Mike Bost

U.S. Representative, IL-12

IL House · Republican

Michael Joseph Bost ( BAWST; born December 30, 1960) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 12th congressional district since 2015. Previously, Bost was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 115th district from 1995 to 2015. Before entering politics, he was a firefighter. He is a member of the Republican Party. Bost was first elected in 2014, defeating Democratic incumbent William Enyart. Bost is a member of the moderate Republican Governance Group and Republican Main Street Partnership.

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Voting Summary

Votes recorded: 31
Ballots cast: 29
Participation: 93.5%
Yea / Nay: 19 / 10

Yea19

Nay10

Absent2

Abstain0

31 total ballots recorded.

Participation counts yea and nay ballots votes where a position was taken as a share of all roll calls on file.

Voting Record

10 votes recorded as “Nay”

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.	house	—	Nay
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Nay
Rescissions Act of 2025	house	4140	Nay
FEHB Protection Act of 2025	house	3559	Nay
SAVE Act Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act	house	4180	Nay
Protecting American Energy Production Act	house	4189

Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held locally for these votes. Bill number, status, summary and sponsor are not part of this dataset see Bills for the fuller bill record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date; no vote date is recorded in this dataset.