Rep. Begich, Nicholas J.

Republican · Alaska · House of Representatives

Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr. was an American politician, school counselor, and school administrator. He served in the Alaska state senate for eight years before being elected in 1970 as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He is presumed to have died in the crash of a light aircraft in Alaska in October 1972; his body was never found. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 100% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 11.9% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 76.2%.
• Bills sponsored: 26; passed into law: 5.

Recent votes by Rep. Begich, Nicholas J.

• Voted Yea on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Voted Yea on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
• Voted Nay on Exempts active military pay from income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Nay on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Nay on Raises passenger fees for airport improvements — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Yea on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Nay on Require Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist designation — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Yea on Require citizenship proof to register to vote — SAVE Act
• Voted Yea on Reduces tax withholding for Taiwan residents earning U.S. income — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States
• Voted Yea on Expands police chase authority in Washington DC — District of Columbia Policing Protection Act
• Voted Yea on Funds federal government through September 2026 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
• Voted Yea on Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications"; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Other Alaska representatives

• Sen. Murkowski, Lisa (Republican)
• Sen. Sullivan, Dan (Republican)

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