Rep. Kelly, Trent
Republican · Mississippi-1 · House of Representatives
John Trent Kelly is an American lawyer, politician, and retired major general from the Mississippi National Guard serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the district attorney of Mississippi's 1st Judicial District from 2012 to 2015.
Voting record
- Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
- Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 15.0% of the time.
- Alignment with the district's political lean: 71.9%.
- Bills sponsored: 67; passed into law: 2.
Recent votes by Rep. Kelly, Trent
- Voted Yea on House sets debate rules for Gulf rename and Confucius Institute bills — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘‘Gulf of America”, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.
- Voted Yea on Funds Congress and legislative agencies for 2025 — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025
- Voted Nay 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 Nay 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 Yea 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 Yea 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 House sets debate rules for 2025 funding bills — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
- Voted Yea on Bill title unclear; insufficient text provided — Supporting America’s Children and Families Act
- Voted Yea on Limits temporary U.S. Attorney appointments by judges — D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act
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