquisition Service$32.3M5.0%General Services Administration
- Department of the Air Force$30M4.6%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$12.9M2.0%Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs$7.5M1.2%
- United States Mint$7.1M1.1%Department of the Treasury
- Department of the Army$5.6M0.9%Department of Defense
Top recipients
- SEACORP, LLC$109.7M17%37 awards
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$86.4M13%20 awards
- RITE-SOLUTIONS, INC.$66.5M10%11 awards
- 11 awards
- CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$30M4.6%1 award
- MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH CORPORATION$29.9M4.6%13 awards
- PURVIS SYSTEMS INC$24.4M3.8%7 awards
- MIKEL INC$19.1M2.9%12 awards
- AMERICAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$12.1M1.9%3 awards
- SERCO INC$12M1.8%9 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
- $7,518
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $452.3K
- From committees
- -$5,000
- 0 committees
- From contractor PACs
- -$5,000
- 0 PACs · — of committee money
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $7,518 | -$5,000 | -$5,0000 PACs · — of committee money |
| 2024 | $12.3K | -$14.8K | -$3,5000 PACs · — of committee money |
| 2022 | $2M | $340.3K | $21.6K8 PACs · 6% 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 · Rhode Island's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – May 31, 2023
- House · Rhode Island's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Rhode Island's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Rhode Island's 1st districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · Rhode Island's 1st districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · Rhode Island's 1st districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · Rhode Island's 1st districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
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.