fighting to bring down the costs of housing, groceries, child care, and more for working families.
Lower the costs of housing, groceries, child care, and other essentials for working families.
Occurrences
fighting to bring down the costs of housing, groceries, child care, and more for working families
Evidence
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Roll Call Number: 12 | Bill Number: H. R. 5184 | Vote Question: On Passage | Bill Title & Description: Affordable HOMES Act ... Pou | Pou Democratic New Jersey NJ Nay
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Today I voted to ensure that New Jersey residents and Americans across the country can afford basic and lifesaving health care. No family in America should be forced to choose between affording food, energy, or health care.
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Congresswoman Nellie Pou ... voted against House Republicans’ partisan government funding bill that would raise health care costs for New Jersey families. ... this week, Congresswoman Pou joined 35 Democratic colleagues demanding congressional leadership include a provision lowering health care costs in any government funding bill.
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Congresswoman Nellie Pou ... visited a local food bank and a Women, Infants and Children (WIC) office in Paterson to highlight the negative impacts of the Republican federal government shutdown on New Jersey communities and residents. ... "I’ll continue fighting to reopen the government and protect food security across our communities."
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Pou's current official press-release feed for June 9-10, 2026 is focused on World Cup security amendments, DHS/ICE oversight, travel bottlenecks, and Ukraine aid. It does not show a new enacted or completed federal action in the lookback window that lowers housing, grocery, child-care, or other essential costs for working families.
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Pou's official recent-votes table is current through 05/21/2026 and lists votes on veterans bills, a Smithsonian museum bill, procedural motions, and a kids safety bill. It does not document a recent vote or enacted measure tied to lowering housing, grocery, or child-care costs.
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Congresswoman Pou Calls on United to Save Nonstop Newark→Lima Flights September 14, 2026 Pou, Bresnahan, Scholten Unveil Aviation Safety Legislation September 4, 2026 Congresswoman Pou and Senator Kim Deliver $1.2 Million to Fight Flooding in Passaic County August 26, 2026
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Ms. Pou (for herself, Mr. Bresnahan, and Ms. Scholten) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today joined Passaic County officials at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park to celebrate $1.2 million in federal money she secured with U.S. Senator Andy Kim to improve stormwater management along River Street in Paterson.
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Law Number Public Law 119-101 Date Approved July 11, 2026 Full Title An act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes.
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Roll Call 224 | Bill Number: H. R. 6644 Jun 23, 2026, 07:25 PM | 119th Congress, 2nd Session Housing for the 21st Century Act Status: Passed Pou | Pou | Democratic | NJ | Yea
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As enacted on July 11, 2026 H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, authorizes changes to federal housing policies, including those that govern zoning, manufactured housing, environmental reviews, and the financing and development of housing nationwide.
Assessments
The record shows Nellie Pou taking real same-term actions on parts of the affordability agenda, especially health-care costs and food-security support: she voted for restoring ACA tax subsidies to lower health-care costs, opposed funding measures she said would raise family costs, and pushed leadership to include lower-cost provisions. But the evidence does not show a completed federal outcome attributable to her that lowered housing, grocery, child-care, or other essential costs for working families overall, and recent official activity does not document such delivery. Her vote against the Affordable HOMES Act also weakens a full-delivery finding on housing costs. That supports partial credit for meaningful advocacy and legislative effort, not full delivery.
The evidence shows same-term advocacy and votes related to affordability, especially health-care costs and food-security programs, but it does not show that Pou delivered a completed federal outcome lowering housing, groceries, child care, or other essential costs for working families. Her vote against the housing-affordability bill also cuts against delivery on the housing component. Because she made serious affordability-related legislative and public efforts without evidence of the promised result being enacted or achieved, this is best scored as not delivered with an effort badge.
The evidence shows Pou took affordability-related actions in the same term, especially on health care costs and food security, but it does not show that she delivered the promised outcome of lowering housing, grocery, child care, and other essential costs for working families. The record is mostly votes, opposition, letters, and advocacy, with no completed enacted policy or measurable cost reduction across the promised essentials. Because she made serious legislative or official attempts but the promised outcome was not delivered, the appropriate outcome is never with an effort badge.