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U.S. Representative · Pennsylvania 5th District
Mary Gay Scanlon
DemocratDistrict D+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score24#338 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Mary Gay Scanlon’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1214 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3805
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 26 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 26 of the 2092 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 539, H.R. 842, H.R. 879, H.R. 909 and 21 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 539 Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 879 Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
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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
- 7.9 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on RulesMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the HouseRanking Member
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on The Constitution and Limited GovernmentRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Scanlon← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.460 is 0.07 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-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1851–1900 of 1964 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.J.Res. 163A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 24 | Entrenched |
| S.J.Res. 172 |