Gregory W. Meeks
Democrat · NY-5 · U.S. House
Bio
Gregory Weldon Meeks is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from New York since 1998. He is a member of the Democratic Party and chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2023. He still sits on the committee as ranking member. He is also the chair of the Queens County Democratic Party. He will become the dean of New York’s House delegation upon the retirements of Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velázquez in 2026.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 29.6 years
- First took office
- 1997 (15 terms)
- Seniority
- 25 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 72
- Arverne, NY · 347-230-4032
- Jamaica, NY · 718-725-6000
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $0 – $0
- Liabilities
- $280k – $600k
- Net worth
- −$600k – −$280k
- Since 2019
- +$418k
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Gregory W. Meeks's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Gregory W. Meeks (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Meekssits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Congressional Black Caucusstrongly left · 63 members
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucusstrongly left · 77 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Servicescenter · 53 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Meeks's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
House Democrat Unveils Bill to Cut Off Funding for Trump's Iran WarA Democratic lawmaker in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday introduced legislation that would cut off funding for President Donald Trump's illegal war with Iran.In announcing the "No Funds for Illegal Wars Act," Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) said that it…
Common Dreams · July 28, 2026
As Trump Ignores War Powers Votes, Groups Urge Congress to Sue to End Illegal Iran AssaultThe US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a new war powers resolution aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to halt his illegal war with Iran without congressional authorization.But with Trump showing every indication that he plans to escalate his …
Common Dreams · July 23, 2026
As Trump Renews Assault on Iran, Dems Prepare Another War Powers ResolutionDemocrats introduced another war powers resolution in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday that they hope will strengthen their efforts to stop President Donald Trump from continuing to escalate his war with Iran.Both houses of Congress already passed…
Common Dreams · July 22, 2026
GOP House Chair Scolds Dem Accusing Rubio of Not Testifying on Iran: ‘Probably Don’t Remember It Because You Missed Half’Brian Mast scolded Gregory Meeks during a House hearing over the claim that Marco Rubio has avoided testifying before Congress on the Iran war. The post GOP House Chair Scolds Dem Accusing Rubio of Not Testifying on Iran: ‘Probably Don’t Remember It Because Y…
Mediaite · July 22, 2026
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