Kristen McDonald Rivet

Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes posting nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, a crime and orders 48-hour takedowns. The House passed it 409-2, and it became law on May 19, 2025.

April 28, 2025Supports AI Regulation

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Kristen McDonald Rivet voted against the 2025 Republican reconciliation package, citing its health-care and food-assistance reductions.

July 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025. It renews federal drug addiction prevention, treatment, recovery, and mental health programs through 2030. The House passed it 366-57, and it became law on December 1, 2025 (Public Law 119-44).

June 4, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against passing H.J.Res. 213, which would revoke EPA's approval of California's stricter engine pollution rules for tugboats, ferries, fishing boats and harbor craft. It passed the House 214-208.

September 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against passing H.J.Res. 210, which would revoke EPA's approval of California's rule requiring more ocean-going ships to cut engine pollution while docked. It passed the House 216-211.

September 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.R. 2140, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, which would extend EPA grants through 2029 for replacing or cleaning up old diesel engines. It passed the House 343-79.

September 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.R. 3276, which would write the Urban Bird Treaty Program into law, funding grants for groups that protect birds in cities. It passed the House 345-60.

September 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.R. 4219, which would write the Fish and Wildlife Service's invasive species strike teams for national wildlife refuges into law. It passed the House 371-33.

September 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Kristen McDonald Rivet led her Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding bill through the U.S. House.

March 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on H.R. 845, a bill ordering the Interior Department to drop the gray wolf from the endangered species list, beyond court review. The House passed it 211-204; the bill is in a Senate committee and has not become law.

December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on H.R. 1366, the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, opposing wider mining use of federal land where no valuable mineral deposit was proven. The House passed it 219-198. The Senate has not voted, so it is not law.

December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, opposing cuts to federal environmental reviews and to court challenges against them. The House passed it 221-196. It is pending in a Senate committee and has not become law.

December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act containing McDonald Rivet's first two enacted bills, which protect the Great Lakes and accelerate PFAS cleanup at and around military sites, plus her provision directing a Coast Guard study of reduced search-and-rescue operations at Station Saginaw River.

December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against passing H.R. 1949, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, ending Energy Department approval of gas exports, deemed in the public interest. The House passed it 217-188, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

November 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against sending S.J.Res. 80 to the President, cancelling the 2022 plan that closed about 48% of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to drilling. The House passed it 216-209, and it became Public Law 119-47 on December 5, 2025.

November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 131, which cancelled the 2024 decision closing about 1.2 million acres of the Arctic refuge to oil and gas leasing. The House passed it 217-209, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-52 on December 11, 2025.

November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 130, which cancelled a federal plan change that had ended new coal leasing in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. The House passed it 214-212, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-51 on December 11, 2025.

November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 105, which canceled the federal land plan for North Dakota. That plan guided mineral leasing there and set aside one 960-acre protected area. The House passed it 215-211 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-49).

September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 106, which canceled the federal land plan covering 13.3 million acres in Alaska's Central Yukon area. The plan had protected about 3.6 million acres. The House passed it 215-210 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-50).

September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 104 to cancel the federal land plan for the Miles City field office in eastern Montana, reopening those lands to coal leasing. The House passed it 211-208.

September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against sending S.J.Res. 31 to the President, canceling the EPA rule keeping toxic air pollutant controls on plants moving to a lower category. The House passed it 216-212, and it became law on June 20, 2025 (Public Law 119-20).

May 22, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 88, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce Advanced Clean Cars II, its zero-emission new car rule. The House passed it 246-164. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-16.

May 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 78, which would cancel the Fish and Wildlife Service rule listing the San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt as endangered. The House passed it 216-195 anyway. The Senate never acted, so the fish still has Endangered Species Act protection.

May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Kristen McDonald Rivet voted for the Congressional Review Act resolutions repealing California's electric-vehicle mandate waivers.

May 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 89, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce its Omnibus Low NOx limits on heavy-duty engine pollution. The House passed it 225-196. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-17.

