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U.S. Representative · Oregon 5th District
Janelle S. Bynum
DemocratDistrict D+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score71#64 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Janelle S. Bynum’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1508 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3705
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 · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 15 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 15 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1107 and 10 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 309 National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1107 Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
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
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 22nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Bynum← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.288 is 0.11 to the right 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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.J.Res. 82A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 76
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