The Record · Colorado
Brittany Pettersen
CO-7 · Democrat · House
The short version
Brittany Pettersen helped women and families in all 7 votes we track.
What helped most
Voted for a bigger Child Tax Credit.
What it means for herShe's raising two kids alone on a low-wage job. Because the credit grows with earnings, she gets less of it than families who earn more. This bill would have raised the credit for about 16 million children in families like hers in its first year. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2024
Voted against the 2025 law that cut Medicaid.
What it means for herShe's 24, works part-time in Ohio with no insurance from her job, and hopes to have a baby someday. Medicaid pays for about 4 in 10 U.S. births. Starting in 2027 in most states, she must show 80 hours of work a month. If a slow month or a lost form cuts her off, she loses coverage before she is even pregnant. Source: KFF, 2025
Voted against adding prison time for health workers to a born-alive law that already exists.
What it means for herShe's 22 weeks pregnant and just learned her baby has a fatal condition. Only 1.1% of U.S. abortions happen at 21 weeks or later. If her baby is born alive after an abortion, this bill would make her doctor send the baby to a hospital right away, even if it cannot survive, or face up to five years in prison. Source: CDC, Abortion Surveillance, 2024
Every vote we track
Helped women and families7
- Voted yesA bigger Child Tax CreditWhat it means for herShe's raising two kids alone on a low-wage job. Because the credit grows with earnings, she gets less of it than families who earn more. This bill would have raised the credit for about 16 million children in families like hers in its first year. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2024
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Official title: H.R.7024 — Child Tax Credit expansion (House passage)From the official House roll call (2023–24, Roll Call 30): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted noThe 2025 law that cut MedicaidWhat it means for herShe's 24, works part-time in Ohio with no insurance from her job, and hopes to have a baby someday. Medicaid pays for about 4 in 10 U.S. births. Starting in 2027 in most states, she must show 80 hours of work a month. If a slow month or a lost form cuts her off, she loses coverage before she is even pregnant. Source: KFF, 2025
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Official title: H.R.1 — 2025 reconciliation, Medicaid cuts (concur in Senate amendment, enacted)From the official House roll call (2025–26, Roll Call 190): voted NAY.official roll call - Voted noAdding prison time to an existing born-alive lawWhat it means for herShe's 22 weeks pregnant and just learned her baby has a fatal condition. Only 1.1% of U.S. abortions happen at 21 weeks or later. If her baby is born alive after an abortion, this bill would make her doctor send the baby to a hospital right away, even if it cannot survive, or face up to five years in prison. Source: CDC, Abortion Surveillance, 2024
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Official title: H.R.26 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (House passage, 2023)From the official House roll call (2023–24, Roll Call 29): voted NAY.official roll call - Voted noCutting child care money to states over rule-breakingWhat it means for herShe's 26, a single mom who works at a nursing home. A state subsidy pays for her son's day care. About 1.3 million children get this help each month. When a state breaks the program's rules, this bill would force extra penalties, which can include cutting off its grant. If her state lost it, she could lose her help. Source: Administration for Children and Families, 2026
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Official title: H.R.7726 — No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act (House passage)From the official House roll call (2025–26, Roll Call 198): voted NAY.official roll call - Voted noOverturning the 2024 Title IX ruleWhat it means for herShe's 19, in college, and a classmate sexually assaulted her. Among college women, only 20% of rapes and sexual assaults are reported to police. The 2024 rule widened what her school must do when she reports it. This vote would have thrown that rule out. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2014
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Official title: H.J.Res.165 — overturning the 2024 Title IX rule (House passage, 2024)From the official House roll call (2023–24, Roll Call 354): voted NAY.official roll call - Voted yesRenewing help for trafficking victimsWhat it means for herShe's 16, and a man she met online is selling her for sex. In confirmed U.S. sex trafficking cases, 94% of victims were female. These bills renew or expand federal programs that help victims like her get safe and punish traffickers. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2011
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Official title: H.R.5856 — Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2023 (House passage, 2024)From the official House roll call (2023–24, Roll Call 41): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted noLeaving non-citizens out of the count for House seatsWhat it means for herShe's 34, has a green card, and works as a home health aide in Florida. Her two children are U.S. citizens. About 13 million people with green cards live in the U.S. The Constitution counts every person. This bill would have left her out of the count that decides her state's seats in the U.S. House. Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Homeland Security Statistics, 2026
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Official title: H.R.7109 — Equal Representation Act, census citizenship question (House passage, 2024)From the official House roll call (2023–24, Roll Call 193): voted NAY.official roll call
How we count
We wrote down which bills and nominations count, and why, before we scored anyone. A vote counts as hurting women and families when it takes away care, coverage, safety or rights, and as helping when it protects them. A missed vote never counts against anyone. Money and court cases are shown, but never change the grade.