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Deborah K. Ross

U.S. Representative, NC-2

Democratic North Carolina 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

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, NC-2 current
North Carolina
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NC-2
North Carolina
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NC-2
North Carolina
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.387, social dim. 0.004. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Nay Jul 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Nay Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1919 — Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act Nay Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Nay Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3633 — Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Nay Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1717 — Communications Security Act Yea Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 15, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1596 — Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1770 — Consumer Safety Technology Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1709 — Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 2, 2025 Agreed to U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 516 — Condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California. Nay Jun 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,013 recorded contributions totalling $1,838,170. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 147 of 1013 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 134 $382,453 21%
Super PAC 13 $11,680 1%
Unclassified 866 $1,444,037 79%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$7,462 NCAAT IN ACTION Super PAC Nov 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 ACTBLUE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified May 14, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 COOPER, JOHN D JR. DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS Big donor May 8, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,000 UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 LIVE OAK BANK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 EMERGEORTHO P.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 13, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 19, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 11, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified May 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 KELLANOVA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 19, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

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

Sponsored legislation (5 as lead sponsor)

Social media

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