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“Congressman Carter is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Xavier University”source
“earned a BA in Political Science and Business Administration”source
“graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master of Science in Business from the University of Holy Cross”source
Military service
“He is married to Major General Ana Carter of the United States Army”source
Public service
“As a Louisiana State Senator for the 7th District, he served as Senate Minority Leader”source
“elected as the first African American to represent New Orleans City Council’s District C”source
Legislation
HR 10122sponsor
To establish a Fortified Roof revolving loan fund to assist State agencies in making grants for the installation of Fortified Roofs, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2026-08-20
HR 10083cosponsor
Water Technology and Resilience Reauthorization Act
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-08-13
HR 10063cosponsor
To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2026-08-06
HR 9959cosponsor
To establish a Green New Deal for public schools.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Voting Record
273 yea359 nay10 missed1 present
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
Passed (214-208)
yea2026-07-23
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
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Troy A. Sr. CarterDemocratic· this member
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle$1.4M
Small donors $4KLarge individual $417KPACs $951K
Spent $1.5MCash $383K
2024 cycle$2.0M
Small donors $17KLarge individual $1.1MPACs $936K
Spent $1.9MCash $509K
2022 cycle$3.1M
Small donors $37K
Top Contributors
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Committees
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Communications and Technology
Environment
Health
House Committee on Homeland Security
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability
Transportation and Maritime Security
Activity Timeline
LegislationVotes
HR 10122: To establish a Fortified Roof revolving loan fund to assist State agencies in making grants for the installation of Fortified Roofs, and for other purposes.
sponsor
2026-08-20
legislation
HR 10083: Water Technology and Resilience Reauthorization Act
cosponsor
2026-08-13
legislation
HR 10063: To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.
cosponsor
2026-08-06
legislation
HR 9959: To establish a Green New Deal for public schools.
cosponsor
2026-07-27
legislation
Service History
House, Dist. 22025-01-03, 2027-01-03Democrat
House, Dist. 22023-01-03, 2025-01-03Democrat
House, Dist. 22021-05-11, 2023-01-03Democrat
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BillsTracked · 387
Sponsored or cosponsored bills tracked from Congress.gov.
VotesTracked · 643
Roll-call positions parsed from official chamber XML.
CommitteesTracked · 7
Standing assignments from the @unitedstates project.
Campaign financeTracked · 4
Top-line FEC numbers per election cycle.
Press releasesTracked · 11
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“In 1991, he made history as the first African American elected to represent Louisiana’s 102nd District in the Louisiana House of Representatives”
“they are the proud parents of Troy Jr. and Joshua Carter”source
Also stated
“served as the youngest-ever floor leader for New Orleans”source
Quoted verbatim from this lawmaker's official House or Senate site. Passages are selected automatically; the wording is the office's own, unedited.
2026-07-27
HR 9941cosponsor
To protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-07-23
HR 9898cosponsor
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for free public transportation for individuals who are recently released from incarceration.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2026-07-23
HR 9847cosponsor
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services or substance use disorder services and primary care services furnished on the same day.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-07-22
HR 9842sponsor
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to establish and maintain State offices of women's health, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-07-22
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HR 9877cosponsor
To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, the Judiciary, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Homeland Security, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-07-22
HR 9874cosponsor
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2026-07-22
HR 9808cosponsor
No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-07-21
HR 9733cosponsor
To establish a Federal Interagency Council on Housing Affordability and Preservation, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2026-07-16
HRES 1427cosponsor
Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-07-13
HR 9579cosponsor
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain improvements in the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
2026-07-02
HRES 1405cosponsor
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2026-06-30
HR 9511cosponsor
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop a flood insurance information tool, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2026-06-29
HR 9454cosponsor
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to support the research, design, development, demonstration, and deployment of zero-emission vessels and retrofit or replacement of existing vessels with zero-emission vessel technologies and charging infrastructure or fueling infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-06-25
HR 9493cosponsor
To require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2026-06-25
HRES 1392cosponsor
Supporting the designation of a "National Learn to Swim Week" beginning on the 4th Sunday in June.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-06-25
HR 9388cosponsor
One-Stop Pilot Program Extension Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2026-06-23
H R 8800
Agreed to (232-199)
nay
2026-07-22
H R 8800
Failed (175-254)
nay2026-07-22
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Failed (213-216)
yea2026-07-22
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Passed (216-212)
nay2026-07-22
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Stop Insider Trading Act
Failed (211-218)
yea2026-07-22
Stop Insider Trading Act
Passed (232-198)
nay2026-07-22
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
Passed (216-214)
nay2026-07-22
Value Over Cost Act
Passed (421-1)
yea2026-07-21
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770); and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113)
Passed (213-209)
nay2026-07-21
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770); and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113)
Passed (214-211)
nay2026-07-21
H R 8800
Failed (65-361)
nay2026-07-21
Large individual $1.9M
PACs $1.1M
Spent $3.1MCash $366K
2020 cycle$405K
Small donors $8KLarge individual $346KPACs $48K
Spent $27KCash $378K
HR 9898: To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for free public transportation for individuals who are recently released from incarceration.
cosponsor
2026-07-23
legislation
HR 9941: To protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization.
cosponsor
2026-07-23
legislation
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
yea
2026-07-23
vote
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
nay
2026-07-23
vote
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HR 9877: To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
cosponsor
2026-07-22
legislation
HR 9847: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services or substance use disorder services and primary care services furnished on the same day.
cosponsor
2026-07-22
legislation
HR 9874: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, and for other purposes.
cosponsor
2026-07-22
legislation
HR 9842: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to establish and maintain State offices of women's health, and for other purposes.
sponsor
2026-07-22
legislation
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-22
vote
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-22
vote
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-22
vote
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-22
vote
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
yea
2026-07-22
vote
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
nay
2026-07-22
vote
Stop Insider Trading Act
yea
2026-07-22
vote
Stop Insider Trading Act
nay
2026-07-22
vote
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
nay
2026-07-22
vote
HR 9808: No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026
cosponsor
2026-07-21
legislation
Value Over Cost Act
yea
2026-07-21
vote
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770); and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113)
nay
2026-07-21
vote
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770); and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113)
nay
2026-07-21
vote
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-21
vote
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-21
vote
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-21
vote
H R 8800
yea
2026-07-21
vote
H R 8800
nay
2026-07-21
vote
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