April 30, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 87, which revoked the Clean Air Act waivers letting California enforce its Advanced Clean Trucks and zero-emission fleet standards. The House passed it 231-191. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-15.

April 30, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against passing H.J.Res. 60 by 219-205, cancelling the National Park Service rule that closed an off-road route and shoreline driving areas at Lake Powell. It became law on May 23, 2025 (Public Law 119-13).

April 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 75, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators and freezers. It passed the House 214-193 and became law.

March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 24, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants. It passed the House 203-182 and became law.

March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against passing S.J.Res. 11, canceling the new rule that made offshore oil and gas companies list possible shipwrecks in their drilling plans. The House passed it 221-202, and it became law.

March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 42, which canceled the Energy Department's new rule tightening testing, labeling, and enforcement for appliance efficiency standards. It passed the House 222-203 and became law.

March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 61, which canceled the EPA's 2024 limits on hazardous air pollution from rubber tire factories. It passed the House 216-202 and became law.

March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against H.J.Res. 20, which cancelled the Energy Department's energy efficiency standards for consumer gas-fired tankless water heaters. The House passed it 221-198, the Senate agreed, and it became law in May 2025.

February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 35, 220-206 in the House, using the law that lets Congress cancel new federal rules. It wiped out the EPA rule carrying out the charge on methane leaked by oil and gas facilities. The Senate agreed and the President signed it in March 2025.

February 26, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against passing H.R. 26, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, a bill to bar the President from halting fracking without a law from Congress. The House passed it 226-188, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

February 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, speeding tree-thinning in high-risk wildfire zones on federal land by skipping full environmental review. The House passed it 279-141, but the Senate has not passed it.

January 23, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2023 Senate Bill 482 into law as 2024 Public Act 105, modifying Michigan's requirements for the containment of medical waste.

July 23, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2023 Senate Bill 277 into law as Public Act 230, letting farmland stay enrolled in the PA 116 farmland preservation program during a deferment period of use for commercial solar facilities.

November 29, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2023 Senate Bill 303 into law as Public Act 107, expanding Michigan's property assessed clean energy program to environmental-hazard and new-construction projects and to agricultural and multifamily property.

July 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for H.R. 2550, the Protect America's Workforce Act, cancelling the March 2025 executive order that stripped union bargaining rights from most federal workers. The House passed it 231-195, and the Senate has not voted on it.

December 11, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass H.R. 9576, which would write the Justice Department's new National Fraud Enforcement Division into law. The division, set up in April 2026, investigates fraud against taxpayer-funded programs. It passed the House 352-72.

September 16, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Kristen McDonald Rivet introduced the bipartisan No Profiting from Public Service Act to ban public officials from stock trading and political prediction-market betting.

June 30, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Kristen McDonald Rivet barred herself and her congressional staff from betting on political prediction markets.

May 20, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted to pass H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, ordering the Justice Department to publish its unclassified Jeffrey Epstein investigation records, including flight logs. The House passed it 427-1, the Senate agreed the next day, and it became law on November 19, 2025.

November 18, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Kristen McDonald Rivet and John Moolenaar moved their bipartisan FEMA reform legislation through the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

September 3, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to pass H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. It would require state regulators to consider making big data centers pay the full cost of grid upgrades built for them. It passed the House 417-3.

September 16, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted against passing S.J.Res. 18, sending it to the President to repeal the consumer bureau rule limiting overdraft fees at very large banks to $5. The House passed it 217-211, and it became Public Law 119-10 on May 9, 2025.

April 9, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted to pass H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, raising prison penalties for illegal entry and re-entry, up to life for serious criminals. The House passed it 226-197, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

September 11, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 875, a bill making drunk or drugged driving grounds to bar an immigrant from entry or deport one already here. The House passed it 246-160, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

June 26, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 2056, a bill to bar the District of Columbia from limiting how its agencies share immigration information or honor federal detainers. The House passed it 224-194, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

June 12, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 2966, the American Entrepreneurs First Act, a bill to limit Small Business Administration loans to citizens, nationals, and green card holders. The House passed it 217-190; the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

June 6, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 35, a bill making fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle near the border a crime punishable by prison. The House passed it 264-155, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

February 13, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, sending it to the president to require jailing immigrants here illegally who are arrested for theft. The House passed it 263-156, and it became law on January 29, 2025.

