Promise Tracker › Bonnie Watson Coleman
U.S. Representative, New Jersey 12th district · Democrat
Bonnie Watson Coleman
24 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for27841.1%
- Voted against38857.4%
- Did not vote71.0%
Turned up for 98.5% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Coleman voted 98 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the House, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Pablo José Hernández more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with James C. Moylan. They agreed 66 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 4 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- January 6, 2015
- Terms served
- 6 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- February 6, 1945
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Nothing in Watson Coleman's indexed remarks passes two. A budget resolution, a heading on accountability, a time capsule bill and a heading on war without consultation each appear twice. Everything else appears once.
The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.
- Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 20252
- Holding Power Accountable2
- Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act2
- War in Iran Without Consultation2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
24 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Bonnie Watson Coleman’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-06-30CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH AND AMERICA'S DIVERSITY“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate Pride Month. What makes America truly great is our diversity. It is the coalescence of our backgrounds, our values, and our ideas that makes this Nation stronger.”
- 2026-06-29DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c) OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO REMOVE UNITED STATES ARMED FO“Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding me time. Our country was rightly shocked and horrified when over 150 schoolgirls were killed in the opening hours of our strikes on Iran.”
- 2026-06-02HONORING TECHNICAL SERGEANT PHILIP STRECZYK FOR HIS SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of D-Day and to honor East Brunswick, New Jersey's native son, Technical Sergeant Philip Streczyk, a distinguished World War II veteran.”
- 2026-03-18WAR IN IRAN WITHOUT CONSULTATION“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share the sentiments of my constituents in the 12th Congressional District in New Jersey. They are furious. The President's war in Iran is one of the greatest foreign policy blunders in American history.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.
- Voted for
- Voted against
Voting With Their Party
On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Bonnie Watson Coleman voted on 466 and was with the Democrat majority on 466 of them.
466 party line votes cast
- With their party466100.0%
- Against their party00.0%
This member did not break with their party on any of them.
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Pablo José HernándezDemocrat · PR · agreed on 100.0% of 80 shared votes
- LaMonica McIverDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 99.8% of 663 shared votes
- Valerie P. FousheeDemocrat · NC · agreed on 99.5% of 655 shared votes
- Suzanne BonamiciDemocrat · OR · agreed on 99.4% of 657 shared votes
- Emily RandallDemocrat · WA · agreed on 99.2% of 646 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- James C. MoylanRepublican · GU · agreed on 66.2% of 74 shared votes
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRepublican · MP · agreed on 60.6% of 66 shared votes
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 44.2% of 660 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 35.9% of 654 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 35.6% of 90 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Bonnie Watson Coleman as speaking in 25 items of business across 21 sitting days of this Congress.
Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.
- June 30, 2026CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH AND AMERICA'S DIVERSITY; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 109
- June 29, 2026DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c) OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO REMOVE UNITED STATES ARMED FO
- June 2, 2026HONORING TECHNICAL SERGEANT PHILIP STRECZYK FOR HIS SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No
- March 18, 2026WAR IN IRAN WITHOUT CONSULTATION; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 49
- March 12, 2026CONTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 46
- February 9, 2026$2.50 FOR AMERICA'S 250TH ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 27
- February 9, 2026SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL TIME CAPSULE ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 27
- January 6, 2026JANUARY 6 ATTACK; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 3
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 676 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Bonnie Watson Coleman. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
- 16-Sep-2026S 2403Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9497Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9340Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H J RES 213Voted against (Nay) · On Passage
Elsewhere in the Record
- Everyone who represents New Jersey Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other New Jersey representatives in this Congress: Mikie Sherrill and Donald Norcross.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.