Promise Tracker › Eric Sorensen
U.S. Representative, Illinois 17th district · Democrat
Eric Sorensen
20 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for32047.3%
- Voted against34851.5%
- Did not vote50.7%
Turned up for 98.8% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Sorensen voted 99 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 Mikie Sherrill more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with James C. Moylan. They agreed 68 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under one heading more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- January 3, 2023
- Terms served
- 2 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- March 18, 1976
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Only one heading repeats in Sorensen's indexed remarks, the 2027 defense authorization. Everything else appears once, taking in a ferry anniversary in the Quad Cities and a tax bill he opposed.
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.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20272
What Was Said, and What Was Done
20 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Eric Sorensen’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-07-22NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027“Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong opposition to the Grothman amendment. I am proud to live in an Army town and represent the historic Rock Island Arsenal in the House of Representatives.”
- 2026-07-21NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027“Madam Chair, I rise today in strong opposition to Representative Boebert's amendment. I am proud to live in an Army town, and I am the only LGBTQ person to serve on the House Committee on Armed Services.”
- 2026-07-20HONORING LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHRIS MOHAN“Mr. Speaker, I rise today ========================= END NOTE ========================= to honor Lieutenant General Chris Mohan as he concludes an extraordinary 40-year career of service to our Nation and retires as the 22nd Commanding General of the United States Army Materiel Command.”
- 2026-07-09PERSONAL EXPLANATION“Mr. Speaker, I missed one vote on June 30, 2026. Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 232 on the adoption of H.”
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, Eric Sorensen voted on 470 and was with the Democrat majority on 433 of them.
470 party line votes cast
- With their party43392.1%
- Against their party377.9%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 21-Jul-2026H R 6955Voted Yea · On Passage
- 15-Jul-2026H R 8595Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 10-Jun-2026H R 8312Voted Yea · On Passage
- 10-Jun-2026H R 7892Voted Yea · On Passage
- 14-May-2026H R 5625Voted Yea · On Passage
- 14-May-2026H R 6260Voted Aye · On Passage
- 13-May-2026H R 1346Voted Yea · On Passage
- 29-Apr-2026S 1318Voted Yea · On Passage
- 19-Mar-2026H R 4638Voted Yea · On Passage
- 18-Mar-2026H R 1958Voted Yea · On Passage
- 9-Jan-2026H R 5184Voted Yea · On Passage
- 11-Dec-2025H R 3383Voted Aye · On Passage
- 4-Dec-2025H R 1049Voted Yea · On Passage
- 4-Dec-2025H R 1069Voted Yea · On Passage
- 3-Dec-2025H R 1005Voted Yea · On Passage
- 3-Dec-2025H R 4305Voted Yea · On Passage
- 21-Nov-2025H CON RES 58Voted Yea · On Agreeing to the Resolution
- 19-Nov-2025H R 5107Voted Yea · On Passage
- 19-Nov-2025H R 5214Voted Yea · On Passage
- 18-Nov-2025H RES 878Voted Yea · On Agreeing to the Resolution
- 17-Sep-2025H R 5143Voted Yea · On Passage
- 21-Jul-2025H R 3095Voted Yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 17-Jul-2025S 1582Voted Yea · On Passage
- 17-Jul-2025H R 3633Voted Yea · On Passage
- 26-Jun-2025H R 875Voted Yea · On Passage
- 10-Jun-2025H R 884Voted Yea · On Passage
- 10-Jun-2025H R 2096Voted Yea · On Passage
- 9-Jun-2025H RES 488Voted Yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
- 7-May-2025H R 881Voted Yea · On Passage
- 11-Mar-2025H J RES 25Voted Yea · On Passage
- 11-Mar-2025H R 1156Voted Yea · On Passage
- 13-Feb-2025H R 35Voted Yea · On Passage
- 6-Feb-2025H R 27Voted Yea · On Passage
- 23-Jan-2025H R 471Voted Yea · On Passage
- 22-Jan-2025S 5Voted Yea · On Passage
- 16-Jan-2025H R 30Voted Yea · On Passage
- 7-Jan-2025H R 29Voted Yea · On Passage
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Mikie SherrillDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 99.2% of 131 shared votes
- Pablo José HernándezDemocrat · PR · agreed on 98.8% of 80 shared votes
- Eleanor Holmes NortonDemocrat · DC · agreed on 97.4% of 78 shared votes
- Nikki BudzinskiDemocrat · IL · agreed on 97.2% of 668 shared votes
- Chris PappasDemocrat · NH · agreed on 97.1% of 664 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- James C. MoylanRepublican · GU · agreed on 67.6% of 74 shared votes
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRepublican · MP · agreed on 62.1% of 66 shared votes
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 51.2% of 662 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 44.0% of 91 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 43.0% of 658 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Eric Sorensen as speaking in 22 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.
- July 22, 2026NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 120
- July 21, 2026NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 119
- July 20, 2026HONORING LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHRIS MOHAN; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 118
- July 9, 2026PERSONAL EXPLANATION; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 112
- May 12, 2026HONORING PEORIA POLICE CHIEF ERIC ECHEVARRIA; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 80
- April 28, 2026PERSONAL EXPLANATION; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 74
- March 24, 2026HONORING ROALD ZVONIK; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 55
- December 16, 2025HONORING JEFF KIRWAN; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 212
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 Eric Sorensen. 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 Illinois Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
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The other Illinois representatives in this Congress: Darin LaHood and Jonathan L. Jackson.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.