Thanedar, Shri

Introduced the Health Disparity Zones Act, proposing that federal health officials label low-income areas with poor health outcomes as Health Disparity Zones. In those zones the bill gives employers a tax credit worth 40 percent of eligible wages and raises Medicare payment rates by 10 percent.

June 26, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Led a letter to the acting heads of the FDA and CDC over a surge in cyclosporiasis cases, asking them to keep the public better informed.

July 28, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Shri Thanedar signed a discharge petition to force a House vote on the bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act, intended to speed first contracts for newly unionized workers.

June 16, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which sets deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sends stalled talks to mediation and arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.

June 9, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Introduced a bill to let people cancel federal student loan debt in bankruptcy. Current law allows that only if a borrower proves undue hardship.

June 4, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Shri Thanedar signed a discharge petition to force a House vote on the bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act, intended to speed first contracts for newly unionized workers.

June 16, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which sets deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sends stalled talks to mediation and arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.

June 9, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Told the House he had filed impeachment articles against President Trump. His resolution listed seven charges, including defying court orders and taking foreign payments.

May 13, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Introduced a bill with Rep. Bennie Thompson setting rules for how Homeland Security documents and justifies its spending on major purchases.

July 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Shri Thanedar introduced the DHS CANDOR Act to require Department of Homeland Security policies and training for public-facing communications and social-media use.

June 9, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Campaigned against a planned ICE detention center in Romulus, holding press conferences at the site and petitioning against it. ICE dropped the plan.

June 18, 2026Supports Immigration

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Shri Thanedar introduced ten amendments to the DHS reconciliation bill to restrict warehouse detention funding, increase detention accountability, and add immigration-enforcement oversight provisions.

June 9, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 1689, which orders the Department of Homeland Security to grant Haitians temporary protected status for 18 months, letting them work and shielding them from immigration detention. It passed the House 224-204.

April 16, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted against H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, which the House passed 264-159. The bill would have made federal officers detain immigrants in the country unlawfully who are charged with burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. It would also have let state attorneys general sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. H.R. 29 itself never became law. The Senate passed its own broader version, S. 5, adding assault on an officer and crimes causing death or serious injury. The House passed S. 5 on January 22, 2025, and it became law a week later.

January 7, 2025Supports Immigration

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Shri Thanedar introduced the BLANKET Act to authorize grants for state, local, nonprofit, and public housing agencies to provide severe-weather resources for homeless populations.

June 11, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted against H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which the House passed 217-204. The bill would punish health care workers who did not give a baby born alive after an attempted abortion the same care as any newborn. Penalties would be fines or up to five years in prison. It would also require that the baby be taken to a hospital. The Senate has not passed it.

January 23, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which the House passed 218-206. The bill would bar federally funded schools from letting anyone male at birth play on a girls' or women's team. It would define sex by biology and genetics at birth under Title IX, the school anti-discrimination law. The Senate has not passed it.

January 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Introduced a bipartisan bill with Representative Kat Cammack setting rules to protect customers' money and assets held by a commodity broker if that broker goes bankrupt (H.R. 9717).

July 17, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Announced more than $45 million in federal project funding for his district. Grants covered stormwater cleanout in Dearborn Heights, mold removal in Detroit, and 911 upgrades in Taylor.

July 21, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted yes on a resolution ordering the President to pull U.S. forces out of hostilities with Iran. It passed the House 215 to 208.

June 3, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

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Voted against censuring Rep. Al Green of Texas. The censure passed the House 224 to 198.

March 6, 2025

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Voted against passing H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, which sets Defense Department policy, troop levels, equipment purchases and military construction for the year. It passed the House 216-212.

July 22, 2026

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Voted against passing S. 2, the Secure America Act, which provides $70 billion through 2029 to Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for immigration enforcement and border security. It passed the House 214-212.

June 9, 2026

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Voted against H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, a House vote of 214-212 to cancel about $9.4 billion in unspent foreign aid and public broadcasting money. A no vote opposed those cuts. The Senate removed $400 million for global AIDS programs, and the roughly $9 billion version became law July 24, 2025 (Public Law 119-28).

June 12, 2025

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Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.

May 22, 2025

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Voted against H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, which passed the House 220-208. It would require paper proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, shown in person by mail applicants. A no vote was a vote to keep today's system, where applicants swear to their citizenship. The Senate has not taken the bill up.

April 10, 2025

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As a Michigan state representative, he wrote a bill raising certification fees on operators of wastewater discharge facilities. Governor Whitmer signed it as Public Act 91.

October 19, 2021

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