DemocratBrendan F. Boyle
U.S. Representative · Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's 2nd district
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
5 tracked promises
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How they won their seat
Brendan F. Boyle won the 2024 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania (District 2) with 71.5% of the vote (193,691 votes).
- Brendan F. Boyle · Democrat71.5%193,691
- Aaron Bashir · Republican28.5%77,355
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Brendan F. Boyle's record shows a concentration on health care, taxation, and budgetary issues. He has sponsored multiple bills related to health care, such as the Protecting Americans’ Health Care Act and the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, indicating a pattern of bills related to health care accessibility and financial sustainability. Additionally, his involvement in the Debt Ceiling Reform Act and various tax-related bills indicates a pattern of involvement in fiscal responsibility and tax-related legislation. Focus areas (from the record): Health Care · Taxation · Federal Budget · Social Security · Economic Policy Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Boyle's sponsored bills are related to his declared positions on health care and taxation, particularly the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act and the Paying a Fair Share Act. His committee memberships further support these themes, particularly in health and budgetary matters. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of his sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes; There is no information on his engagement in unlogged activities or informal efforts; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication and advocacy strategies. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Brendan F. Boyle has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2026. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Brendan F. Boyle has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$15K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$349K32%
- PAC / committee$715K66%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Ways and MeansOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on Ways and Means — TradeOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Ways and Means — HealthOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Not yet ratedNo promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.
The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.
Integrity over time
Topic coverage
5 promises across 5 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Federal Budget & Debt Ceiling1
- Social Security & Medicare1
- Taxes / Cost of Living1
- Taxes / Tax Fairness1
- Taxes / Wealth Tax1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)5100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
5 tracked promises
“Enact Boyle's Gas Price Relief Act (H.R. 8600) to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax when the national average price of gasoline exceeds roughly $4 per gallon, fully offset by ending certain oil-and-gas company subsidies.”
“Enact the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, which Boyle co-leads in the House, imposing a 2% annual tax on household net worth above $50 million plus an additional 1% annual surtax on net worth above $1 billion.”
“Enact the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, which Boyle sponsors, to end debt-ceiling brinkmanship by giving the Treasury Secretary authority to keep paying the nation's bills unless both chambers of Congress pass a veto-proof resolution of disapproval.”
“Pass the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, which Boyle co-leads with Sen. Whitehouse, requiring taxpayers earning over $400,000 to pay a fairer share so that Social Security and Medicare solvency is extended by at least 75 years.”
“Pass the Paying a Fair Share Act (the 'Buffett Rule'), which Boyle leads in the House, to set a 30% minimum effective tax rate on individuals earning more than $1 million per year.”
Verified record
131 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $2,098,099, spent $688,760, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9623: Protecting Americans’ Health Care Act of 2026 ↗Jul 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9542: Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2026 ↗Jun 30, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1403: Expressing the sense of Congress that Medicaid is an important lifeline for the health care of millions of Americans. ↗Jun 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8741: Philadelphia Campaign Two Hundred and Fiftieth Commemoration Commission Act ↗May 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8600: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily suspend certain fuel excise taxes for fuel separated during periods in which the national average price of gasoline exceeds $3.99 per gallon, and to prohibit certain credits or deductions for oil and gas companies during such periods. ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7763: Protecting American History Act ↗Mar 3, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 960: Expressing support for the designation of November 2025 as "National Lung Cancer Awareness Month" and expressing support for early detection and treatment of lung cancer. ↗Dec 18, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5708: Federal Employees Civil Relief Act ↗Oct 8, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5380: Labor Market Response Act ↗Sep 16, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5220: Congressional Power of the Purse Act ↗Sep 9, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4634: Debt Ceiling Reform Act ↗Jul 23, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3271: Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act ↗May 8, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 131 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 271
- Nay
- 358
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 26
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Nay
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Nay
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
6 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Taxes / Cost of LivingStated position
Enact Boyle's Gas Price Relief Act (H.R. 8600) to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax when the national average price of gasoline exceeds roughly $4 per gallon, fully offset by ending certain oil-and-gas company subsidies.
SourcesCongress.gov (H.R. 8600, 119th Congress)The Philadelphia InquirerCBS News PhiladelphiaView position & sources → - Taxes / Wealth TaxStated position
Enact the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, which Boyle co-leads in the House, imposing a 2% annual tax on household net worth above $50 million plus an additional 1% annual surtax on net worth above $1 billion.
SourcesOffice of Rep. Pramila Jayapal· archivedFinancial Regulation NewsView position & sources → - Federal Budget & Debt CeilingStated position
Enact the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, which Boyle sponsors, to end debt-ceiling brinkmanship by giving the Treasury Secretary authority to keep paying the nation's bills unless both chambers of Congress pass a veto-proof resolution of disapproval.
SourcesCommon DreamsOffice of Senator Jeff Merkley· archivedOffice of Congressman Brendan Boyle· archivedView position & sources → - Social Security & MedicareStated position
Pass the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, which Boyle co-leads with Sen. Whitehouse, requiring taxpayers earning over $400,000 to pay a fairer share so that Social Security and Medicare solvency is extended by at least 75 years.
SourcesOffice of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse· archivedCongress.gov (S.1690, 119th Congress)Office of Congressman Brendan Boyle· archivedView position & sources → - Taxes / Tax FairnessStated position
Pass the Paying a Fair Share Act (the 'Buffett Rule'), which Boyle leads in the House, to set a 30% minimum effective tax rate on individuals earning more than $1 million per year.
SourcesOffice of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse· archivedOffice of Congressman Brendan Boyle· archivedOffice of Senator Chris Van Hollen· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
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