Gary J. Palmer

Where Gary stands

On 536 recorded votes where members disagreed, Gary was on the prevailing side 465 times and in the minority 71 times. The minority votes were most often on other / uncategorized and defense & foreign affairs.

• Fiscal Policy - Budget AllocationYes 53, No 13
  • Voted yes on HJRES139: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government. Failed 211 to 207, Mar 18, 2026. Record
  • Voted no on HRES713: Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and removing her from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the Budget. Passed 214 to 213, Sep 17, 2025. Record

What they bring forward

Topics of the bills they introduced, grouped into descriptive policy areas by the wording of each official title.

• Public Health & Human Services7 bills
• Environmental Land Acquisition7 bills
• Infrastructure - Water & Stormwater6 bills
• Technology & Privacy5 bills
• Public Safety & Emergency Services4 bills
• Fiscal Policy - Taxation4 bills
• Defense & Foreign Affairs3 bills
• Not in a single policy area

When the vote split

Unanimous votes say little about how members differ. These are the recorded votes where members disagreed, most recent first.

• Yea
• Nay
• Absent or not voting
• Abstain or present

1. Sep 16, 2026

   U.S. House

   S2403: Retire through Ownership Act

   On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

   Passed 401 to 14. Official record

   Palmer
2. Sep 16, 2026

   U.S. House

   HR5334: An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes

   On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments

Bills they introduced

• H.J.Res. 211 (119th Congress), Environmental Land AcquisitionProviding congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles".Latest recorded action (2026-08-06): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• H.R. 9617 (119th Congress), Environmental Land AcquisitionCHARM ActLatest recorded action (2026-09-16): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
• H.R. 1628 (119th Congress)761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal ActLatest recorded action (2025-02-26): Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Where the campaign money comes from

Totals from official campaign finance reports. Occupations and locations are as reported by each contributor.

Committee assignments

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on EnvironmentChair
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Operations

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