Promise Tracker › Sean Casten
U.S. Representative, Illinois 6th district · Democrat
Sean Casten
34 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for28842.6%
- Voted against37956.1%
- Did not vote40.6%
Turned up for 98.7% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Casten 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 Gerald E. Connolly 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 69 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 5 headings 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
- November 23, 1971
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
A Treasury payment systems hack and a heading on the energy race lead Casten's indexed remarks at four each. Pairs follow on a stablecoins bill, the 2027 defense authorization and a liquefied natural gas bill.
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.
- Addressing the Hack of U.S. Treasury Payment Systems4
- Winners of the Global Energy Race Are Being Decided4
- Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S.…2
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20272
- Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 20252
What Was Said, and What Was Done
34 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Sean Casten’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. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this amendment. This amendment would give the Secretary of Defense sweeping discretion to grant the highest level of security clearances to an unlimited number of investment professionals without any contract, mission, or defined purpose.”
- 2026-06-25HAPPY SUMMER“Happy summer. It is time to fire up the grill, fire up the air conditioner, and book some road trips, if you can afford to fuel them. Since Donald Trump's election, gasoline prices have skyrocketed.”
- 2026-05-14THE SILENT AND THE SINGERS WILL BE HEARD“Mr. Speaker, what should we say to angry men in robes? What are we going to say to men in robes who are angry about the outcome of the Civil War?”
- 2026-02-25WINNERS OF THE GLOBAL ENERGY RACE ARE BEING DECIDED“Mr. Speaker, families across America are struggling with ever-increasing energy prices. In the last year, electricity prices have soared, increasing by 13 percent under the Trump administration. Utility bills overall have increased at double the rate of inflation.”
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, Sean Casten voted on 467 and was with the Democrat majority on 461 of them.
467 party line votes cast
- With their party46198.7%
- Against their party61.3%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 15-Jul-2026H R 8595Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 13-May-2026H R 1346Voted Yea · On Passage
- 30-Apr-2026H R 7567Voted Aye · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 11-Dec-2025H R 3383Voted Aye · On Passage
- 11-Dec-2025H R 3638Voted Yea · On Passage
- 21-Jul-2025H R 3095Voted Yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Gerald E. ConnollyDemocrat · VA · agreed on 98.9% of 95 shared votes
- Gregory W. MeeksDemocrat · NY · agreed on 98.4% of 641 shared votes
- Adam SmithDemocrat · WA · agreed on 98.4% of 625 shared votes
- Teresa Leger FernandezDemocrat · NM · agreed on 98.4% of 610 shared votes
- Jennifer L. McClellanDemocrat · VA · agreed on 98.3% of 666 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- James C. MoylanRepublican · GU · agreed on 68.9% of 74 shared votes
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRepublican · MP · agreed on 62.1% of 66 shared votes
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 45.4% of 661 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 39.6% of 91 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 37.4% of 655 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Sean Casten as speaking in 29 items of business across 27 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
- June 25, 2026HAPPY SUMMER; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 107
- June 23, 2026CONSTITUTIONAL.AUTHORITY STATEMENT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 105
- May 19, 2026PERSONAL EXPLANATION; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 85
- May 14, 2026THE SILENT AND THE SINGERS WILL BE HEARD; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- February 25, 2026WINNERS OF THE GLOBAL ENERGY RACE ARE BEING DECIDED; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 37
- February 11, 2026RECOGNIZING SONDRA LAPOINTE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 29
- January 15, 2026PROTECTING PRUDENT INVESTMENT OF RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 11
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 Sean Casten. 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: Mike Quigley and Danny K. Davis.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.