Timothy M. Kennedy, D-NY

Timothy M. Kennedy is a Democratic Representative from New York's House District 26.

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Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• hres334-119 - Amending House Resolution 211 with respect to a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025, and House Resolution 313 with respect to a national emergency declared by the President on April 2, 2025.
• hres304-119 - Amending House Resolution 211 to ensure that days occurring during the first session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress constitute calendar days for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025.
• hr6201-119 - To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to administer the Next Generation Warning System grant program and disburse obligated funds under such program, and for other purposes.
• hr3975-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a lookback rule in the case of certain federally declared disasters for amounts related to earned income for purposes of determining certain tax credits. (aka Tax Fairness for Disaster Victims Act)
• hr2855-119 - To limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of Federal funds made available for the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Medical Research Funding Act)
• hr2719-119 - To provide for the awarding of the Purple Heart to certain veterans who experienced a traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes. (aka Staff Sergeant John D. Martek Purple Heart Restoration Act)
• hr2721-119 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and carry out a pilot program to furnish a headstone or burial marker to veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, and for other purposes. (aka Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025)
• hr1706-119 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the "William J. Donovan Post Office Building".
• hr2780-119 - To temporarily expand the supplemental nutrition assistance program income eligibility of households that include certain veterans. (aka Setting the Table for Transition Act)
• hr2720-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the termination of a certain educational assistance program, and for other purposes. (aka Gold Star Family Education Parity Act)
• hr437-119 - To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to expand assistance related to winter storms, and for other purposes. (aka SNOW Act of 2025)
• hr4037-119 - To clarify coverage of occupational therapy under the Medicare program. (aka Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act.)
• hr5635-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in connection with the furnishing of health care under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. (aka Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025)
• hr3106-119 - To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes. (aka Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025)
• hr2856-119 - To limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of certain Federal funds made available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. (aka Great Lakes and National Weather Service Funding Protection Act)
• hr4596-119 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the right of members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States and First Nations individuals in Canada to cross the borders of the United States. (aka McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act)
• hr2722-119 - To limit the deferral or transfer of Federal funds made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit layoffs and other personnel actions at the Department, and for other purposes. (aka VA Funding and Workforce Protection Act)
• hr2723-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum guaranty amount for loans made to certain veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. (aka VA Home Loan GRACE Act of 2025)
• hr4683-119 - To increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and support staff and to require reports that identify staffing, infrastructure, and equipment needed to enhance security at ports of entry. (aka Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act of 2025)
• hr2938-119 - To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Wheatfield, New York.
• hr862-119 - To reduce commuting burdens on Transportation Security Administration employees, and for other purposes. (aka TSA Commuting Fairness Act)
• hr3398-119 - To prohibit the purchase, ownership, or possession of enhanced body armor by civilians, with exceptions. (aka Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act)

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.