Becca Balint

Details

Party Affiliation: Democratic
In Office Since: Jan 1, 2023
Organization: United States Federal Government

Federal Roster & Campaign Finance

Bioguide ID: B001318
Chamber: US House
State: VT

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Meetings

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Election History

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Recent Bills Sponsored

No bills sponsored by Becca Balint are on file.

Recent Votes

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Ratepayer Protection Act	house	—	Yea
Retire through Ownership Act	senate	—	Yea
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.	house	—	Yea
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Nay
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Yea

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

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Biography

Rebecca A. Balint ( BAL-int; born May 4, 1968) is an American politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party. She served as a member of the Vermont Senate from Windham County from 2015 to 2023, as majority leader from 2017 to 2021, and as president pro tempore from 2021 to 2023. Balint was born in Heidelberg, West Germany, and raised in Peekskill, New York. She was educated at Walter Panas High School, Smith College, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She moved to Vermont in 1994 where she was active in local politics, and worked as a teacher, rock-climbing instructor, and columnist for the Brattleboro Reformer. Balint was elected to the State Senate in 2014, becoming the first openly acknowledged lesbian to serve there. She was selected to serve as majority leader and later elected president pro tempore, the first woman and openly LGBTQ person to do so in Vermont. Balint was elected to the U.S. House in the 2022 election. She is the first woman and openly LGBTQ person to represent Vermont in Congress. Prior to her election, Vermont was the only state that had not previously elected a woman to Congress.