Representative · Maryland's 5th district

Steny H. Hoyer

Steny H. Hoyer is a Democratic representative for Maryland's 5th district, in Congress since 1981. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 19, and cast 445 of 461 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 5, 1981
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 Representatives6752.8%19 of 675 · rank 143 of 43997%445 of 461 · rank 331 of 43910 became law17%25 of 143
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2226.2%76 of 1,222 · rank 65 of 44298%773 of 791 · rank 208 of 44220 became law14%13 of 95
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.5%25 of 997 · rank 97 of 44398%557 of 566 · rank 189 of 443120 became law0%0 of 49

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 −1−0.38+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. 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
  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 104–314· Against party
  4. H.Con.Res. 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon.Nay
    Jun 30, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Failed 189–235· Against party
  5. H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  6. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  7. S. 1318: Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration ActYea
    Apr 29, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–191· Against party
  8. H.R. 5587: HEATS ActYea
    Apr 23, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 231–186· 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.

15 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced533%
  2. Passed one chamber853%
  3. Passed both chambers213%

Policy areas

  1. Congress9
  2. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2
  3. International Affairs2
  4. Government Operations and Politics1
  5. Public Lands and Natural Resources1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10443 American Procurement Improvement Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 16, 2026
  2. H.R. 9867 Combatting Global Deforestation Act of 2024
    Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 27, 2024
  3. H.Con.Res. 43 Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
    Passed both chambers· Congress· Jun 15, 2023
  4. H.Res. 1507 Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Dec 2, 2022
  5. H.Res. 552 Recognizing the importance of independent living for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further action to strengthen home and community living for individuals with disabilities.
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Nov 1, 2022
  6. H.Res. 1270 Recognizing the importance of independent living for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further action to strengthen home and community living for individuals with disabilities.
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Nov 1, 2022
  7. H.R. 2024 Southern Maryland National Heritage Area Act
    Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jul 20, 2022
  8. H.Con.Res. 88 Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
    Passed both chambers· Congress· Jun 21, 2022

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 Maryland's 5th 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
$5.3B
Per resident
$6,691
Rank in Maryland
3 of 8
Contract actions
17.9K
New awards: 4,742

By fiscal year

  1. 5.1BFY2017
  2. 5.8BFY2018
  3. 6.2BFY2019
  4. 6.3BFY2020
  5. 6BFY2021
  6. 6.9BFY2022
  7. 7.8BFY2023
  8. 8.3BFY2024
  9. 8.6BFY2025
  10. 5.3BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$2.4B46%
    Department of Defense
  2. Defense Information Systems Agency$1.2B22%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Army$359.5M6.8%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Air Force$343M6.5%
    Department of Defense
  5. Federal Acquisition Service$320.9M6.1%
    General Services Administration
  6. Defense Contract Management Agency$253.1M4.8%
    Department of Defense
  7. U.S. Cyber Command$117.8M2.2%
    Department of Defense
  8. Defense Logistics Agency$49.2M0.9%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$491.6M9.3%
    21 awards
  2. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$375.2M7.1%
    2 awards
  3. CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$204.4M3.9%
    3 awards
  4. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$176.7M3.3%
    48 awards
  5. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$176.3M3.3%
    75 awards
  6. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$138M2.6%
    47 awards
  7. AMERICAN ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED$87.2M1.7%
    29 awards
  8. PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$86M1.6%
    22 awards
  9. AVIATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING COMPANY INC$81M1.5%
    50 awards
  10. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$79.6M1.5%
    94 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
$402.3K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$322.9K
From committees
$240K
79 committees
From contractor PACs
$58K
21 PACs · 24% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)$5,000GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$29.3K
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$5,000NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$5,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee$5,000RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.9B
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac$5,000L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$115.4M
general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee$5,000GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization—
u.s. bancorpu.s. bancorp federal political action committee$5,000U.S. BANCORPAI match · 99% · the same organization$8M
constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac)$5,000CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.9M
jpmorgan chase & co.jpmorgan chase & co. federal political action committee$3,000JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.5M
science applications international corporationscience applications international corporation voluntary political action committee$3,000SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$3.5B

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$402.3K$240K$58K21 PACs · 24% of committee money
2024$1.8M$1.1M$285.5K61 PACs · 26% of committee money
2022$3.9M$2.3M$604K97 PACs · 27% 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 · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  12. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  13. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  14. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  15. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  16. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  17. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  18. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993
  19. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 1991
  20. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 6, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989
  21. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 1985 – Jan 3, 1987
  22. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 1985
  23. House · Maryland's 5th districtJan 5, 1981 – Jan 3, 1983

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
hoyer.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4131
Office
1705 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.