January 22, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 30, a bill barring entry and allowing deportation of non-citizens for sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking or child abuse. The House passed it 274-145, but the Senate has not passed it.

January 16, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, making federal officers detain immigrants here unlawfully who are charged with theft or burglary. The House passed it 264-159; the Senate's broader version, S. 5, became law instead in January 2025.

January 7, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass H.R. 2978, the GUARD Act, which would let police spend federal grants investigating elder financial fraud and crypto 'pig butchering' scams. It passed the House 414-7.

September 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass H.R. 5214, a bill to require pretrial jail for violent crimes in Washington, DC and bar no-cash release for other public-safety crimes. The House passed it 237-179, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

November 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, raising prison penalties for illegal entry and re-entry, up to life for serious criminals. The House passed it 226-197, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

September 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass S. 331, the HALT Fentanyl Act. It permanently placed fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I, the strictest federal drug category, with the same trafficking penalties as fentanyl. The House passed it 321-104, and it became law July 16, 2025 (Public Law 119-26).

June 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass H.R. 35, a bill making fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle near the border a crime punishable by prison. The House passed it 264-155, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.

February 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass H.R. 27, the HALT Fentanyl Act, 312-108 in the House. It permanently places fentanyl-like drugs as a group in Schedule I, the strictest drug class, and applies fentanyl's trafficking penalties. This House bill stalled in the Senate, but the same text became law in July 2025 through S. 331.

February 6, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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McDonald Rivet and Pennsylvania Republican Glenn Thompson introduced the Local Foods for Healthy Schools Act on June 26, 2026. The bill proposes steady federal money for schools to buy fresh food from nearby farms, restoring a USDA local-food purchasing program the department cancelled in 2025.

June 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Introduced the bipartisan Child Care Modernization Act with three colleagues, proposing to renew the main federal child care aid program for the first time since 2014 (Child Care and Development Block Grant). The bill proposes cutting paperwork for providers and adding grants to build and fix child care facilities.

June 10, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Kristen McDonald Rivet voted to pass the Farm Bill through the U.S. House of Representatives.

April 30, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21.

July 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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After sending two letters to the Trump administration, Kristen McDonald Rivet secured the reversal of the planned closure of the Saginaw Social Security Administration office.

April 23, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass H.R. 2243, the LEOSA Reform Act, letting qualified working and retired police carry concealed guns in school zones and national parks. The House passed it 229-193, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

May 14, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Sponsored a law adding Michigan's new firearm safe-storage crimes to the state sentencing guidelines. The Senate passed it 20-17 and the governor signed it (Senate Bill 80, Public Act 16 of 2023).

April 13, 2023Supports Gun Control

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Voted against passing H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, requiring newborn care for a baby born alive after an attempted abortion. The House passed it 217-204, but the Senate has not passed it.

January 23, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass H.R. 884, which would bar noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia elections. It would also repeal the 2022 DC law that let noncitizen residents vote locally. The House passed it 266-148, but the Senate has not acted, so the DC law still stands.

June 10, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, placed into S. 1071, setting defense policy and Defense Department spending. The House passed it 312-112, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025.

December 10, 2025Supports National Defense

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Voted to pass H.R. 3838, the House defense policy bill for fiscal year 2026, authorizing Defense Department and nuclear security funding. The House passed it 231-196; this bill never became law, and S. 1071 became the final 2026 defense law.

September 10, 2025Supports National Defense

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Wrote the Great Lakes Icebreaker Act, which became law in December 2025 as part of the annual defense bill. It orders the Coast Guard to submit a plan to design and build a new Great Lakes icebreaker and to review its current icebreaking fleet.

