← Back to politicians

Official portrait of Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar

Democrat · House · MN-5 · Current member

Committees

  • House Committee on Education and Workforce — 119th Congress
  • House Committee on the Budget — 119th Congress

Sponsored Legislation

Recent Votes

Voted in 630 of 645 roll calls (97.7%) · 15 missed.

DatePosition Outcome Question
2026-07-23 Yea Passed · 214-208 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
On Agreeing to the Resolution
2026-07-23 Nay Passed · 232-188 Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
On Passage
2026-07-22 Nay Agreed to · 221-210 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-22 Nay Failed · 207-224 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-22 Yea Agreed to · 232-199 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-22 Nay Failed · 175-254 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-22 Yea Failed · 213-216 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Motion to Recommit
2026-07-22 Nay Passed · 216-212 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Passage
2026-07-22 Yea Failed · 211-218 Stop Insider Trading Act
On Motion to Recommit
2026-07-22 Nay Passed · 232-198 Stop Insider Trading Act
On Passage
2026-07-22 Nay Passed · 216-214 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
On Agreeing to the Resolution
2026-07-21 Yea Passed · 421-1 Value Over Cost Act of 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
2026-07-21 Nay Passed · 213-209 Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770); and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113)
On Ordering the Previous Question
2026-07-21 Nay Passed · 214-211 Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770); and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113)
On Agreeing to the Resolution
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 65-361 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 61-360 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 65-359 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Yea Agreed to · 265-161 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 208-219 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Agreed to · 215-214 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 212-216 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 201-224 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 61-365 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Failed · 76-350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment
2026-07-21 Nay Agreed to · 215-214 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Agreeing to the Amendment

Attributed Claims

Editorial & imported (0)

No editorially noticed or imported claims attributed to this speaker yet.

Sampled (audit series) (0)

No sampled ratings yet — the audit series accumulates quarterly; see the methodology.

Financial summary

Cash on hand: $1,572,633

Total receipts $5,715,729 · Individual contributions (all sizes) $5,463,567 · Total disbursements $4,467,317 · Debts $0 · as of 2026-06-30

Source: FEC candidate summary filings.

Their own committees

Campaign money (2026 cycle)

21 committees gave a reported $55,122 in committee-to-candidate contributions. Top 15 by total:

Money received over time

Donor committee Funding organization TotalContributionsLatest
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION — $10,000 2 2026-01-23
NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION $5,000 2 2026-03-11
JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PAC JEFFRIES $5,000 1 2025-12-18
MEDICARE FOR ALL JAYAPAL $5,000 1 2026-03-31
ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PAC — $5,000 1 2025-12-19
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC NONE $3,699 1 2025-04-10
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES $2,500 1 2026-02-26
UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE UNITE HERE $2,500 3 2025-12-03
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO $2,500 1 2025-06-01
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION $2,500 1 2026-01-20
JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC NONE $2,500 1 2025-03-25
WOMEN WINNING FEDERAL PAC WOMEN WINNING $2,100 2 2026-02-05
PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS AGUILAR LEADERSHIP FUND $2,000 1 2025-09-12
THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT AYANNA PRESSLEY THE SQUAD VICTORY FUND $1,378 1 2025-03-13
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS $1,250 1 2025-03-11

Source: FEC bulk data (committee-to-candidate, 2026 cycle).

Fact-checked statements (7)

Independent fact-checkers' reviews of statements Ilhan Omar actually made, from the Google Fact Check Tools API — matched on the fact-checker's named claimant, so memes and misinformation merely about Ilhan Omar are excluded (116 such name-mention reviews left out). Each verdict is the publisher's own.

Claim reviewedRatingPublisherReviewed
Says that CAIR was founded after 9/11. False PolitiFact 2019-04-15
CAIR "recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties." Needs full context PolitiFact 2019-04-14
“CAIR was founded after 9/11, because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.” For the Record The Washington Post 2019-04-11
“The median pay for a McDonald’s worker was $7,000 in 2017. And that is the pay gap between the CEO that’s making 21.8 [million] to the 7,000 [dollars] that a worker who has put in 40 hours [a week] gets paid." Two Pinocchios The Washington Post 2019-02-12
"Have we ever had an impeached President, deliver the State of the Union address while he is on trial in the Senate? Given the audience in the room will be both his prosecutors and jurors on said trial." Answer: Yes, Clinton FactCheck.org 2020-02-02
The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense." False PolitiFact 2019-12-01
"Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence." False PolitiFact 2019-06-05

Source: Google Fact Check Tools API (publishers' ClaimReview markup). A rating's wording is the publisher's own. Corroboration only — see the methodology glossary.