# William Keating

William Keating is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Massachusetts’s 9th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Massachusetts’s 9th district
- Serving since: 2011-01-05
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: K000375
- FEC candidate IDs: H0MA10082

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000375 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Keating raised $553.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (median $2.0M).

## What Keating says (119th Congress (2025–27))

290 classified statements: 244 posts on X, 23 press releases, 21 Congressional Record speeches, 2 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Keating | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.6% | 6.6% | 93 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 27.9% | 27.5% | 119 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 73.5% | 73.2% | 114 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 10.0% | 9.8% | 82 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 19.3% | 22.7% | 131 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.9% | 187 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: International Affairs 53% (House Democrats 8.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 25% (House Democrats 16%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (House Democrats 20%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 10% (House Democrats 4.6%); Economics and Public Finance 8.5% (House Democrats 20%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.03 (standard error 0.01), from 1,608 donors and 7,315 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 97.5% (96.4%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 341. 8.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 35 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10740: To designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued eligibility for temporary… (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10740
- H.R. 10095: To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide per diem eligibility for required leave of members of the Foreign Service. (in committee, 2026-08-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10095
- H.R. 9552: NOPE Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9552
- H.Res. 1393: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7016) to prohibit action to or the use of Federal funds to invade NATO countries and territories, and for other… (in committee, 2026-06-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1393
- H.R. 8929: To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8929
- H.R. 8176: Moldova Support Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8176
- H.R. 8086: To establish a National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center within the Department of State, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8086
- H.R. 7016: No Funds for NATO Invasion Act (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7016
- H.R. 5320: Transatlantic Growth Enterprise Act (in committee, 2025-09-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5320
- H.R. 5274: Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act (in committee, 2025-09-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5274

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $553.7K (House Democrats median $2.0M). 18% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2113767189975007664
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2111180657179431351
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2110861676153115133
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2110438106335690765
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2109057797115596866
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2109057799426875657
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2107974986443218974
- 2026-10-05 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-10-05
- 2026-10-05 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-10-05
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepKeating/status/2103567867522449820

## Links

- Official site: https://keating.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/USRepKeating
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Congressman.Keating
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RepBillKeating
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000375

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000375