Barbara Lee (California)

Barbara Lee is the Mayor of Oakland in California. She assumed office on May 20, 2025. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Lee ran in a special election for Mayor of Oakland in California. She won in the special general election on April 15, 2025.

Mayoral elections are nonpartisan in Oakland. Lee is a Democrat.^[1]

Biography

Barbara Lee was born in El Paso, Texas. Lee graduated from San Fernando High School in 1964. She earned a bachelor's degree from Mills College in 1973 and a master's degree in social work from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975. Lee's career experience includes working as a staffer for former U.S. Representative Ronald V. Dellums.^[2]

Elections

2025

General election

General election for Mayor of Oakland

Select round:

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Barbara Lee in round 9 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,305
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Endorsements

Lee received the following endorsements.

2024

Regular election

General election

General election for U.S. Senate California

Adam Schiff defeated Steve Garvey in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Adam Schiff (D)	58.9	9,036,252
	Steve Garvey (R)	41.1	6,312,594

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,348,846
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adam Schiff (D)	31.6	2,304,829
✔		Steve Garvey (R)	31.5	2,301,351
		Katie Porter (D)	15.3	1,118,429
		Barbara Lee (D)	9.8	717,129
		Eric Early (R)	3.3	242,055
		James P. Bradley (R)	1.4	98,778
		Christina Pascucci (D)	0.8	61,998
		Sharleta Bassett (R)	0.8	54,884
		Sarah Sun Liew (R)	0.5	38,718
	Submit photo	Laura Garza (No party preference)	0.5	34,529
		Jonathan Reiss (R)	0.5	34,400
		Sepi Gilani (D)	0.5	34,316
		Gail Lightfoot (L)	0.5	33,295
		Denice Gary-Pandol (R)	0.4	25,649
		James Macauley (R)	0.3	23,296
		Harmesh Kumar (D)	0.3	21,624
		David Peterson (D)	0.3	21,170
		Douglas Howard Pierce (D)	0.3	19,458
		Major Singh (No party preference)	0.2	17,092
		John Rose (D)	0.2	14,627
		Perry Pound (D)	0.2	14,195
		Raji Rab (D)	0.2	13,640
		Mark Ruzon (No party preference)	0.2	13,488
		Forrest Jones (American Independent Party of California)	0.2	13,140
	Submit photo	Stefan Simchowitz (R)	0.2	12,773
		Martin Veprauskas (R)	0.1	9,795
		Don Grundmann (No party preference)	0.1	6,641
		Michael Dilger (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	7
		Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R) (Write-in)	0.0	5
	Submit photo	John Dowell (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	3
		Danny Fabricant (R) (Write-in)	0.0	3

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,301,317
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Lexi Reese (D)
Alexander Norbash (D)
Renee Martinez (No party preference)
Dominick Dorothy (D)
Joshua Bocanegra (D)
Barack Obama Mandela (R)
Joe Sosinski (No party preference)
James Shuster (R)
Rommell Montenegro (D)
Zakaria Kortam (R)
John Pappenheim (R)
Jacob Farmos (D)
Roxanne Lawler (R)
Jessica Resendez (D)
Jeremy Fennell (D)
Carson Franklin Jr. (D)
Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Vienmerisce Veittemeignzce USA)
Paul Anderson (G)
Peter Liu (R)
Dana Bobbitt (No party preference)
Zafar Inam (D)
Jehu Hand (R)
Eduardo Berdugo (No party preference)
Frank Ferreira (No party preference)

Endorsements

Lee received the following endorsements.

