Bill Foster

U.S. Representative, IL-11

Democratic Illinois since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Education 2 Banking & Finance 1 Defense & Military 1 Environment & Energy 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, IL-11 current Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-11 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-11 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-11 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-11 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-11 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-11 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-14 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-14 Illinois	Democratic	Mar 8, 2008	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District IL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-14 United States	Democratic	Mar 8, 2008	Jan 3, 2009	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Financial Services — Financial Institutions — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Financial Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Financial Services — Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Financial Services — National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.238, social dim. -0.220. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
HR 3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization…	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-259	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll259 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-258	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll258 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-257	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll257 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-256	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll256 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-255	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll255 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-254	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll254 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-253	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll253 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-252	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll252 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-251	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll251 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-250	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll250 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-249	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll249 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-248	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll248 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-247	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll247 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-246	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll246 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-245	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll245 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-244	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll244 US-GOV-PD
HRES 682 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3838) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-243	Sep 9, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll243 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-242	Sep 9, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll242 US-GOV-PD
HR 3425 Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-241	Sep 8, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll241 US-GOV-PD
HR 3424 SPACE Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-240	Sep 8, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll240 US-GOV-PD
HR 4553 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-239	Sep 4, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll239 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Recommit	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-238	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll238 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-237	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll237 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-236	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll236 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-235	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll235 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 cycle · official FEC aggregate

Period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · as of Dec 31, 2024 · coverage: official aggregate · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Receipts	Spending	Cash	Debt	Refunds	Self-funding	Net receipts
$3,282,466	$2,537,017	$1,550,565	$1,017,995	$42,320	—	$3,240,146

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 12, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 10:00 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$2,686,662	$0	$2,686,662

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$12,637	BRADDOCK ROAD STRATEGIES	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Feb 10, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,855	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,788	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,427	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Dec 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Feb 1, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	STRUCTURED FINANCE COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (STRUCTURED FINANCE PAC)	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Feb 20, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	LOCAL 881 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Feb 21, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	BMO FINANCIAL CORP GODVERNANCE FUND	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 17, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	FIFTH THIRD BANCORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	May 12, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	HOME DEPOT PAC	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 8, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ONLINE LENDERS ALLIANCE PAC	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	May 24, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	DEMOCRATS TIME IN NEVADA	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Party	Jun 27, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	EXPERIAN NORTH AMERICA, INC PAC	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Apr 11, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	DEMOCRATS TIME IN NEVADA	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Party	Jun 28, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	COMMON GOOD PAC	BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.

Cycle	Position	Itemized spending loaded	Period / as of	Coverage	Source
2024	Oppose	$56,200 (4 records)	Oct 29, 2024–Nov 4, 2024 · as of Nov 4, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	Support	$206,364 (9 records)	Feb 16, 2024–Oct 18, 2024 · as of Oct 18, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD