Member of Congress
Chris Van Hollen
● Democrat
Quick facts 2 on file
Party● Democrat
OfficeMember of Congress
Office & contact
Data sources 3 on file
- Congress.gov roll calls
- Published advocacy scorecards
- News coverage, outlet lean labeled
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- Votes with the Democratic majority 97% of the time; Hollen’s 3 recent breaks lean one way - voting no on bills most Democrats backed. official roll calls
- Advocacy groups split on the record - International Association of Fire Fighters scores it 200, Americans for Prosperity 0 (9 published scorecards). published scorecards
- Sponsored 4 bills on record; most recently 977 “FIRE STATION Act” (Mar 12, 2025). bill records
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The record
official roll calls · every vote links to the bill
97%
Votes with the Democratic majority.
Where both parties recorded a position on the same roll call, Hollen’s vote matched the Democratic position 97% of the time. That makes the 3 recent breaks the clearest signal of where Hollen actually stands - they’re first, below. official roll calls · Sep 17, 2026
139 votes · 78 no · 61 yes
Where Hollen broke from the party - the high-signal votes
VOTED NOroll call
Protect College Sports Act of 2026
Democrats voted yes, 27–17; Hollen was one of the 17 against · 4668 · Sep 17, 2026
VOTED NOroll call
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Democrats voted yes, 27–16; Hollen was one of the 16 against · 1071 · Dec 17, 2025
VOTED NOroll call
Democrats voted yes, 26–17; Hollen was one of the 17 against · 2296 · Oct 9, 2025
Pattern: the breaks lean one way - voting no on bills most Democrats backed.
Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters
congressional oversight15 votes · yes on 10, no on 5
federal budget10 votes · yes on 1, no on 9
foreign policy9 votes · yes on 9, no on 0
federal regulation6 votes · yes on 2, no on 4
military6 votes · yes on 5, no on 1
One vote can touch several topics.
LATEST: NOProtect College Sports Act of 20264668 · Sep 17, 2026CommitteesSenate AppropriationsSenate Banking, Housing, & Urban AffairsSenate Foreign Relations
Personal finances
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Stock trades · from official filings
No trades disclosed since 2021 - older archived trades below.
7 older disclosed trades2013–2020 archive · tap to open
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Standing
how advocacy groups rate them - never our verdict
9 ratings from advocacy groups, across 12 issue areas. Scores are shown on a shared 0–100 scale so groups can be read side by side, with each group’s own published score kept next to it. Every score is the group’s opinion, never our verdict, and every row links to the scorecard.
Coverage
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Connections
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