Katherine M. Clark

14 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2013

• Representative MA-5 2013–present

• background Born July 17, 1963 in Connecticut; a lawyer who worked in several states before moving to Massachusetts in 1995
• background Melrose School Committee member from 2002, serving as committee chair from 2005
• role Massachusetts House of Representatives (2008-2011) and Massachusetts Senate (2011-2013)
• role U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013 (seventh term); won 2013 special election to succeed Ed Markey
• role Assistant speaker (2021-2023) and vice chair of House Democratic Caucus (2019-2021)
• role House minority whip since 2023; serves on House Appropriations Committee

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 3
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 34 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 3 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

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• 0
  Committee assignments →

  none on record

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• 353
  Disclosed stock trades →

  122 tickers · 144 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Katherine M. Clark. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesOppose from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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The members Clark most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Clark connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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