July 23, 2025Supports National Defense

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Voted to pass H.R. 9500, the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act. It would let scam victims deduct the stolen money on their federal taxes again and waive the 10% penalty on related early retirement withdrawals. It passed the House 408-17.

September 15, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21.

July 3, 2025Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Kristen McDonald Rivet introduced the bipartisan Protect Your PIN Act, letting local law enforcement agencies use federal resources to combat identity theft against workers and seniors.

September 25, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes posting nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, a crime and orders 48-hour takedowns. The House passed it 409-2, and it became law on May 19, 2025.

April 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 25, canceling the IRS rule that made crypto trading services without a central operator report users' sale proceeds. The House passed it 292-132, and it became law.

March 11, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted no on H.R. 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, opposing a ban on federal Medicaid payment for gender transition care for minors. The House passed it 215-201. It is not law.

December 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted no on H.R. 3492, the Protect Children's Innocence Act, opposing federal criminal penalties for providing gender-transition care to minors. The House passed it 216-211. The bill sits in a Senate committee and has not become law.

December 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against passing H.R. 28, a bill to bar federally funded schools from letting anyone male at birth play on girls' or women's teams. The House passed it 218-206, but the Senate has not passed it.

January 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. It would require state regulators to consider making big data centers pay the full cost of grid upgrades built for them. It passed the House 417-3.

September 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass S. 1582, the GENIUS Act, setting federal rules for payment stablecoins, digital tokens meant to hold a steady value. Only approved banks and licensed issuers may issue them, backed one-for-one by reserves. The House passed it 308-122 and it became Public Law 119-27 on July 18, 2025.

July 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against sending S.J.Res. 13 to the President; the House approved it anyway, 220-207. It cancelled the bank regulator's 2024 rule that had ended fast automatic approvals and short application forms for bank mergers. It was signed into law on June 20, 2025 as Public Law 119-19.

May 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against passing S.J.Res. 18, sending it to the President to repeal the consumer bureau rule limiting overdraft fees at very large banks to $5. The House passed it 217-211, and it became Public Law 119-10 on May 9, 2025.

April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against passing S.J.Res. 28, 219-211, sending it to the President to repeal the rule that put the largest digital payment apps under federal supervision. It was signed on May 9, 2025 as Public Law 119-11.

April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act of 2026. It would authorize Army Corps of Engineers projects for ports, waterways, flood protection and ecosystem restoration nationwide. It passed the House 415-9.

September 16, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Helped move the 2026 water infrastructure bill through the House Transportation Committee, winning $50 million for water and sewer work in four mid-Michigan counties (Water Resources Development Act of 2026).

July 14, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored a law making income-based help for buying and fixing up homes eligible for brownfield redevelopment funding. The governor signed it on July 19, 2023 (Senate Bill 130, Public Act 91). The Senate passed it 25-13 and the House 72-37.

July 19, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for H.Con.Res. 93, directing the President to pull U.S. forces out of hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or authorizes force. Forces needed to stop an imminent attack were exempt. It passed the House 220-204.

September 15, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

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Kristen McDonald Rivet voted to pass a War Powers Resolution through the U.S. House curbing the administration's military activity in Iran.

July 23, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

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Took an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in February 2026, paid for by the J Street Education Fund, an organization tied to J Street, a group that lobbies Congress for U.S. support of Israel.

February 12, 2026Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

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Voted against passing H.R. 10326, the PROOF Act. It would require states to give the Justice Department records it requests to investigate fraud in Medicaid, SNAP, welfare and other federal programs. It passed the House 217-207.

September 16, 2026

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Voted against sending H.R. 5334, the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, to the President. It imposed sanctions on Russia, extended Iran sanctions to 2031, and let the President put tariffs up to 100% on buyers of Russian energy. The House agreed 262-159, and it became law on September 18, 2026.