U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D)
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D)
U.S. Rep. Troy Carter (D)
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D)
U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D)
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D)
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D)
U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D)
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath (D)
U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D)
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D)
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D)
U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas (D)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D)
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D)
U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D)
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D)
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D)
U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams (D)
State Sen. Steven Bradford (D)
State Sen. Anna Caballero (D)
State Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman (D)
State Sen. Loni Hancock (D)
State Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D)
State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D)
State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D)
State Asm. Mia Bonta (D)
State Asm. Cheryl Brown (D)
State Asm. Isaac Bryan (D)
State Asm. Mike Gipson (D)
State Asm. Corey Jackson (D)
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones (D)
State Rep. Ash Kalra (D)
State Asm. Liz Ortega (D)
State Asm. Sandré Swanson (D)
State Asm. Buffy Wicks (D)
State Asm. Lori Wilson (D)
District Attorney, Contra Costa County Diana Becton
Mayor, City of Burbank Konstantine Anthony (Nonpartisan)
Mayor, City of San Francisco London Breed (Nonpartisan)
Mayor, City of Moreno Valley Ulises Cabrera
Mayor, City of Irvine Farrah Khan (Nonpartisan)
Mayor, City of Oakland Libby Schaaf
Mayor, City of Oakland Sheng Thao (Nonpartisan)
Mayor, City of San Bernardino Helen Tran (Nonpartisan)
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (Nonpartisan)
Supervisor, Alameda County Keith Carson (Nonpartisan)
Supervisor, San Francisco County Hillary Ronen (Nonpartisan)
Supervisor, San Diego County Nora Vargas (Nonpartisan)
Supervisor, San Francisco County Shamann Walton (Nonpartisan)
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D)
California State Controller Malia Cohen (D)
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (D)
California State Board of Equalization Member Sally Lieber (D)
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma (D)
California Superintendent Of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond (D)
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber (D)
Frmr. Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D)
Frmr. North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley (D)
Frmr. U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D)
Frmr. Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter (D)
Frmr. U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D)
Frmr. U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
Frmr. Mayor of Stockton Michael Tubbs (D)
California Working Families Party
California Labor Federation
Bay Area Reporter
Black Church PAC
CAIR-CA PAC
California Legislative Black Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus PAC
Feminist Majority Foundation
Friends of the Earth
Higher Heights for America
Honor PAC
J Street
National Association of Social Workers
Our Revolution
Peace Action
Progressive Democrats of America
Reproductive Freedom For All
The Collective PAC
US Palestinian Council
Forescee Hogan-Rowles (Nonpartisan) -
Dolores Huerta - Co-Founder, United Farm Workers

Special election

General election

Special general election for U.S. Senate California

Adam Schiff defeated Steve Garvey in the special general election for U.S. Senate California on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Adam Schiff (D)	58.8	8,837,051
	Steve Garvey (R)	41.2	6,204,637

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,041,688
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steve Garvey (R)	33.2	2,455,115
✔	Adam Schiff (D)	29.3	2,160,171
	Katie Porter (D)	17.2	1,272,684
	Barbara Lee (D)	11.7	866,551
	Eric Early (R)	6.1	451,274
	Christina Pascucci (D)	1.5	109,867
	Sepi Gilani (D)	0.9	68,497
	Michael Dilger (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	27

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,384,186
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Endorsements

Lee received the following endorsements.

Black Women Organized for Political Action

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 12

Incumbent Barbara Lee defeated Stephen Slauson in the general election for U.S. House California District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Lee (D)	90.5	217,110
	Submit photo	Stephen Slauson (R)	9.5	22,859

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 239,969
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 12

Incumbent Barbara Lee and Stephen Slauson defeated Glenn Kaplan, Eric Wilson, and Ned Nuerge in the primary for U.S. House California District 12 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Lee (D)	87.7	135,892
✔	Submit photo	Stephen Slauson (R)	5.3	8,274
		Glenn Kaplan (No Party Affiliation)	3.3	5,141
		Eric Wilson (D)	2.4	3,753
	Submit photo	Ned Nuerge (R)	1.2	1,902

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 154,962
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Greg Lentz (R)
Eric Curry (D)

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 13

Incumbent Barbara Lee defeated Nikka Piterman in the general election for U.S. House California District 13 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Barbara Lee (D)	90.4	327,863
	Nikka Piterman (R)	9.6	34,955

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 362,818
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 13

Incumbent Barbara Lee and Nikka Piterman advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 13 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Barbara Lee (D)	92.6	230,482
✔	Nikka Piterman (R)	7.4	18,553

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 249,035
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2018

See also: California's 13th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 13

