Rep. Bynum, Janelle S.

Democrat · Oregon-5 · House of Representatives

Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 24.2% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 57.2%.
• Bills sponsored: 17; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Rep. Bynum, Janelle S.

• Voted Not Voting on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Nay on Tightens banking sanctions on Russia — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
• Voted Yea on Exempts active military pay from federal income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Yea on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Yea on Increases airport passenger fees through 2030 — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Not Voting on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Yea on Designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Nay on House approves fiscal 2026 appropriations amendment — Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
• Voted Yea on Cuts taxes 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 Nay on Expands police chase authority in Washington DC — District of Columbia Policing Protection Act
• Voted Nay on Opens Alaska oil reserve to more leasing — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
• Voted Yea on Extends deadline to prosecute pandemic jobless fraud — Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act

Other Oregon representatives

• Rep. Bentz, Cliff (Republican)
• Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne (Democrat)
• Rep. Dexter, Maxine (Democrat)
• Rep. Hoyle, Val T. (Democrat)
• Sen. Merkley, Jeff (Democrat)
• Rep. Salinas, Andrea (Democrat)
• Sen. Wyden, Ron (Democrat)

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