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Seat

Representative for North Carolina District 8

Born

April 24, 1966

Age 60

Phone

(202) 225-1976

Office

126 Cannon House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|North Carolina District 8

Mark Harris

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Voting Record — 616

Yes75%

No25%

Present0%

Not Voting0%

Party align93%

Cross-party1%

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Congressional District 8

U.S. Census Bureau boundary data.

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Mark Harris

U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanNorth Carolina District 8

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Mark's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 17 sponsored · 75 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 23(source)

I loved Douglas Stuart's novel John of John, reviewed it for the NYT, and am delighted to see that it just made the Booker Prize shortlist. Read it! (You can skip the reader comments on my review; they're mostly from people who are mad at Oprah Winfrey, which...fine.) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/b...

Oprah’s Latest Pick Exposes Secrets on a Remote Scottish Island (Gift Article)

In the powerful and surprising “John of John,” Douglas Stuart sends a young art student back home to a family he thought he’d left behind.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 23(source)

I'll save a real discussion of Elsinore for when it opens but right now I'll say A) every bit of praise you're hearing for Andrew Scott's performance is justified and B) he has a very witty, smart, surprising script to work with. (Don't get me started on the glibness of calling this "Oscar bait.")

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 22(source)

I know Swift doesn't mean anything bad by it, but...yeah. This is not great.

Alex

@purplechrain.bsky.social

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I know ‘patient zero’ has now basically just entered colloquial language and it was already the title of a zombie horror movie etc. but seeing it as the title of a new Taylor Swift single still makes me cringe and will every time I hear it. that phrase has a very specific history and context!

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 22(source)

What? Are you all too busy or something?

Playboy

@playboy.com

Open post ↗

Playboy’s Gen Z Sex Survey found that about one-third of men and close to half of women reported not having masturbated a single time in the last three months. It's not about desire. So why avoid self-pleasure?

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 21(source)

Putting all my thoughts about this egregious Paramount/Warner settlement in this (growing) thread. (tl;dr: I am not a fan.)

Mark Harris

@markharris.bsky.social

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This will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 21(source)

Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition (Gift Article)

The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 21(source)

I don't think the danger with AI slop like this is that people believe it's real. The danger is that more and more people believe nothing is real.

Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Open post ↗

OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 20(source)

All the people here criticizing Mamdani for this A) apparently have no memory of how it went the last time B) make me happy and relieved that Bluesky is a bubble. To paraphrase Dean Wormer: Self-righteous, smug, and ignorant is no way to go through life, son.

Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

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Trump plans to meet with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion Monday on Monday

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 20(source)

Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 20(source)

In today's installment of the most tin-eared awards campaign of the year so far, Tom Cruise basically DOGE-brags about how he made the make-up people on Digger work faster because he's an efficiency expert. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Tom Cruise Reveals How He Cut ‘Digger’ Transformation Time From Six Hours to Under One

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s dark comedy with an unrecognizable Cruise as the lead opens in theaters Oct. 2.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 20(source)

I am not a Bourdain cultist and I don't have a lot of patience for macho-but-hurting-inside chef drama. But I just saw the movie Tony and thought it was very strong and well-made. I was esp. impressed by Dominic Sessa; his remarkable debut in The Holdovers was not a fluke. (Bonus: Ptown locations!)

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 19(source)

While we wait to see if Digger gets Tom Cruise an Oscar, here's an essay I wrote about his three Academy Award nominations, his hard turn away from that early quest, his strengths and weaknesses, and the limits of "intensity." A decade later, I think it still applies. grantland.com/hollywood-pr...

» Cruise’s Oscar Years: One Decade. Three Nominations. Myriad Lessons.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 19(source)

Correction: A company marketing a cartoon character obtained the cooperation of an opportunistic journalist for an infomercial, and it failed.

Forbes

@forbes.com

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Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 19(source)

I think what Forbes meant to say is, a company marketing a cartoon character obtained the cooperation of an opportunistic journalist for an informercial, and it failed.

Forbes

@forbes.com

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Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 18(source)

Just called my husband a horrible antisemitic slur because I was texting too fast, how is your morning going?

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 18(source)

I'm watching a show that you all like that started streaming this year and I swear to God the finale is just eight pretty people taking turns saying to each other "Are you okay?"