Incumbent Barbara Lee defeated Laura Wells in the general election for U.S. House California District 13 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Barbara Lee (D)	88.4	260,580
	Laura Wells (G)	11.6	34,257

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,837
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 13

Incumbent Barbara Lee and Laura Wells advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 13 on June 5, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Barbara Lee (D)	99.5	159,751
✔	Laura Wells (G)	0.5	832

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 160,583
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2016

See also: California's 13th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Barbara Lee (D) defeated Sue Caro (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Both candidates advanced past the top-two primary on June 7, 2016, by default.^[3]^[4]

**U.S. House, California District 13 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee Incumbent	90.8%	293,117
	Republican	Sue Caro	9.2%	29,754
Total Votes				322,871
Source: California Secretary of State

**U.S. House, California District 13 Primary, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee Incumbent	92%	192,227
	Republican	Sue Caro	8%	16,818
Total Votes				209,045
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 13th Congressional District elections, 2014

Lee won re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. She and Dakin Sundeen (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 3, 2014, defeating Justin Jelincic (D) and Lawrence Allen (P&F). Lee went on to defeat Sundeen in the general election on November 4, 2014.^[5]^[6]

**U.S. House, California District 13 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee Incumbent	88.5%	168,491
	Republican	Dakin Sundeen	11.5%	21,940
Total Votes				190,431
Source: California Secretary of State

**U.S. House, California District 13 Primary, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee Incumbent	82.6%	77,461
	Republican	Dakin Sundeen	10.2%	9,533
	Democratic	Justin Jelincic	4.9%	4,602
	Peace and Freedom	Lawrence Allen	2.3%	2,190
Total Votes				93,786
Source: California Secretary of State

2012

See also: California's 13th Congressional District elections, 2012

Lee won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 13th District.^[7] She was displaced from her former district, the 9th by redistricting. She and Marilyn Singleton (Ind) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating Justin Jelincic (D). Lee then defeated Singleton in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[8]^[9]

**U.S. House, California District 13 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee Incumbent	86.8%	250,436
	Independent	Marilyn M. Singleton	13.2%	38,146
Total Votes				288,582
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

**U.S. House, California District 13 Open Primary, 2012**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Barbara Lee (D) Incumbent	83.1%	94,709
Marilyn Singleton (NPP)	11.8%	13,502
Justin Jelincic (D)	5%	5,741
Total Votes		113,952

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Barbara Lee, click [show] to expand the section.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Barbara Lee won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Gerald Hashimoto (R), Dave Heller (G), James Eyer (L) and Larry Allen (P&F) in the general election.^[10]

U.S. House, California District 9 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee incumbent	84.3%	180,400
	Republican	Gerald Hashimoto	10.8%	23,054
	Green	Dave Heller	2.3%	4,848
	Libertarian	James Eyer	1.9%	4,113
	Peace and Freedom	Larry Allen	0.8%	1,670
Total Votes				214,085

2008

On November 4, 2008, Barbara Lee won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Charles Hargrave (R), James Eyer (L), David Heller (Write-in) and Christopher Kula (Write-in) in the general election.^[11]

U.S. House, California District 9 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee incumbent	86.1%	238,915
	Republican	Charles Hargrave	9.7%	26,917
	Libertarian	James Eyer	4.2%	11,704
	Write-in	David Heller	0%	37
	Write-in	Christopher Kula	0%	27
Total Votes				277,600

2006

On November 7, 2006, Barbara Lee won re-election to the United States House. She defeated John Dendulk (R) and James Eyer (L) in the general election.^[12]

U.S. House, California District 9 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee incumbent	86.3%	167,245
	Republican	John Dendulk	10.7%	20,786
	Libertarian	James Eyer	2.9%	5,655
Total Votes				193,686

2004

On November 2, 2004, Barbara Lee won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Claudia Bermudez (R) and Jim Eyer (L) in the general election.^[13]

U.S. House, California District 9 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee incumbent	84.5%	215,630
	Republican	Claudia Bermudez	12.3%	31,278
	Libertarian	Jim Eyer	3.2%	8,131
Total Votes				255,039

