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U.S. Representative · Massachusetts 1st District
Richard E. Neal
DemocratDistrict D+8119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score28#293 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Richard E. Neal’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office372 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2101
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 33, H.R. 452, H.R. 1004, H.R. 1065, H.R. 1502 and 5 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 33 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1004 Love Lives On Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1065 Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 37.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Ways and MeansRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Joint Committee on TaxationMinority · 4th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Neal← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.417 is 0.02 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 501–550 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 911Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 33
| Middle |
| S. 2882Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 |