Representative · NY-17 · Republican · since Jan 2023

Michael Lawler

Bills authored 61Missed votes 11 of 524Party unity 84% derived

Counted from 524 roll calls and 603 sponsorship records on file.

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Before the votes, a life.

Michael Vincent Lawler was born in 1986 and grew up in South Salem and Suffern, New York.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler} He graduated from Manhattan College in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler} Before entering elected office, Lawler worked as a political campaign manager, served as a county executive assistant, and co-founded a political communications firm.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler}

Lawler served as the deputy town supervisor of Orangetown from 2018 to 2020.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler} He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2020, serving a two-year term.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler} In 2022, Lawler was elected to the United States House of Representatives for New York's 17th congressional district, and he was re-elected in 2024.^{Source 1: Michael Lawler — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler}

In their own words

“I ask unanimous consent to remove the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith) as cosponsor of H.R. 1007 because he was inadvertently added to the legislation by my staff.”

Congressional Record · Mar 18, 2026 · Source

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The path here

2009
Graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler}
2018
Co-founded the political communications firm Checkmate Strategies.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler}
2018-2020
Served as the deputy town supervisor of Orangetown, New York.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler}
2021-2022
Served in the New York State Assembly.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler}
2023-Present
Serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district.^{Source 1: Michael Lawler — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Mike Lawler}

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

97.9% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

1Michael Lawler — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: Mike Lawlerwikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

3.7YRS

In office · 2nd term · since Jan 2023

23,946VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 6.31%

fusion_combined

Certified result

97.9%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

2009 Graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance.
2018 Co-founded the political communications firm Checkmate Strategies.
2018-2020 Served as the deputy town supervisor of Orangetown, New York.
2021-2022 Served in the New York State Assembly.
2023-Present Serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district.

House Committee on Financial ServicesHouse Committee on Foreign AffairsHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs · Middle East and North Africa subcommittee chairHouse Committee on Financial Services · Capital Markets subcommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · Housing and Insurance subcommitteeHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs · Western Hemisphere subcommittee61 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

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6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

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How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

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Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$8.2MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $250.0K · 33 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$1.9M · 23.5%
Itemized individual$2.8M · 33.8%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$425.9K · 5.2%
All other$3.1M · 37.5%

FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.189

Social (dim 2)0.229

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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