Nellie Pou

U.S. Representative, NJ-9

Democratic New Jersey 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

Criminal Justice & Policing 1 Government Operations & Budget 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, NJ-9 current New Jersey	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NJ-9 current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 1, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Homeland Security — Counterterrorism and Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Aviation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and Transit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Water Resources and Environment unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.293, social dim. -0.023. 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	Yea	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

660 recorded contributions totalling $841,182. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 55 of 660 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	50	$147,125	17%
Small-dollar	5	$300	0%
Unclassified	605	$693,757	82%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$5,000	MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Oct 5, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Oct 7, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Oct 10, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	BLUE POWER PAC	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	CHC BOLD PAC	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	LATINO VICTORY FUND	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC)	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	DEMAND JUSTICE PAC	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 25, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 19, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

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