Promise Tracker › Lauren Underwood
U.S. Representative, Illinois 14th district · Democrat
Lauren Underwood
14 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for28341.9%
- Voted against38757.2%
- Did not vote30.4%
Turned up for 99.1% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Underwood 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 Danny K. Davis 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, 2019
- Terms served
- 4 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- October 4, 1986
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Only one heading repeats in Underwood's indexed remarks, on Black maternal health. Everything else appears once, taking in healthcare coverage and a designation bill she introduced.
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.
- Celebrating Black Maternal Health2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
14 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Lauren Underwood’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-07-20NIH IMPLEMENTING A MATERNAL HEALTH AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES VISION FOR EVERYONE ACT“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, the NIH IMPROVE Act. This bipartisan bill, co-led by Congressman Fitzpatrick, will provide consistent funding for research on maternal mortality.”
- 2026-05-14CELEBRATING A VICTORY FOR ILLINOIS FARMERS“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate a victory for Illinois farmers. This week, I was proud to vote for the bipartisan Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, which will allow for the sale of E15 ethanol fuel year-round.”
- 2026-04-22PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT“Mr. Speaker, like other Members of the Committee on Appropriations, I missed a vote because I was participating in a markup of the FY2027 Financial Services and General Government bill.”
- 2026-04-20CELEBRATING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH“Mr. Speaker, last week, we marked the 10th Annual Black Maternal Health Week, a week of action, engagement, and advocacy with the goal of ending our Nation's maternal health crisis and the disparities that disproportionately impact Black women.”
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, Lauren Underwood voted on 469 and was with the Democrat majority on 467 of them.
469 party line votes cast
- With their party46799.6%
- Against their party20.4%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 21-Jul-2026H R 8800Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 13-May-2026H R 1346Voted Yea · On Passage
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Danny K. DavisDemocrat · IL · agreed on 99.1% of 642 shared votes
- Gerald E. ConnollyDemocrat · VA · agreed on 98.9% of 95 shared votes
- Suzanne BonamiciDemocrat · OR · agreed on 98.9% of 661 shared votes
- Shontel M. BrownDemocrat · OH · agreed on 98.8% of 669 shared votes
- LaMonica McIverDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 98.8% of 667 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 44.7% of 664 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 36.5% of 658 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 35.9% of 92 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Lauren Underwood as speaking in 14 items of business across 14 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 20, 2026NIH IMPLEMENTING A MATERNAL HEALTH AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES VISION FOR EVERYONE ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 1
- July 16, 2026TAKE CARE OF AMERICA'S VETERANS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 116
- May 14, 2026CELEBRATING A VICTORY FOR ILLINOIS FARMERS; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- April 22, 2026PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF
- April 20, 2026CELEBRATING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 69
- April 14, 2026STAFF SERGEANT JOSE DUENEZ JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 65
- January 8, 2026BREAKING THE GRIDLOCK ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 5
- December 17, 2025LOWER HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS FOR ALL AMERICANS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 213
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 Lauren Underwood. 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.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other Illinois representatives in this Congress: Nikki Budzinski and Mary E. Miller.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.