Rep. McBride, Sarah

Democrat · Delaware · House of Representatives

Sarah Elizabeth McBride is an American politician, serving as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district, author, and LGBTQ rights activist. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Delaware Senate from January 2021 to January 2025, representing the state's 1st senate district. Prior, she was the national press secretary of the Human Rights Campaign from 2016 to 2021. McBride is the nation's highest ranking openly transgender elected official and the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 99% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 17.6% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 55.8%.
• Bills sponsored: 6; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Rep. McBride, Sarah

• 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 Nay 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 Yea on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Not Voting 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 Yea 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 SBA loan officers must disclose conflicts of interest — Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act
• Voted Nay on Require citizenship proof to register to vote — SAVE Act
• Voted Nay on Funds homeland security operations for fiscal 2026 — Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes
• Voted Nay on Congress can kill multiple rules in one vote — Midnight Rules Relief Act
• Voted Nay on Requires detention of immigrants charged with theft — Laken Riley Act

Other Delaware representatives

• Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Democrat)
• Sen. Coons, Christopher A. (Democrat)

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