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Brian Higgins

Former

Democrat · NY-26 · U.S. House

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Reported net worth

2019
−$119k
2020
−$60k
2021
−$50k
2022
−$17k
Most recent filing (2022)
Assets
$75k – $240k
Liabilities
$100k – $250k
Net worth
−$175k – $140k
Since 2019
+$102k
Largest holdings in the 2022 filing · 8 assets reported
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)$50k – $100k
Comptroller. Investments are not self-directed. For more information please see http://www$15k – $50k
Congressional FCU$1k – $15k
M&T Bank$1k – $15k
M&T Bank$1k – $15k
NY State & Local Employees Retirement Fund (not self- directed)$5k – $15k
Schwab S&P 500 Index FC$1k – $15k
Sphere 3D Corp. - Common Shares (ANY)$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

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)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.61
Healthcare
D+0.58
Immigration & Border
D+0.60
Guns
D+0.83
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.80
Environment & Energy
D+0.73
Crime & Policing
D+0.21
Defense & Veterans
D+0.06
Economy & Labor
D+0.57
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.24
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.92
Education
D+0.70
Government & Democracy
D+0.85
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+1.00

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

Brian Higgins'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

Brian Higgins (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Higgins'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

NAY
Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act
2024-01-31 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy
YEA
No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act
2024-01-31 · Passed · Immigration & Border, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2395 East Del Mar Boulevard in Laredo, Texas, as the "Lance Corporal David Lee Espinoza, Lance Corporal Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez & Sergeant Roberto Arizola Jr. Post Office Building".
2024-01-31 · Passed
YEA
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
2024-01-18 · Passed · Environment & Energy
NAY
Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
2024-01-18 · Passed · Abortion & Reproductive Rights
YEA
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
2024-01-18 · Passed · Environment & Energy
NAY
Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
2024-01-18 · Passed · Abortion & Reproductive Rights
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6914) to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6918) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 957) denouncing the Biden administration's open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration's open-borders policies.
2024-01-17 · Passed · Abortion & Reproductive Rights, Education
YEA
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions.
2024-01-17 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Denouncing the Biden administration's open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration's open-borders policies.
2024-01-17 · Passed · Immigration & Border
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6914) to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6918) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 957) denouncing the Biden administration's open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration's open-borders policies.
2024-01-17 · Passed · Abortion & Reproductive Rights, Education
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6914) to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6918) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 957) denouncing the Biden administration's open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration's open-borders policies.
2024-01-17 · Passed · Abortion & Reproductive Rights, Education

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