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 6359 Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-47	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll47 US-GOV-PD
HR 6359 Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	On Motion to Recommit	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-46	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll46 US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-45	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll45 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-44	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll44 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-43	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll43 US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-42	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll42 US-GOV-PD
HRES 1014 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for…	On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-41	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll41 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-40	Jan 22, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll40 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-39	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll39 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-38	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll38 US-GOV-PD
HR 6945 Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-37	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll37 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Recommit	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-36	Jan 21, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll36 US-GOV-PD
HRES 1009 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-35	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll35 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-34	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll34 US-GOV-PD
HR 5764 AI for Main Street Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-33	Jan 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll33 US-GOV-PD
HR 5763 Main Street Parity Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-32	Jan 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll32 US-GOV-PD
HR 2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-31	Jan 15, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll31 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Recommit	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-30	Jan 15, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll30 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-29	Jan 15, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll29 US-GOV-PD
HR 7006 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related…	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-28	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll28 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-27	Jan 14, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll27 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-26	Jan 14, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll26 US-GOV-PD
HRES 992 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) making further consolidated appropriations for…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-25	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll25 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-24	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll24 US-GOV-PD
HR 4593 SHOWER Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-23	Jan 13, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll23 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