September 16, 2026

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Voted to set aside H.Res. 1486, a resolution to impeach President Trump over ICE and Border Patrol actions, which killed it. The House set it aside 232-147.

September 15, 2026

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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

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Kristen McDonald Rivet announced her office had returned over $10 million to Mid-Michigan families and seniors through resolved constituent service cases.

May 28, 2026

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Voted against passing H.R. 4371, the Kayla Hamilton Act, requiring locked placement for immigrant children 12 and older with gang tattoos or criminal records. The House passed it 225-201, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

December 16, 2025

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Voted against passing H.R. 3668, a bill making federal energy regulators the sole lead agency for gas pipeline reviews and ending states' water quality sign-off. The House passed it 213-184, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

December 12, 2025

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Voted against passing H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, speeding Clean Water Act permits, limiting states' power to block projects and dropping groundwater from protection. The House passed it 221-205, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

December 11, 2025

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Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 5371, the funding bill ending the 43-day shutdown and funding most agencies into January 2026. The House agreed 222-209, and it became Public Law 119-37 on November 12, 2025.

November 12, 2025

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Voted against passing H.R. 3062, a bill to replace the presidential permit for cross-border oil, gas, and power lines with a faster agency certificate. The House passed it 224-203, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

September 18, 2025

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Voted against H.R. 5140, which the House passed 225-203. The bill would let District of Columbia prosecutors charge children as young as 14 as adults for certain serious crimes, down from 16. The Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

September 16, 2025

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Voted against passing H.R. 4922, the DC CRIMES Act, limiting D.C. youth-offender sentencing to people under 18 and barring sentences below mandatory minimums. The House passed it 240-179, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

September 16, 2025

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Voted against H.R. 1919, which would stop the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar, holding individual accounts, or even studying one without Congress's approval. It passed the House 219-210 and is still pending in the Senate.

July 17, 2025

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Voted against passing H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, canceling about $9.4 billion in approved but unspent foreign aid and public broadcasting money. The House vote was 214-212; the Senate trimmed it, and the smaller package became law July 24, 2025.

June 12, 2025

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Voted against H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act, making the small-business agency move offices out of sanctuary areas within 60 days. The House passed it 211-199.

June 5, 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 passing H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, requiring paper proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a passport, to register to vote. The House passed it 220-208, but the Senate has not taken it up.

April 10, 2025

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Voted against passing H.R. 23, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, sanctioning foreigners who help the International Criminal Court pursue Americans or allied citizens. The House passed it 243-140, but the Senate blocked it on January 28, 2025.

January 9, 2025

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2023 Senate Bill 504 into law as 2024 Public Act 167, barring long-term industrial electric load rates from being subject to utility securitization charges.

December 17, 2024

Source: michiganvotes.org

McDonald Rivet cast the only Democratic no vote on 2024 Senate Bill 861, the prison productivity-time-credit system that passed the Michigan Senate 22-13.

December 12, 2024

Source: michiganvotes.org

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2024 Senate Bill 744 into law as Public Act 134, changing the ratings a Michigan teacher must earn to complete a probationary period so the required ratings no longer have to fall in consecutive years.

October 8, 2024

Source: michiganvotes.org

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2023 Senate Bill 466 into law as Public Act 318, modifying the cigar bar exemption in Michigan's smoke-free air law.

December 14, 2023

Source: michiganvotes.org

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2023 Senate Bill 396 into law as Public Act 225, revising the statutory references governing Michigan teacher performance evaluations.

November 22, 2023

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed McDonald Rivet's 2023 Senate Bill 72 into law as Public Act 63, enacting sentencing guidelines for performing certain medical treatments on a minor without consent and for intentionally omitting services from a medical record.

July 12, 2023

Source: michiganvotes.org

McDonald Rivet voted no on 2023 House Bill 4219, the change to Michigan Strategic Fund board membership that passed the Senate 29-9; she was one of seven Democrats voting against it.

April 19, 2023

Source: michiganvotes.org