Lauren Underwood

U.S. Representative, IL-14

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

Healthcare 3 Agriculture 2 Economy & Taxes 1 Environment & Energy 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, IL-14 current Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-14 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-14 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-14 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District IL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District IL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Appropriations — Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.593, social dim. 0.298. 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	Nay	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
$4,158,559	$3,890,543	$1,055,102	$0	$43,567	$419	$4,114,991

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 22, 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
$3,074,878	$0	$3,074,878

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$43,000	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 27, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$41,500	DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 21, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$23,500	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 11, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$15,500	REPRESENTATION MATTERS: VITAL VOICES IN THE HOUSE	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$13,500	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 12, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$13,500	ONEIDA TWO	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$11,563	SERVE AMERICA VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 18, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$11,000	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Dec 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$9,000	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$9,000	DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,170	314 ACTION IMPACT SLATE - UNITEMIZED	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Dec 26, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,000	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 22, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$6,421	SERVE AMERICA VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 5, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$6,000	112-116 E GALENA BLVD	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Apr 24, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,998	NGP VAN, INC	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	May 9, 2023	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	Support	$101,048 (17 records)	Feb 1, 2023–Oct 4, 2024 · as of Oct 4, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD