Representative · New York's 17th district

Michael Lawler

Michael Lawler is a Republican representative for New York's 17th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 12, and cast 411 of 462 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2023
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 Representatives6751.8%12 of 675 · rank 226 of 43989%411 of 462 · rank 421 of 4391270 became law44%487 of 1,107
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2221.3%16 of 1,222 · rank 296 of 44273%613 of 838 · rank 439 of 442681 became law36%458 of 1,257

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+0.19+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. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
  2. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–217· Against party
  3. 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 136–291· Against party
  4. 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 178–247· Against party
  5. H.R. 5408: Faster Labor Contracts ActYea
    Jun 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–193· Against party
  6. H.R. 2913: Ukraine Support ActYea
    Jun 4, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 226–195· Against party
  7. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 215–213· Against party
  8. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· 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".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    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
  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.Nay
    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".Yea
    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.

195 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced17791%
  2. Reported by committee31.5%
  3. Passed one chamber147.2%
  4. Became law10.5%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs41
  2. Health23
  3. Housing and Community Development19
  4. Government Operations and Politics18
  5. Taxation17
  6. Armed Forces and National Security11
  7. Finance and Financial Sector10
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement9

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10762 Anthony Amoros Law Right to Know Act
    Introduced· Oct 6, 2026
  2. H.Res. 1599 Expressing support for the recognition of September 2026 as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".
    Introduced· Health· Oct 1, 2026
  3. H.R. 10573 Tax Relief for Surviving Spouses Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 24, 2026
  4. H.R. 10572 Home Accessibility Improvements Inclusion Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Sep 24, 2026
  5. H.R. 9086 Foreign Service Modernization Act
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Sep 17, 2026
  6. H.R. 10379 Problem Solvers MAPS Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 15, 2026
  7. H.R. 9436 Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026
    Passed one chamber· Animals· Sep 14, 2026
  8. H.R. 1009 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the "Paul Piperato Post Office Building".
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 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 New York's 17th 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
$440.7M
Per resident
$567
Rank in New York
9 of 26
Contract actions
5,443
New awards: 4,627

By fiscal year

  1. 212.1MFY2017
  2. 395.9MFY2018
  3. 359.6MFY2019
  4. 637.6MFY2020
  5. 3.8BFY2021
  6. 346.5MFY2022
  7. 438.4MFY2023
  8. 169.5MFY2024
  9. 43.4MFY2025
  10. 440.7MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$141.1M32%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Social Security Administration$130.9M30%
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$99.3M23%
  4. Federal Emergency Management Agency$22.7M5.2%
    Department of Homeland Security
  5. Defense Logistics Agency$7.3M1.6%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency$6.3M1.4%
    Department of Defense
  7. Defense Microelectronics Activity$6M1.4%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Army$5.4M1.2%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC$181.7M41%
    2 awards
  2. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$142.6M32%
    12 awards
  3. CDEEM CO$44.1M10%
    3 awards
  4. FOCUS REVISION PARTNERS LLC$22.7M5.2%
    1 award
  5. TLS-CES SERVICES I, LLC$16.8M3.8%
    1 award
  6. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.$12.8M2.9%
    236 awards
  7. NEIL HOOSIER & ASSOCIATES, INC$4.7M1.1%
    2 awards
  8. POLYMEDCO LLC$4M0.9%
    171 awards
  9. SUPPLY KING USA, LLC$2.8M0.6%
    3,017 awards
  10. CHEF'S DEPOT INC.$2.6M0.6%
    15 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
$8.2M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$4.8M
From committees
$2.1M
484 committees
From contractor PACs
$184.5K
47 PACs · 9% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$10KCHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
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—
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$10KAMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$10KPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
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
bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac$7,500BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family—
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$7,000MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
u.s. bancorpu.s. bancorp federal political action committee$7,000U.S. BANCORPAI match · 99% · the same organization$8M
pfizer inc.pfizer inc. pac$6,000PFIZER INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$140.2K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$8.2M$2.1M$184.5K47 PACs · 9% of committee money
2024$8.4M$2.3M$175K50 PACs · 7% of committee money
2022$1.6M$317.2K$00 PACs · 0% 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 · New York's 17th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · New York's 17th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
lawler.house.gov
Phone
202-225-6506
Office
324 Cannon 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.