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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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. 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
US House District IL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-14 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District IL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people 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, 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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HR 4593 — SHOWER Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2312 — Tipped Employee Protection Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2270 — Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2262 — Flexibility for Workers Education Act	Nay	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2262 — Flexibility for Workers Education Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 988 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements…	Nay	Jan 13, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 988 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements…	Nay	Jan 13, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6504 — Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act	Yea	Jan 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6500 — AGOA Extension Act	Yea	Jan 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2683 — Remote Access Security Act	Yea	Jan 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5184 — Affordable HOMES Act	Nay	Jan 9, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1834 — Breaking the Gridlock Act	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 780 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 131 — Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 504 — Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 780 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.	Yea	Jan 7, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 977 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead…	Nay	Jan 7, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 977 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead…	Nay	Jan 7, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Call of the House	Present	Jan 6, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 498 — Do No Harm in Medicaid Act	Nay	Dec 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 498 — Do No Harm in Medicaid Act	Yea	Dec 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 845 — Pet and Livestock Protection Act	Nay	Dec 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,017 recorded contributions totalling $3,175,926. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 501 of 1017 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	428	$1,299,850	41%
Corporate PAC	56	$429,505	14%
Super PAC	17	$101,048	3%
Unclassified	516	$1,345,523	42%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$43,000	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$41,500	DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 21, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$38,250	—	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)	Super PAC	Oct 4, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$34,500	—	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)	Super PAC	Oct 4, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$23,500	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 11, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$15,500	REPRESENTATION MATTERS: VITAL VOICES IN THE HOUSE	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,500	ONEIDA TWO	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,500	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 12, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,563	SERVE AMERICA VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 18, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,000	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Dec 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,162	—	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)	Super PAC	Oct 4, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$9,000	DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,000	LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,625	—	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)	Super PAC	Oct 4, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$7,170	314 ACTION IMPACT SLATE - UNITEMIZED	LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Dec 26, 2023	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.