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 17(source)

You might want to follow this Dem candidate for an LI House seat--the victim of a homophobic smear campaign.

Chris Gallant

@gallantny.bsky.social

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Let’s be clear about what this is: a coordinated political hit meant to drive me out of this race. I’m proud of who I am. I won’t be shamed into silence – and I won’t allow my private life to be distorted and weaponized against me.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 17(source)

Bret's friends are just out of camera range.

Jake Grumbach

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

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Bret: Millions of Americans, including me, not only hate the parties but also hate the party for which we typically vote. That means there's a market of the dissatisfied. I hear this all the time among my friends in New York City: They can't believe they're stuck with Zohran Mamdani as mayor, and they felt the same way about Eric Adams and Bill de Blasio before him. But when you ask them if they voted in the primaries, the usual answer is: Uh, no — we were on the Vineyard or in Greece. The point is that it's on them, or us, and the remedy is some civic
entrepreneurship, philanthropically funded, to change this.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 17(source)

A detail about The Graduate from my book research: The one scene in which they couldn't plausibly make Anne Bancroft, 36, look old and sun-damaged was the goodbye in the rain (it was 60 years ago and makeup in color was still tricky). So you get a glimpse that's close to what she really looked like.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialSep 17(source)

I'm getting all kinds of reminders tonight that The Graduate is not a movie for people who like their good guys and bad guys cleanly delineated.

Mark Harris

@markharris.bsky.social

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The crucial sympathy-shift in experiencing The Graduate is when you go from his age to her age.

Unknown

@unknown

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Sponsored Bills(17)

H.R. 9611 (119th)
Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act
H.R. 9610 (119th)
Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act
H.R. 9580 (119th)
To repeal the 90/10 rule as it pertains to proprietary schools under title IV of the Higher …
H.R. 8374 (119th)
To strike references to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Federal law, and for …
H.R. 6715 (119th)
Child Predators Accountability Act

Cosponsored Bills(75)

H. Res. 1410 (119th)
Congratulating the Carolina Hurricanes on winning the 2026 Stanley Cup Championship, the tea…
Joined: 2026-06-30
H.R. 9254 (119th)
To specify that the Southern Poverty Law Center shall not be treated as described in section…
Joined: 2026-06-10
H.R. 9132 (119th)
To prohibit foreign nationals from entering into or enforcing surrogacy contracts in the Uni…
Joined: 2026-06-03
H.R. 9131 (119th)
To prohibit surrogacy agencies from facilitating surrogacy contracts with sex offenders, and…
Joined: 2026-06-03
H. Res. 1338 (119th)
Supporting the designation of June as Family Month.
Joined: 2026-06-03

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Voting History

616 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.

Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2026-09-01	H.R. 6500 (119th)	Accept Senate changes	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-08-31	S. 32 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-08-31	S. 307 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-21	H. Res. 1438 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-21	H.R. 1118 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-20	H.R. 8823 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-20	H.R. 4541 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-16	H.R. 9237 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-07-16	H.R. 5362 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-15	H.R. 8595 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-15	H.R. 8595 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-07-15	H.R. 8595 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-07-15	H.R. 8595 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-07-15	H.R. 8595 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-07-15	H.R. 8595 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-07-15	H.R. 8595 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	NO	✕	Failed
2026-07-14	H.R. 1181 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-14	H.R. 1181 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-07-14	H.R. 139 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-14	H. Res. 1423 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-14	H. Res. 1423 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-13	H.R. 8897 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-07-13	H.R. 3106 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-30	H. Res. 1399 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-30	H. Con. Res. 108 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-06-30	H. Res. 1398 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-06-30	H. Res. 1398 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-29	H.R. 7128 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-29	H.R. 7757 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2026-06-25	H.R. 2478 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-24	H.R. 915 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-24	H.R. 7401 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-23	H.R. 6644 (119th)	Accept Senate changes	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2026-06-23	S. 629 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2026-06-11	H. Res. 1335 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-11	H.R. 9238 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-06-10	H.R. 8464 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-10	H.R. 8464 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-06-10	H.R. 8312 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-10	H.R. 7892 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H.R. 5408 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1140 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	S. 2 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	S. 2 (119th)	Motion to Commit	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1140 (119th)	Motion to Discharge	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1345 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1345 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-08	H.R. 8428 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-08	H.R. 8466 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-05	H.R. 2913 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	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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