Niki Tsongas

Nicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 2007 to 2019. She held the seat formerly held by her husband, the late Paul Tsongas, for the district numbered as from 2007 to 2013 and as from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2017 Tsongas announced that she would not seek another term in the November 2018 election. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Niki Tsongas has 242 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1992 Interview as a Spouse. The year with the most videos was 2017 with 34 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2011 with an average of 9,983 views per program as a Democratic Representative for Massachusetts's 5th district. Most appearances with Andy Barr (4), Ron DeSantis (4), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (3). Most common tags: Afghanistan, House of Representatives, Gun Control.

Appearances by Title:c. February 13, 1992 - Present Spouse


Videos: 2

Previously

U.S. Representative, D-MA 3rd January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2019 Videos: 131 U.S. Representative, D-MA 5th October 18, 2007 - January 3, 2013 Videos: 109

Recent Appearances

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House approved the final House-Senate version of H.R. 5515, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fis…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House considered amendments to opioid-related legislation.

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House approved a $15 billion rescissions bill. Members also began debate on a federal spending package for fiscal year 20…

  • Conversation with Representative Niki Tsongas

    Conversation with Representative Niki Tsongas

    As part of a series of C-SPAN interviews with members of Congress who were retiring, Representative Niki Tsongas (D-MA) refle…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House approved several bills. One would change the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations reform law. Another would allow …

  • Fiscal Year 2019 Defense Authorization Markup, Part 4

    Fiscal Year 2019 Defense Authorization Markup, Part 4

    During this portion of House Armed Services Committee consideration of the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Ac…

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Historical Member of Congress Record

Former District Map
Former Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

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Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 0
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