# Nikema Williams (GA-05) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files

> How Nikema Williams voted on the most consequential federal legislation, with campaign-finance data from FEC filings.

*Source: https://thegafiles.com/NikemaWilliams.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)*

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Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia's 5th Congressional District

# Nikema Williams

Party
Democrat

In Office
2021 – present

Seat
GA-05

Key Votes Recorded
10 of 12

HRC Equality Score100 / 100

Nikema Williams has represented Georgia's 5th District (Atlanta) — the seat held for more than three decades by John Lewis — since 2021.

10 / 12A recorded position on 10 of the twelve scorecard votes — the rest predate her tenure.

**HRC Equality Score: 100/100 (118th Congress).** An external rating from the [Human Rights Campaign](https://www.hrc.org/resources/congressional-scorecard), an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, scoring members 0–100 on support for LGBTQ+ equality based on key votes and bill cosponsorships in the 118th Congress (2023–24). Included for reference; it reflects HRC's positions, not this site's.

**Methodology.** Every vote below is the member's actual recorded position, pulled directly from the official House Clerk roll-call XML and cross-checked against the published vote totals. DNV = did not vote; — = not yet in office. Summaries are factual; framing is left to the reader.

01

## One Big Beautiful Bill Act

H.R. 1 · 119th Congress

NO

Date
House passage July 3, 2025 (218–214)

Status
Became law — Public Law 119-21, signed July 4, 2025

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **NO** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

The largest safety-net rollback in recent memory — over $1 trillion cut from health programs and at least $120 billion from SNAP, with new Medicaid work requirements and higher ACA premiums. Supporters cast it as tax relief and spending restraint; opponents warned it would strain rural hospitals and nursing homes and raise costs for lower-income families.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190)

02

## Laken Riley Act

S. 5 / H.R. 29 · 119th Congress

NO

Date
House passage January 22, 2025 (263–156)

Status
Became law, signed January 29, 2025

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **NO** — with 156 of 202 Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

Requires DHS to detain undocumented people merely charged with or arrested for theft-related offenses — without a conviction — and lets states sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. Named for a Georgia nursing student killed in 2024, it drew bipartisan support, but immigrant-rights groups criticized the detention-without-conviction standard and due-process concerns.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523)

03

## Inflation Reduction Act

H.R. 5376 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage August 12, 2022 (220–207)

Status
Became law, signed August 16, 2022

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

Let Medicare negotiate prescription-drug prices, capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare enrollees, extended ACA premium subsidies, and funded clean-energy investment — direct savings for lower- and middle-income households and seniors, paid for partly with a corporate minimum tax. It passed on party lines.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420)

04

## Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act

H.R. 3684 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage November 5, 2021 (228–206)

Status
Became law, signed November 15, 2021

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

Funds roads, bridges, broadband, and water-system replacement, with Georgia set to receive billions for roads, ports, airports, water systems, and broadband access. One of the few major bipartisan infrastructure laws of the era.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369)

05

## American Rescue Plan Act

H.R. 1319 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage March 10, 2021 (220–211)

Status
Became law, signed March 11, 2021

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

A $1.9 trillion COVID-relief package: $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, and a one-year Child Tax Credit expansion credited with helping cut child poverty nearly in half in 2021. Supporters credited it with speeding the recovery; critics argued it fueled inflation. It passed on party lines.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172)

06

## Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

S. 2938 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage June 24, 2022 (234–193)

Status
Became law, signed June 25, 2022

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

The first major federal gun-safety law in nearly 30 years: enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, funding for state red-flag laws, closure of the “boyfriend loophole,” and new mental-health and school-safety money. Passed weeks after the Uvalde school shooting with bipartisan support.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2938)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022299)

07

## Respect for Marriage Act

H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage December 8, 2022 (258–169)

Status
Became law, signed December 13, 2022

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

Codified federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, requiring states to honor marriages performed where they were legal. A response to concerns that the Supreme Court might revisit marriage rights; it passed with bipartisan support.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022513)

08

## CHIPS & Science Act

H.R. 4346 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage July 28, 2022 (243–187)

Status
Became law, signed August 9, 2022

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

Subsidized domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research to cut reliance on foreign chips and ease the supply-chain shocks that drove up prices on cars and electronics — including roughly $75 million directed to strengthen chip production in Georgia. Passed with bipartisan support.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4346)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022404)

09

## Honoring our PACT Act

S. 3373 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage July 13, 2022 (342–88)

Status
Became law, signed August 10, 2022

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

Expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and other hazards during their service — one of the largest expansions of veterans’ benefits in decades. Passed with broad bipartisan majorities.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3373)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022309)

10

## Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

H.R. 1 · 115th Congress

—

Date
House passage December 20, 2017 (224–201)

Status
Became law, signed December 22, 2017

Nikema Williams' Vote
Not in office — Nikema Williams took office after this vote.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

