Mike Bost

U.S. Representative · Illinois

Last updated

May 13, 2026

Next election

November 2026

Votes cast

954

On record

Bills sponsored

Including co-sponsored

Ledger entries

954

All actions

Policy pillars — derived from activity record

Electoral integrity

16 actions

Bost demonstrates strong support for electoral integrity measures centered on citizenship verification, voter eligibility requirements, election monitoring transparency, and ballot tracking systems while opposing expansions of voting access to non-citizens.

Criminal justice

50 actions

Bost demonstrates consistent support for tough-on-crime policies that emphasize enhanced criminal penalties, law enforcement protections, expanded prosecution authorities, and stricter consequences for offenders including immigration-related sanctions.

Fiscal policy

88 actions

Bost demonstrates a mixed fiscal policy approach, opposing measures that would increase government revenue or expand borrowing capacity while generally supporting procedural mechanisms and specific appropriations bills for defense and homeland security spending.

Healthcare

35 actions

Bost demonstrates consistent support for healthcare expansion initiatives focused on underserved populations, disease research and prevention, rural access, veterans' services, and cost transparency measures.

Education

27 actions

Bost demonstrates strong support for education initiatives that emphasize career readiness, veteran educational access, and specialized curriculum while opposing broad debt forgiveness programs.

Economy and labor

49 actions

Bost demonstrates a consistent pro-business orientation focused on reducing regulatory barriers, expanding capital access for small enterprises, and strategic trade positioning while showing notable support for organized labor protections in the federal workforce.

Environment and energy

167 actions

Bost demonstrates mixed environmental priorities, consistently supporting specific conservation measures like invasive species control and wildfire management while simultaneously backing regulatory streamlining and energy infrastructure provisions that weaken pollution protections and facilitate extractive industries.

Immigration

53 actions

Bost consistently opposes expansive immigration policies and immigrant protections, favoring stricter enforcement measures, enhanced deportation procedures, and restrictive border controls that limit asylum access and legal immigration pathways.

National security and foreign policy

186 actions

Bost demonstrates a strong pro-security orientation by consistently supporting measures to counter hostile foreign regimes through sanctions and financial restrictions, strengthen domestic infrastructure protection across aviation and maritime domains, enhance intelligence-sharing and counter-terrorism financing mechanisms, and advance transparency initiatives against strategic competitors like China.

Civil rights and liberties

46 actions

Bost demonstrates a pro-civil rights and liberties voting pattern characterized by strong support for protecting religious freedom and identity-based safety protections, particularly for Jewish Americans and religious minorities, while also defending Second Amendment rights and opposing legislative restrictions on speech and expression rights.

Social policy

24 actions

Bost demonstrates strong support for expansive social welfare policies that prioritize vulnerable populations, consistently voting to increase benefits and protections for veterans, homeless individuals, children in foster care and residential facilities, Native American families, and Social Security recipients.

Technology and data

34 actions

Bost supports technology advancement through regulatory frameworks that balance innovation with consumer protection, data security, and national competitiveness while strengthening federal coordination of broadband, telecommunications, and cybersecurity infrastructure.

Civil liberties and government power

7 actions

Bost consistently opposes government surveillance and censorship powers while supporting judicial and transparency mechanisms that constrain executive authority.

Government accountability and transparency

140 actions

Bost demonstrates strong support for government accountability and transparency by consistently voting to expand congressional oversight of executive agencies, require federal bodies to report their operations and decisions to lawmakers, and establish mechanisms for public scrutiny of regulatory and official conduct.

Infrastructure and public investment

28 actions

Bost consistently supports public infrastructure investment and development projects, favoring initiatives that expand federal resources for transportation, utilities, broadband, energy, and preservation infrastructure, though he opposes measures that reduce financial burdens on communities through extended repayment terms.

Activity ledger — most recent first

Feb 2, 2026

Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3123, the Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act, which amends title 38 of the United States Code to improve laws relating to the payment of certain veterans benefits affected by death.