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Richard E. Neal

Democratic · MA · U.S. Representative, Massachusetts 1st Congressional District

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A Democratic U.S. representative and former Springfield mayor, Neal is ranking member of House Ways and Means. He focuses on health care access, retirement security, and tax policy.

Where Richard E. Neal stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (6 records), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record),

Mixed record

U.S.-Israel Ties (2 support · 1 oppose)

Campaign Finance Information — United States Representative, Congressional District 1

Campaign Finance Information

Data last updated September 21, 2026

Raised
$2,462,685
Spent
$3,074,234
Cash on hand
$3,276,321
Debts
$0

Spent can be higher than Raised because campaigns can also use money that Raised does not count, like loans or funds from earlier years.

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • CEO$329,283
  • ATTORNEY$252,330
  • CONSULTANT$163,250
  • PRESIDENT$142,731
  • EXECUTIVE$82,200

PAC money by interest

Donations sent through groups

Source: FEC · 2026 cycle · fec.gov

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 6 support

  • Voted against the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which reduced Medicaid and food-assistance spending while extending and changing federal tax provisions. The House passed it 218-214.

    July 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Led Ways and Means work on the Inflation Reduction Act, including Medicare drug negotiation, a $35 monthly insulin cap for Medicare, extended health-insurance subsidies, clean-energy investment, and a corporate minimum tax.

    August 16, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, adding enhanced background checks for younger gun buyers and funding mental-health and community-safety programs.

    June 24, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Led Ways and Means work on nearly $1 trillion of the American Rescue Plan, including child-care and health-coverage assistance and the Butch Lewis pension rescue for more than one million workers and retirees.

    March 11, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Led Ways and Means work on CARES Act provisions that expanded unemployment compensation, provided direct economic payments, and allowed greater telehealth flexibility during the pandemic.

    March 27, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted for the Affordable Care Act, which barred major insurance practices such as lifetime coverage limits and denials for children with pre-existing conditions. The House passed it 219-212.

    March 21, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support

  • Led Ways and Means work on the Inflation Reduction Act, including Medicare drug negotiation, a $35 monthly insulin cap for Medicare, extended health-insurance subsidies, clean-energy investment, and a corporate minimum tax.

    August 16, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support

  • Won enactment of his bipartisan SECURE 2.0 retirement legislation, expanding automatic enrollment and tax credits for small businesses that start workplace retirement plans.

    December 29, 2022Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 2 support

  • Won enactment of his bipartisan SECURE 2.0 retirement legislation, expanding automatic enrollment and tax credits for small businesses that start workplace retirement plans.

    December 29, 2022Supports Labor Rights

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Led Ways and Means work on nearly $1 trillion of the American Rescue Plan, including child-care and health-coverage assistance and the Butch Lewis pension rescue for more than one million workers and retirees.

    March 11, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 3 support

  • Voted against the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which reduced Medicaid and food-assistance spending while extending and changing federal tax provisions. The House passed it 218-214.

    July 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Led Ways and Means work on nearly $1 trillion of the American Rescue Plan, including child-care and health-coverage assistance and the Butch Lewis pension rescue for more than one million workers and retirees.

    March 11, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Led Ways and Means work on CARES Act provisions that expanded unemployment compensation, provided direct economic payments, and allowed greater telehealth flexibility during the pandemic.

    March 27, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 1 support

  • Voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, adding enhanced background checks for younger gun buyers and funding mental-health and community-safety programs.

    June 24, 2022Supports Gun Control

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support

  • Received Planned Parenthood Action Fund's endorsement for the 2026 election in Massachusetts' 1st Congressional District.

    September 14, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Foreign Trade

Foreign Trade · 1 support

  • Helped enact the CHIPS and Science Act, providing incentives for domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research.

    August 9, 2022Supports Foreign Trade

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 1 support

  • Led Ways and Means work on the Inflation Reduction Act, including Medicare drug negotiation, a $35 monthly insulin cap for Medicare, extended health-insurance subsidies, clean-energy investment, and a corporate minimum tax.

    August 16, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 2 support

  • Helped enact the CHIPS and Science Act, providing incentives for domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research.

    August 9, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Helped enact the bipartisan infrastructure law, supporting long-term transportation, broadband, water, and other public-infrastructure investment.

    November 15, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Peaceful Foreign Policy

Peaceful Foreign Policy · 1 support

  • Traveled to Ireland after the Irish Republican Army ceasefire and met Irish and British officials as part of congressional support for a peace process that produced the Good Friday Agreement.

    September 1, 1994Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — U.S.-Israel Ties

U.S.-Israel Ties · 2 support · 1 oppose

  • Voted against H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.

    May 16, 2024Opposes U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted for H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.

    April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted for H.R. 5323, which gave Israel $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to restock its Iron Dome rocket-defense system. The House passed it 420-9. The money later became law inside a 2022 spending bill.

    September 23, 2021Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — General

General · 8 records

  • Voted against H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.

    September 3, 2026

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted for H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.

    May 1, 2024

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted for H.Res. 894, a House resolution that condemned antisemitism and stated that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. The House adopted it 311-14, with 92 members voting present.

    December 5, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted against H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.

    November 2, 2023

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Became chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with jurisdiction over taxes, Social Security, Medicare, trade, and major benefit programs.

    January 3, 2019

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Joined the House Ways and Means Committee, beginning work on federal tax, health, retirement, trade, and social-insurance policy.

    January 5, 1993

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Began serving in the U.S. House after his 1988 election.

    January 3, 1989

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Began serving as mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, after prior service on the City Council.

    January 2, 1984

    Source: neal.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

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Profile last researched September 19, 2026.