Paul Tonko

U.S. Representative, NY-20

Democratic New York since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Healthcare 2 Education 1 Social Services & Welfare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, NY-20 current New York	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-20 New York	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NY-20 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-20 New York	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NY-20 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NY-20 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-20 New York	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NY-20 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-20 New York	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-20 New York	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NY-20 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NY-20 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-20 New York	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-21 New York	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NY-21 United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NY-21 New York	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NY-21 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Energy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Oversight and Investigations 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. -0.416, social dim. -0.262. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HRES 1175 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the…	Nay	Apr 17, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1156 — Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.	Nay	Apr 16, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1689 — To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.	Yea	Apr 16, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 965 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary…	Yea	Apr 16, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6398 — RED Tape Act	Nay	Apr 16, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6398 — RED Tape Act	Yea	Apr 16, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6409 — FENCES Act	Nay	Apr 16, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6409 — FENCES Act	Yea	Apr 16, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 40 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with…	Yea	Apr 16, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 965 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary…	Yea	Apr 15, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1174 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and…	Nay	Apr 15, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1174 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and…	Nay	Apr 15, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7613 — ALERT Act	Yea	Apr 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1011 — Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025	Yea	Apr 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1142 — Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1142 — Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Adjourn	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7084 — Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 8029 — Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act	Nay	Mar 26, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 8029 — Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1128 — Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security.	Nay	Mar 26, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5103 — Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025	Nay	Mar 25, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5103 — Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025	Yea	Mar 25, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1131 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8029) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year…	Nay	Mar 25, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1131 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8029) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year…	Nay	Mar 25, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,002 recorded contributions totalling $1,378,905. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 78 of 1002 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Corporate PAC	43	$215,000	16%
Big donor	33	$98,150	7%
Super PAC	2	$682	0%
Unclassified	924	$1,065,073	77%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$5,000	REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 17, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AFL-CIO COPE	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 9, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	BALL CORPORATION PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 2, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	HOLCIM US EMPLOYEES PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN PL OF THE IAMAW	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATSO INC. NATSO PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 25, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	POET PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 25, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	POWERPAC OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	UPSPAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	GROWTH ENERGY PAC	PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 5, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.