Bennie G. Thompson

Recent votes

How Bennie voted on recent roll calls — official record, most recent first.

• Yea
  On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

  Sep 16, 2026 · House roll 314 · S 2403
• Yea
  On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

  Sep 16, 2026 · House roll 313 · H R 9497
• Yea
  On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

  Sep 16, 2026 · House roll 312 · H R 9340
• Nay
  On Passage

  Sep 16, 2026 · House roll 311 · H J RES 213
• Nay
  On Passage

  Sep 16, 2026 · House roll 310 · H R 10326
• Nay
  On Passage

  Sep 16, 2026 · House roll 309 · H R 9576
• Nay
  On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments

  Sep 16, 2026 · House roll 308 · H R 5334
• Yea
  On Agreeing to the Resolution

  Sep 15, 2026 · House roll 307 · H CON RES 93
• Nay
  On Passage

  Sep 15, 2026 · House roll 306 · H J RES 210
• Yea
  On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

  Sep 15, 2026 · House roll 305 · H R 9500

Background

Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023. He was both the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the committee. Since 2011, he has been the only Democrat in Mississippi's congressional delegation, and since 2018 he has been the dean of the delegation after Thad Cochran left Congress.

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