Bonnie Watson Coleman

U.S. Representative, NJ-12

Democratic New Jersey 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

Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Criminal Justice & Policing 2 Economy & Taxes 1 Education 1 Healthcare 1 Labor & Employment 1 Social Services & Welfare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 current New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-12 New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-12 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Appropriations — Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.593, social dim. -0.226. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
HRES 916 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-309	Dec 2, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll309 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-308	Dec 2, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll308 US-GOV-PD
HR 4423 No New Burma Funds Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-307	Dec 1, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll307 US-GOV-PD
HR 5348 Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-306	Dec 1, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll306 US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 58 Denouncing the horrors of socialism.	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-305	Nov 21, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll305 US-GOV-PD
HR 1949 Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-304	Nov 20, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll304 US-GOV-PD
HR 3109 REFINER Act	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-303	Nov 20, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll303 US-GOV-PD
HRES 893 Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from the Committee on Armed…	On Motion to Refer	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-302	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll302 US-GOV-PD
HR 6019 To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on…	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-301	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll301 US-GOV-PD
HR 4058 Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-300	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll300 US-GOV-PD
HR 5107 Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-299	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll299 US-GOV-PD
HR 5214 District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-298	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll298 US-GOV-PD
HRES 888 Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-297	Nov 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll297 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Refer	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-293	Nov 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll293 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-296	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll296 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 131 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-295	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll295 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 130 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On Passage	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-294	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll294 US-GOV-PD
HRES 878 Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois.	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-292	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll292 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Table	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-288	Nov 17, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll288 US-GOV-PD
HRES 879 Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-291	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll291 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-290	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll290 US-GOV-PD
HR 4405 Epstein Files Transparency Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-289	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll289 US-GOV-PD
HR 2659 Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-287	Nov 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll287 US-GOV-PD
HR 1608 Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-286	Nov 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll286 US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment	Not voting	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-285	Nov 12, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll285 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
$955,740	$985,004	$39,378	$0	$26,069	—	$929,671

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 12, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 8:22 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$1,152,342	$0	$1,152,342

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Feb 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	FIRSTENERGY CORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 3, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Mar 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	May 17, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 23, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 17, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENDO PAC)	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Apr 18, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	May 13, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Aug 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 25, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jul 3, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO. 9 POLITICAL ACTION ACCOUNT	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Aug 21, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	May 24, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jun 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS PAL	BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jan 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

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	Support	$10 (1 records)	Feb 16, 2024–Feb 16, 2024 · as of Feb 16, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD