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Representative for Oklahoma District 1

Born

December 4, 1961

Age 64

Phone

(202) 225-2211

Office

171 Cannon House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|Oklahoma District 1

Kevin Hern

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Voting Record — 593

Yes76%

No21%

Present0%

Not Voting3%

Party align97%

Cross-party1%

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Congressional District 1

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Kevin Hern

U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanOklahoma District 1

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Kevin's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 18 sponsored · 30 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Reposted byAlex Hern

scott b. weingart@scottbot.netJul 29(source)

Copyright laws, digital distribution deals, & publishing monopolies are the reason destructive book scanning is putting books at risk. I get why folks are angry at AI companies buying books to destroy them. However, these issues predate them and hang a lot on books being subject to "market forces."

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

Dozens of us! DOZENS

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

But I was sleepy

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

“Does our always-connected economy of attention harvesters trigger or exacerbate ADHD in people who may not have otherwise experienced problems” sure, I think that’s a reasonable question “Are chicken nuggets to blame” no

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

You know what even as a guy with diagnosed ADHD on medication, I’m very open to the idea that it’s mediated by social pressures. But. It’s not fucking processed food

Scott Bryan

@scottygb.bsky.social

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“While traits of ADHD undeniably exist – the question is why they exist. Is ADHD actually a neurodevelopmental disorder? Do people with ADHD have differently wired brains? Or does our world – with…processed food, and regimented education – serve as the catalyst for certain…patterns of behaviour?”

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

assume it was "doesn't count" rather than "forgot" but i still wrote in trifecta

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Ant Breach@antbreach.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

Council tax is a bad tax. But most proposals to replace it get the wrong end of the stick. Rather than centralising council tax and handing out more grants, the solution is the opposite. If we devolve council tax we can cut bills for 2/3 of people across England. Quick thread:

Mark Byrne

@markobroin.bsky.social

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Everyone hates stamp duty because it's a terrible tax. Replacing it would be good for the economy. But centralising council tax, says @antbreach.bsky.social - is a really bad idea. Not least because it hurts other parts of the devo agenda. www.centreforcities.org/blog/central...

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

basically we've got systems that can do anything a smart 15 year old can do with a computer, but will refuse to do anything that a goody-two-shoes 15 year old wouldn't do in front of their mum

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 29(source)

funny quirk of AI alignment efforts is that the value of a paywall is going up, imo. If I want to read something that I'm not subscribed to, I have… ways. If I want Claude to read it, I have to give it the correct credentials to log in or it will simply refuse.

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

Surely we can ensure that only the good guys have superintelligent lawyers

Russell Brandom

@russellbrandom.bsky.social

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A telling passage from Zuck's WSJ op-ed: "Imagine everyone has a superintelligent lawyer. Justice would be carried out much more fairly and efficiently than it is today." I'm really not sure this is true!

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

The brackets here have fully destroyed me lol

Techmeme

@techmeme.com

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Q&A with Sam Altman on the Hugging Face breach, the race for compute, distillation, open source, concentration of power, robotics, OpenAI's future, and more (Invest Like The Best on YouTube) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

This sounds fucking fantastic tbh. Imagine how much sme tax evasion goes away even people actively want to pay by card to get their VAT rebate

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

Take aged well I think

Alex Hern

@hern.bsky.social

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absolutely understand people turning in disgust from labour to the greens, absolutely understand people viewing polanski as the ideological heir of jeremy corbyn, cannot for the life of me understand any variety of admiration for his personal qualities as a party leader

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

…pound?

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

The old Apple TV is fine, except that Apple should pay the BBC a billion pounds to update iPlayer to support 4k

Mark Gurman

@markgurman.bsky.social

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NEW: Apple is about to debut its revamped push into the smart home, built around Siri AI. The long-awaited smart home hub with a screen arrives between the end of year and early next year, while a new Apple TV and HomePod mini are set to launch this fall. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

there is, it's nicely circular, and a length of copper tubing is covered by it:

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

not a subtweet! you can't fill a pool or a fountain _even if you don't use a hose_.

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

so mad that "hosepipe ban" isn't a colloquialism. it's a literal and specific ban on hosepipes. you can do what you want with water, so long as it does not involve a hosepipe (or, in the only two exceptions, a swimming pool or ornamental fountain)

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

My argument is about the green and grey lines, not the red ones. The demographic breakdown for the US is just extremely distinct from Britain, in lots of meaningful ways

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.socialJul 28(source)

Similarly, this is a good chart for why Brits need to be incredibly cautious about importing American political concepts

Joel S.

@joelhs.bsky.social

Open post ↗

This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.

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Sponsored Bills(18)

H.R. 9468 (119th)
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust long-term care hospital payment ra…
H.R. 9060 (119th)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that income received by a regulated in…
H.R. 5463 (119th)
Choice Arrangement
H.R. 5267 (119th)
American Franchise Act
H.R. 5142 (119th)
Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025

Cosponsored Bills(30)

H. Res. 1156 (119th)
Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.
Joined: 2026-04-14
H.R. 8101 (119th)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the modification of the definition of a…
Joined: 2026-03-26
H.R. 7527 (119th)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the Hazardous Substance Superfund fi…
Joined: 2026-02-12
H.R. 7300 (119th)
Make Elections Great Again Act
Joined: 2026-01-30
H. Res. 920 (119th)
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act on Novem…
Joined: 2025-12-02

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Voting History

593 total votes

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Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-04-09	H. Res. 313 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-08	H. Res. 294 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-08	H. Res. 294 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-07	H.R. 1039 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-07	H.R. 586 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-01	H.R. 1491 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-01	H. Res. 282 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-04-01	H. Res. 282 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-31	H.R. 997 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-31	H.R. 517 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	NO	✕	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 75 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 24 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H.R. 1534 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 1326 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 359 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.J. Res. 25 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1156 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H. Res. 211 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H. Res. 211 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 993 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 901 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 495 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-06	H. Res. 189 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-06	S.J. Res. 11 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-05	H. Res. 189 (119th)	Kill the motion	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-05	H.J. Res. 42 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-05	H.J. Res. 61 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H. Res. 177 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H. Res. 177 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H.R. 758 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-03	H.R. 856 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-27	H.J. Res. 20 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.J. Res. 35 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 695 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 804 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 788 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H. Res. 161 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H. Res. 161 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H.R. 818 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H.R. 832 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	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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