Cut the corporate tax rate permanently and individual rates temporarily, doubled the standard deduction, and capped the state-and-local-tax (SALT) deduction. The largest tax overhaul in a generation; supporters cited growth and simpler filing, while critics noted the largest benefits flowed to corporations and higher earners and that it added to the deficit. It passed on party lines.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017699)

11

## American Health Care Act

H.R. 1628 · 115th Congress

—

Date
House passage May 4, 2017 (217–213)

Status
Passed House; failed in the Senate — did not become law

Nikema Williams' Vote
Not in office — Nikema Williams took office after this vote.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

The principal effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — rolling back the Medicaid expansion, restructuring subsidies, and weakening protections tied to pre-existing conditions. The Congressional Budget Office estimated tens of millions would lose coverage. It passed the House but failed in the Senate.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1628)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017256)

12

## For the People Act

H.R. 1 · 117th Congress

YES

Date
House passage March 3, 2021 (220–210)

Status
Passed House; stalled in the Senate — did not become law

Nikema Williams' Vote
Voted **YES** — with nearly all Democrats.

### Impact on Everyday Americans

A sweeping elections-and-ethics overhaul — automatic and same-day voter registration, expanded mail and early voting, nonpartisan redistricting, new campaign-finance disclosure, and tighter conflict-of-interest rules. Supporters called it the most significant voting-rights expansion in decades; opponents called it federal overreach into state-run elections. It passed the House but stalled in the Senate.

#### Sources

- [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1)

- [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202162)

Constituent Access

## Town Halls

Open public forums with constituents · review period 2021–2026

**Williams holds open, in-person town halls.** She has hosted face-to-face budget and community forums across the “fighting Fifth” — a contrast with several Georgia members who declined them — drawing large and often pointed crowds.

## Documented Record

- **August 14, 2025 — Jackson Memorial Baptist Church, Atlanta.** A roughly two-hour joint budget town hall with Atlanta City Councilmember Andrea Boone drew nearly 200 constituents. Anger over the Trump administration, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the National Guard deployment in D.C., and Israel's war in Gaza dominated; Williams said most questions came from people “not knowing when cuts are going to take effect and how to plan family budgets.”

- **March 2025 — Teamsters Union Hall, southeast Atlanta.** An in-person town hall where constituents voiced frustration over proposed Medicare and Medicaid cuts.

Verified against Atlanta Civic Circle, The Atlanta Voice, and 11Alive (2025). This is not an exhaustive list of every event; it documents that open public town halls occurred within the review period.

## Sources

- [Atlanta Civic Circle — anger over Trump, Gaza at Williams town hall (Aug 15, 2025)](https://atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/08/15/trump-gaza-nikema-williams-town-hall-israel/)

- [The Atlanta Voice — Williams & Boone host joint town hall](https://theatlantavoice.com/williams-criticizes-trump-administration/)

- [11Alive — Williams hosts town hall on Medicaid, Social Security](https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/rep-nikema-williams-town-hall/85-d977edfb-0e1b-4de2-bc48-c2377d4b7935)

Campaign Finance

## Campaign Finance

2025–26 cycle · Federal Election Commission

Raised$478K

Spent$443K

Cash on Hand$48K

Williams's PAC money comes from **Georgia corporate mainstays** — Cox, AFLAC, Delta — alongside financial-industry PACs and Democratic leadership funds.

Pinned — AIPAC Money

$535 this cycle

Direct contributions from AIPAC's PAC plus donor money bundled ("earmarked") through AIPAC and forwarded to the campaign — totaled from [AIPAC's own FEC disbursement filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00797670&recipient_name=C00752584), 2025–26 cycle.

## Top PAC & Committee Contributors

| # | Contributor | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Hold the Line PAC | $10,000 |
| 2 | Cox Enterprises PAC | $10,000 |
| 3 | AFLAC PAC | $10,000 |
| 4 | BlackRock PAC | $7,500 |
| 5 | Ernst & Young PAC | $7,500 |
| 6 | Allstate PAC | $7,500 |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines PAC | $7,500 |
| 8 | Future Forum PAC | $6,000 |
| 9 | Regions Financial PAC | $5,000 |
| 10 | UAW V-CAP | $5,000 |

Source: Federal Election Commission, 2025–26 cycle. Direct PAC contributions and committee transfers only — individual donors, earmarked conduit pass-throughs, refunds, and loans are excluded. Figures auto-pulled from FEC filings.

## Sources

- [FEC — candidate profile & filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0GA05301/)

## Verification Resources

- [House Clerk roll-call votes](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes)

- [Nikema Williams — Congressional Biographical Directory](https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000788)

- [FEC — campaign finance filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0GA05301/)

Vote positions are taken from official roll-call records, not secondhand summaries. Campaign-finance figures are drawn directly from the candidate's FEC filings for the 2025–26 cycle.

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