Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen

Democrat · Michigan-8 · House of Representatives

Kristen Lee McDonald Rivet is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Michigan Senate for the 35th district, where she was the assistant majority floor leader from 2023 to 2025. Her district, located in Central Michigan, includes Flint and the Tri-Cities metropolitan area of Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City.

Voting record

Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 36.3% of the time.
Alignment with the district's political lean: 55.1%.
Bills sponsored: 13; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen

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 Not Voting 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 Nay 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 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 Yea on Extends deadline to prosecute pandemic jobless fraud — Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Voted Yea on Mandate federal data collection on officer attacks — Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act

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