Joe Courtney

• BrokenDefense & National Security

  Serves on the House Armed Services Committee and supports defense programs including submarine manufacturing at Electric Boat in Connecticut.

  Nay vote on National Defense Authorization Act passage contradicts support for defense programs including submarine manufacturing.

  🗳 Nay on HR8800 (2026-07-22)

• KeptTaxation & Budget

  Opposes GOP budget and tax proposals seen as favoring wealthy individuals at the expense of middle- and lower-income Americans, citing risks to programs like SNAP and Medicaid.

  Multiple nays on budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and spending bills align with opposing GOP budget proposals that risk social programs.

  🗳 Nay on HCONRES113 (2026-07-22)🗳 Nay on HR9770 (2026-07-21)🗳 Nay on HR8595 (2026-07-15)🗳 Nay on HR8646 (2026-06-04)

• UntestedAbortion

  Supports abortion rights, including opposing restrictions on federal health coverage for abortion and backing embryonic stem cell research and access to emergency contraception.

  No votes or bills address abortion rights, federal coverage restrictions, stem cell research, or emergency contraception.

• UntestedImmigration

  Supports border security and immigration system reform while criticizing GOP-led immigration enforcement funding as misaligned with economic priorities, and has pushed for reforms to ICE practices such as ending mask use and warrantless home entries.

  No votes or bills address border security, immigration reform, ICE practices, or related enforcement funding.

• UntestedEconomy & Jobs

  Emphasizes protecting middle-class economic interests and opposes budget measures that increase the deficit while cutting social services.

  No votes or bills directly address middle-class protections, deficit impacts, or social service cuts in economic context.

• UntestedInfrastructure

  Supported the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to improve transportation, ports, and broadband infrastructure in Connecticut.

  No votes or bills address the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or related transportation and broadband measures.

• UntestedHealth Care

  Supports maintaining and expanding health coverage programs such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, opposing cuts to these programs.

  No votes or bills address Medicaid, Affordable Care Act maintenance, or opposition to cuts in coverage programs.

Verdicts cite the official roll-call record and sponsored bills; positions with nothing on the record yet are marked untested.

• H.R. 10427 — To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to expand the Magnet Schools Assistance Program.

  2026-09-16 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

• H.R. 10360 — To prohibit the transfer of any VC-25B Bridge Aircraft outside of the Department of the Air Force.

  2026-09-14 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

• H.R. 10308 — Strengthening Coast Guard Communities Act of 2026

  2026-09-08 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

• H.R. 3954 — Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026

  2026-05-21 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

• H.R. 3036 — Protecting America’s Workers Act

  2026-04-28 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

• H.R. 2531 — Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act

  2026-04-28 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.