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Representative for Virginia District 8
Born
June 20, 1950
Age 75
Phone
(202) 225-4376
Office
1226 Longworth House Office Building, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Virginia District 8

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.

Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, his district is located in Northern Virginia and includes Alexandria, Falls Church, Arlington, and parts of eastern Fairfax County.

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Voting Record — 553
Yes41%
No56%
Present1%
Not Voting3%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Congressional District 8

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Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratVirginia District 8
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Donald S.'s ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 47 sponsored · 174 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 18(source)
The Trump administration acknowledged it wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the administration must bring him home. All White House efforts to defy this order are contemptuous, anti-Constitutional, and flat out anti-American.
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 16(source)
Direct File, a prime example of making government more efficient, gave Americans an easy and free option to file their taxes. But Donald Trump cares more about his wealthy friends than working Americans so he wants to kill the program and make filing taxes harder. apnews.com/article/irs-...
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program. That's the electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free.
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
"You are blasting nearly every product from nearly every country with these tariffs, Senator Tillis called it ‘a trade war on all fronts.’ It hurts our alliances, it is hurting our economy, it hurts our ability to make and keep free trade agreements." www.wcnc.com/article/mone...
Tillis on tariff policy: 'Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong?'
"I'm waiting to see it be successful," Tillis said. "But it just seems to me we've decided to begin a trade war on all fronts."
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
"Trump is risking our economy to bring back factory jobs that pay far less than jobs in fast-growing sectors like health care, clean energy, or data science. Howard Lutnick is on TV raving about shifting Americans to work on “screwing in little screws to make iPhones.” bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
"Trump declared a phony national emergency and imposed tariffs on Canada to punish them for ‘fentanyl smuggling.’ Our own government says smuggling at the northern border is less than 1% of our fentanyl problem. How does Canada get out of tariffs for something we admit they’re not doing?"
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
"Trump hinted that maybe if countries lower tariffs on us he might drop tariffs on them. But Vietnam massively cut their tariffs on the U.S. to appease Trump ahead of his announcement. We you slapped a 46% tariff on them anyway. So what are the Vietnamese supposed to do?"
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
Take our trade deficit with Madagascar. "We buy most of our vanilla from Madagascar, but they have one of the lowest GDP-per-capita rates in the world, and they just can’t afford many of our products. We just hit them with a 47% tariff." www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump claims countries are 'cheating' the U.S. on trade. What does that mean?
While cheating on trade does happen — genuine accusations of it can be adjudicated at the World Trade Organization — the White House’s formula for calculating the tariff rates leaned on how much of a ...
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
“Trump logic equates any trade deficit with ‘cheating..." But even this stupid logic didn’t help Australia or Brazil or Singapore, all countries with whom we have a trade surplus. How does Australia negotiate an end to a trade deficit that doesn’t exist?" bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well? GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
"Trump exempted some goods – notably oil – but not others, including things we simply cannot produce in the United States. Why tariff bananas? Why tariff cocoa? Why tariff coffee? We don’t have the capacity to produce these things at a scale that meets domestic demand."
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
What I told Trump's top trade adviser: "Ambassador Greer, you have a most awful job: to try to convince us and the people we represent that the President’s trade policies are wise and measured when the truth is they are stupid and bad.” --continued below--
Congressman Don Beyer
@beyer.house.gov
Open post ↗
Today the Ways and Means Committee had a hearing on Trump's idiotic trade policy. I told his U.S. Trade Representative: that policy is "stupid and bad." It's such a disaster that shortly after this Trump suspended his latest tariffs hours after they took effect. youtube.com/shorts/R-kiT...
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.govApr 11(source)
Congress must stop the madness. I joined @replindasanchez.bsky.social and @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social colleagues to introduce legislation to repeal Trump’s latest tariffs and bar any future tariffs without congressional approval. Congress must act before Trump causes a recession— time is short.
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Katherine Clark@whipkclark.bsky.socialApr 10(source)
House Republicans just voted to cut health care, cut school lunches, and cut veterans' benefits — all to hand $7 trillion in tax breaks to Elon Musk and his billionaire friends. They've deserted their hardworking constituents to help the rich get richer.
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Voting History
553 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-06-05H.R. 2931 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-06-05H.R. 2931 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-06-04H.R. 2483 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-06-04H.R. 2483 (119th)Approve amendmentYESYES✓Failed
2025-06-04H. Res. 458 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-06-04H. Res. 458 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-06-03H.R. 1804 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-06-03H.R. 1642 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-22H.R. 1 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H.R. 1 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-05-22S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)Consideration of the ResolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)Consideration of the ResolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22—Motion to AdjournYESYES✓Failed
2025-05-20S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-20H.R. 1223 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-20H. Res. 426 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-20H. Res. 426 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-05-19H.R. 1286 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-19H.R. 1263 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-15H.R. 2240 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-15H.R. 2255 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-14H. Res. 352 (119th)Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-14H.R. 2243 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-14H. Res. 405 (119th)Approve resolutionNOT_VOTINGNO—Passed
2025-05-14H. Res. 405 (119th)End debate nowNOT_VOTINGNO—Passed
2025-05-14H.R. 2215 (119th)Fast-track passageNOT_VOTINGYES—Passed
2025-05-13H.R. 249 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-13H. Con. Res. 30 (119th)Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-08H.R. 276 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-08H.R. 276 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-05-07H.R. 881 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-07H.R. 1503 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-06H. Res. 377 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-06H. Res. 377 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-05-05H.R. 36 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-05H.R. 530 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 88 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 78 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 89 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 87 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-29H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-29H.R. 859 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-04-29H.R. 1442 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-04-29H.R. 1402 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-04-29H. Res. 354 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-04-29H. Res. 354 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-04-28S. 146 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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