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  Rep. Jerry Carl

Representative for Alabama’s 1 st District

pronounced JEH-ree // kahrl

Carl is the representative for Alabama ’s 1 st congressional district ( view map ) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2021. Carl is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 65 years old.

Our work to hold Congress accountable only matters if elections are decided by counting votes. President Trump, his senior government advisors, and Republican legislators collaborated to have the 2020 presidential election decided by themselves rather than by voters. Their attempts to suppress state-certified vote counts without adjudication in the courts and by using lies and fraudulent documents was a months-long, multifarious attempted coup.

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Carl proposed $34 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:

• $5 million to Alabama State Port Authority for “Coal Handling System Upgrades at McDuffie Coal Terminal”
• $5 million to South Baldwin Regional Workforce Development Authority for “South Baldwin Regional Workforce Development Authority’s Business Innovation Zone Incubator at The Gateway”
• $5 million to Mobile Airport Authority for “Funding to support improvements for aircraft landing systems at Mobile International Airport”

View all requests and justifications on Carl’s website »

View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »

These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.

Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov . Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Carl is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Carl has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 29, 2024. See full analysis methodology .

Committee Membership

Jerry Carl sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies , Financial Services and General Government , State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittees
• House Committee on Natural Resources Indian and Insular Affairs , Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittees

Bills Sponsored

Issue areas.

Carl sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (50%) Energy (30%) Environmental Protection (20%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Carl recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 7080: Earn Your Keep Act
• H.R. 6180: Poarch Band of Creek Indians Lands Act
• H.Res. 732: Expressing support for the designation of September 30, 2023, through October 7, 2023, …
• H.R. 1442: No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act
• H.R. 897: Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
• H.R. 356: Unleashing American Energy Act
• H.R. 7285 (117th): Unleashing American Energy Act

Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Carl voted nay, carl voted yea, carl voted aye, missed votes.

From Jan 2021 to Mar 2024, Carl missed 10 of 1,826 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 1.9% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators , a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Office of Rep. Carl for the photo
• GovInfo.gov , for sponsored bills

Pronunciation Guide

Jerry Carl is pronounced:

JEH-ree // kahrl

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

• 1. Andy Harris , MD Chair HARRIS,ANDY MD
• 2. David G. Valadao , CA VALADAO,DAVID CA
• 3. John R. Moolenaar , MI MOOLENAAR,JOHN MI
• 4. Dan Newhouse , WA NEWHOUSE,DAN WA
• 5. Julia Letlow , LA LETLOW,JULIA LA
• 6. Ben Cline , VA CLINE,BEN VA
• 7. Ashley Hinson , IA HINSON,ASHLEY IA
• 8. Jerry L. Carl , AL CARL,JERRY AL
• 9. Scott Franklin , FL FRANKLIN,SCOTT FL
• 1. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. , GA BISHOP,SANFORD GA
• 2. Chellie Pingree , ME PINGREE,CHELLIE ME
• 3. Lauren Underwood , IL UNDERWOOD,LAUREN IL
• 4. Marcy Kaptur , OH KAPTUR,MARCY OH
• 5. Barbara Lee , CA LEE,BARBARA CA
• 6. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , FL WASSERMANSCHULTZ,DEBBIE FL

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The 117th Congress will convene on January 3, 2021, and will conclude on January 3, 2023.

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Latest News

Carl Tapped to Serve on NDAA Conference Committee

Carl Issues Statement on House Impeachment Inquiry 

Washington, D.C . – Today, U.S. Representative Jerry Carl (R-AL) issued the following statement regarding Speaker McCarthy's decision to move forward with an impeachment inquiry for President Biden.

https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2023/09/08/sitdown-with-congressman-jerry-carl/

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