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Gregory W. Meeks

15th term · 29.7 years in office: 14 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · NY-5 · Democrat · since Jan 1997

Gregory W. Meeks

Bills authored 19Missed votes 25 of 524Party unity 47% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 88 sponsorship records on file.

Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

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

29.7YRS

In office · 15th term · since Jan 1997

111,736VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 48.22%

Certified result

95.23%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs ranking memberHouse Committee on Financial ServicesHouse Committee on Financial Services · Capital Markets subcommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · Financial Institutions subcommittee19 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated; voted 45 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 38 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: not yet stated; voted 33 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 51 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 62 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 57 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

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.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

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

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

$1.7MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $50.0K · 35 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$928.3K · 53.2%
  • Itemized individual$578.3K · 33.1%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$2.0K · 0.1%
  • All other$236.4K · 13.5%
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)-0.415
Social (dim 2)-0.059

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

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