Connolly, Gerald E.
D VA-11 house
Official profile: https://www.congress.gov/member/gerald-e-connolly/C001078
Congress bioguide ID: C001078
Issue positions (current Congress)
Nearest impartial position on each issue, inferred from Yea/Nay votes and each bill's stance map (what a Yea vs Nay advances). This is not a Support/Oppose score for the issue topic. Unmapped counts are real votes that still lack a catalog mapping — not non-votes. See Methodology.
Social Security & Medicare
Nearest position: Protect current benefit structure
Confidence: medium · 5 mapped votes · 3 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 3 → protect-benefits-status ★
- 1 → delivery-and-integrity
- 1 → solvency-via-adjustments
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 3 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Education
Nearest position: Local control / limit federal role
Confidence: medium · 7 mapped votes · 3 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 4 → local-control-limit-federal ★
- 1 → sex-based-sports-eligibility
- 1 → transparency-parental-rights
- 1 → gender-identity-inclusive-participation
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 3 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Inflation & Cost of Living
Nearest position: Tied: Direct household cost relief · Macro restraint (fiscal/monetary framing)
Confidence: medium · 4 mapped votes · 5 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 2 → household-relief ★
- 2 → macro-tight-policy ★
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 5 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Gun Policy
Nearest position: Catalog gap — 5 real Yea/Nay votes on this issue could not be mapped to a catalog position (not an absence).
Confidence: none · 0 mapped votes · 5 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 5 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Voting & Elections
Nearest position: Expand ballot access and participation
Confidence: medium · 6 mapped votes · 3 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 6 → access-expansion ★
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 3 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Nearest position: Tougher penalties and enforcement
Confidence: high · 10 mapped votes · 7 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 5 → tougher-penalties-enforcement ★
- 4 → status-quo-reject-change
- 1 → treatment-prevention
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 7 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Public Lands & Wildlife
Nearest position: Conservation and preservation first
Confidence: high · 10 mapped votes
- 8 → conservation-preservation-first ★
- 2 → access-multiple-use
Veterans Affairs
Nearest position: Expand benefits and access
Confidence: medium · 6 mapped votes
- 4 → expand-benefits-access ★
- 1 → care-quality-capacity
- 1 → status-quo-reject-change
Housing
Nearest position: Catalog gap — 3 real Yea/Nay votes on this issue could not be mapped to a catalog position (not an absence).
Confidence: none · 0 mapped votes · 3 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 3 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Regulation & Agency Oversight
Nearest position: Process, transparency, and reporting
Confidence: high · 39 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 14 → process-transparency-reporting ★
- 13 → preserve-agency-rules
- 7 → deregulatory-burden-reduction
- 4 → status-quo-reject-change
- 1 → disapprove-nullify-rules
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Taxes & Government Spending
Nearest position: Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: high · 22 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 8 → status-quo-reject-change ★
- 5 → lower-taxes-constrain-spend
- 4 → revenue-for-programs
- 3 → process-fiscal-rules
- 1 → targeted-incentives
- 1 → disaster-tax-administration
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Healthcare
Nearest position: Tied: Public health and system capacity · Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: low · 2 mapped votes · 13 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 1 → public-health-capacity ★
- 1 → status-quo-reject-change ★
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 13 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Congressional Procedure
Nearest position: Protect minority rights and open deliberation
Confidence: high · 17 mapped votes · 7 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 13 → protect-minority-deliberation ★
- 2 → adopt-majority-agenda-rules
- 1 → status-quo-reject-change
- 1 → transparency-ethics-process
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 7 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Foreign Policy & Sanctions
Nearest position: Engagement, diplomacy, and conditioned aid
Confidence: high · 12 mapped votes
- 6 → engagement-diplomacy-aid ★
- 3 → status-quo-reject-change
- 2 → sanctions-pressure
- 1 → democracy-human-rights-abroad
Abortion & Reproductive Policy
Nearest position: Tied: Federal protections for access · Federal restrictions or limited federal funding
Confidence: medium · 4 mapped votes · 5 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 2 → protect-access ★
- 2 → restrict-federal-role ★
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 5 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Immigration & Border
Nearest position: Incremental or status-quo oriented
Confidence: high · 11 mapped votes · 4 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 5 → incremental-status-quo ★
- 3 → status-quo-reject-change
- 1 → legal-pathways-asylum
- 1 → enforcement-deterrence
- 1 → tech-surveillance-capacity
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 4 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Energy & Climate
Nearest position: Accelerate clean-energy transition
Confidence: high · 21 mapped votes · 4 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 15 → accelerate-clean-transition ★
- 4 → status-quo-reject-change
- 1 → reliability-affordability
- 1 → expand-domestic-production
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 4 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Defense & National Security
Nearest position: Reduce defense outlays or scope
Confidence: high · 10 mapped votes
- 5 → reduce-defense-outlays ★
- 2 → force-structure-readiness
- 2 → homeland-border-security-ops
- 1 → acquisition-reform-efficiency
Labor & Employment
Nearest position: Catalog gap — 9 real Yea/Nay votes on this issue could not be mapped to a catalog position (not an absence).
Confidence: none · 0 mapped votes · 9 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 9 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Issue positions (tenure / cumulative)
| Issue | Nearest position | Mapped | Unmapped (cast) | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regulation & Agency Oversight | Process, transparency, and reporting | 39 | 2 | high |
| Immigration & Border | Incremental or status-quo oriented | 11 | 4 | high |
| Criminal Justice & Public Safety | Tougher penalties and enforcement | 10 | 7 | high |
| Energy & Climate | Accelerate clean-energy transition | 21 | 4 | high |
| Veterans Affairs | Expand benefits and access | 6 | 0 | medium |
| Education | Local control / limit federal role | 7 | 3 | medium |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Status quo / reject this change | 22 | 2 | high |
| Labor & Employment | Catalog gap (9 votes cast, not yet mapped) | 0 | 9 | none |
| Social Security & Medicare | Protect current benefit structure | 5 | 3 | medium |
| Housing | Catalog gap (3 votes cast, not yet mapped) | 0 | 3 | none |
| Foreign Policy & Sanctions | Engagement, diplomacy, and conditioned aid | 12 | 0 | high |
| Voting & Elections | Expand ballot access and participation | 6 | 3 | medium |
| Congressional Procedure | Protect minority rights and open deliberation | 17 | 7 | high |
| Inflation & Cost of Living | Direct household cost relief · Macro restraint (fiscal/monetary framing) | 4 | 5 | medium |
| Abortion & Reproductive Policy | Federal protections for access · Federal restrictions or limited federal funding | 4 | 5 | medium |
| Gun Policy | Catalog gap (5 votes cast, not yet mapped) | 0 | 5 | none |
| Healthcare | Public health and system capacity · Status quo / reject this change | 2 | 13 | low |
| Public Lands & Wildlife | Conservation and preservation first | 10 | 0 | high |
| Defense & National Security | Reduce defense outlays or scope | 10 | 0 | high |
Vote history
| Position | Roll | Question | Official |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not Voting | house #116 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #122 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Jeffries | house #2 | Election of the Speaker | Roll call |
| Nay | house #96 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #100 · Bill | On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #101 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #113 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #114 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #115 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #117 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #118 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #119 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #102 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #103 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #107 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #59 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #60 · Bill | On Motion to Table | Roll call |
| Nay | house #61 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #62 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #63 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #64 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #65 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #14 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #30 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #38 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Yea | house #43 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #51 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #52 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #53 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #54 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #55 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #58 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #74 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #77 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #80 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #82 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #83 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #85 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #86 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #87 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #88 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #89 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #90 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #91 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #92 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #68 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #69 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #70 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #71 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #72 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #73 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #75 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #81 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #84 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #93 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #94 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #95 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #97 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #98 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #99 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #104 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #111 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #121 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #46 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #47 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #66 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #67 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #78 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #127 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #136 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #123 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #124 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #125 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #126 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #128 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #129 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #130 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #131 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #132 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #133 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #120 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #134 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #135 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #137 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #16 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Yea | house #22 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #23 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #24 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #25 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #26 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #27 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #28 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #29 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #3 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #31 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #32 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #33 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #34 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #35 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #36 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #37 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #4 · Bill | On Motion to Commit with Instructions | Roll call |
| Nay | house #42 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #44 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #48 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #49 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #5 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #50 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #79 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #105 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #106 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #108 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #109 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #110 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #112 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #17 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #18 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #19 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #20 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #21 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Present | house #1 | Call by States | Roll call |
| Yea | house #10 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #11 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #12 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #13 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #15 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #6 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #41 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #8 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #9 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #39 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #40 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #7 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #45 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #56 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #57 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #76 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |