U.S. House · New Jersey's 10th District

• YesWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · H. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · 2026-06-03 roll call ↗The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
• YesResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · H.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · 2026-02-11 roll call ↗The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
• NoConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government funding · H.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · 2026-02-03 roll call ↗The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
• YesBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · H.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · 2026-01-08 roll call ↗The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
• YesWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela · H. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · 2025-12-17 roll call ↗The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
• NoNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · 2025-12-10 roll call ↗The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
• YesEpstein Files Transparency Act · H.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · 2025-11-18 roll call ↗The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
• NoContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending vote · H.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · 2025-11-12 roll call ↗The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
• NoCLARITY Act — digital asset market structure · H.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
• NoGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulation · S. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
• NoOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · 2025-07-03 roll call ↗H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
• NoRescissions Act of 2025 · H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · 2025-06-12 roll call ↗The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
• NoOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · 2025-05-22 roll call ↗H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
• NoSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · H.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · 2025-04-10 roll call ↗The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
• NoFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · 2025-03-11 roll call ↗The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
• NoLaken Riley Act — final passage · S. 5 · Passed 263–156 · 2025-01-22 roll call ↗The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.

• actionServes on the House Committee on Homeland Security (Subcommittees on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure, and Transportation and Maritime Security) and the House Committee on Small Business (Subcommittees on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access; Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development; and Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations) in the 119th Congress.[1]
• legalOn May 19, 2025, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced federal assault charges against McIver under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1), stemming from a May 9, 2025 visit by McIver and other officials to the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, during which Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested (charges against Baraka were later dropped).[1][7]

• ✓SupportsStricter gun laws

  Supports stricter gun laws, including universal background checks, closing loopholes in the background-check system, and waiting periods, calling gun violence a public health crisis.[6]

• ✓SupportsProtect legal access to abortion

  Says she will always stand for protecting a woman's right to choose.[1]

  “I will always stand for protecting a woman’s right to choose, for every American to have access to the ballot box, and to live without fear of violence.”

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  Supports policies to increase affordable housing options, protect tenants' rights, and address housing discrimination.[5]

• ✕OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[9][10][11][12]

  What they say: Publicly opposed the reopening of the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark and characterized her related federal assault charge as an effort to criminalize legislative oversight of the facility.[1]

  “We were fulfilling our lawful oversight responsibilities, as members of Congress have done many times before, and our visit should have been peaceful and short. Instead, ICE agents created an unnecessary and unsafe confrontation when they chose to arrest Mayor Baraka. The charges against me are purely political—they mischaracterize and distort my actions, and are meant to criminalize and deter legislative oversight.”

• ✓SupportsExpand public health coverageFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted yes on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08).[10][11][12][13]

• ✓SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[10][11][12]

• ✓SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[10][11][12]

• ✕OpposesBroad tariffs on imported goodsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11).[14]

• Addressing the interconnected challenges of affordability, housing, healthcare and education costs, and the local impact of climate change, including flooding in the district.[4]
• Securing safe, affordable housing, including policies to increase affordable housing options, protect tenants' rights, and address housing discrimination.[5]
• Combatting food insecurity through stronger nutrition assistance programs and access to nutritious food.[5]
• Gun violence prevention measures including universal background checks, closing background-check loopholes, and waiting periods.[6]

• Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1986.[1]
• Earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Bloomfield College in 2008 and a graduate degree in education leadership, management and policy from Seton Hall University in 2011.[1]
• Worked as an administrator, including as Executive Director for the Essex Regional Educational Services Commission, before entering elected office full time.[1]
• Founded Newark G.A.L.S., Inc. in 2012, an organization focused on developing female leaders.[1]
• Elected to the Newark City Council (Central Ward) in 2018 as the youngest woman ever to serve on the council, and served as Council President from 2022 to 2024.[1]
• Elected to the U.S. House in a September 2024 special election to complete the term of the late Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., becoming the first Black woman to represent NJ-10.[4]

Raised $2.1M · spent $1.5M · $814K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

• ✕OpposesStricter gun laws

  Describes himself as a supporter of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and says it should never be infringed upon.[2]

  “I am a supporter of the Second Amendment -- the right to keep and bear arms to protect ourselves and this constitutional right should never be infringed upon.”

• ✓SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

  Says communities must "always support our police and first responders" and be tough on violent crime.[2]

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

  Says taxes are "out of control" and calls for controlling government spending rather than raising taxes.[2]

• Supporting law enforcement and first responders, and opposing policies he describes as "tying the hands of law enforcement."[2]
• Reducing taxes and government spending, saying current policies are "driving inflation and impeding our quality of life."[2]
• Supporting small businesses by reducing regulatory burdens and expanding access to funding.[2]

• Born in New Jersey and graduated from Nutley High School in 1990.[2]
• Owner of Bucco Couture, a tailoring business; describes growing up in the foster care system.[2][8]
• Unsuccessful Republican candidate for NJ-10 in 2024 (both the September special election and the November regular election), for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 in 2025, and for New Jersey State Senate District 20 in 2023.[2]

Raised $2,270 · spent $1,252 · $1,018 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