2002

On November 5, 2002, Barbara Lee won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Jerald Udinsky (R), James Eyer (L) and Hector Reyna (Write-in) in the general election.^[14]

U.S. House, California District 9 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee incumbent	81.4%	135,893
	Republican	Jerald Udinsky	15.2%	25,333
	Libertarian	James Eyer	3.4%	5,685
	Write-in	Hector Reyna	0%	6
Total Votes				166,917

2000

On November 7, 2000, Barbara Lee won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Arneze Washington (R), Fred Foldvary (L) and Ellen Jefferds (Natural Law) in the general election.^[15]

U.S. House, California District 9 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee incumbent	85%	182,352
	Republican	Arneze Washington	9.8%	21,033
	Libertarian	Fred Foldvary	3.3%	7,051
	Natural Law	Ellen Jefferds	2%	4,214
Total Votes				214,650

1998

On November 3, 1998, Barbara Lee won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Claiborne Sanders (R), Gerald Sanders (P&F) and Walter Ruehlig (Natural Law) in the general election.^[16]

U.S. House, California District 9 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee incumbent	82.8%	140,722
	Republican	Claiborne Sanders	13.2%	22,431
	Peace and Freedom	Gerald Sanders	2.8%	4,767
	Natural Law	Walter Ruehlig	1.2%	1,975
Total Votes				169,895

U.S. House, California District 9 Special Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Lee	66.8%	31,025
	Democratic	Greg Harper	16.2%	7,504
	Republican	Claiborne Sanders	12.1%	5,617
	Democratic	Randal Stewart	4.9%	2,265
Total Votes				46,411

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

Barbara Lee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2024

Regular election

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Special election

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Campaign website

Lee’s campaign website stated the following:

“

Health Care for All
Health care is a human right, NOT a privilege. The United States must do what’s right and follow the lead of every other advanced industrial nation in guaranteeing health care for every American. We must also provide the full range of necessary health care services in a culturally competent way. This includes addressing inequities within underserved and neglected communities, protecting women’s health care rights, and treating mental health care with parity.

Every person in this country should have quality, affordable health care whether they are rich or poor, whether they are Black or brown, or white or Asian American or Native American. Every zip code. Urban, suburban, or rural, it doesn’t matter. Every person in this country – EVERYONE – should have health care

I am no stranger to single payer. Unlike others, I didn’t discover single payer late in my political life. I almost didn’t enter this world because my mother was denied access to quality care and almost died while giving birth. When I was a young mother, myself, I lived in England and experienced firsthand the care they afforded to every citizen. I was amazed.

I brought those experiences with me to the California State Legislature. As an Assemblymember, I fully supported the single payer initiative Proposition 186 in 1994. If passed, Prop. 186 would have introduced a state administered program to provide every Californian with health coverage. In the Senate, I partnered with Senator Nick Petris to co-author SB 36 which would have created a payroll tax system giving all Californians – not just employees or employers – access to a universal health care system. And before leaving the State Senate, I championed SB 480, which mandated a state-sponsored study of ways to achieve universal healthcare.

As a psychiatric social worker with years of experience working in our communities, I didn’t need to be told the harm done to those who couldn’t afford a doctor’s visit or to buy their medications. People don’t just need quality health care, they need reliable health care, too. And you shouldn’t lose your health coverage just because you lose your job.

I have supported every expansion of health care access and coverage in the Congress since I was first elected in 1998. That includes the Affordable Care Act. But let me tell you why a single payer plan is the superior option and, in the long term, the only option. We NEED single payer because in order to afford extending health coverage to every person in the country, we need to cut out all the expensive waste and bureaucracy the private health insurance companies create. When everyone is in the same insurance system, we can eliminate the two-tier health care system we see in far too many of our marginalized communities.

And with a single health insurer, we will finally be able to help bring down costs in areas like prescription drug coverage. You really cannot talk about reforming health care without taking on the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs. We have made some progress with the Inflation Reduction Act, but people continue getting gouged by big drug companies. People still cannot get their prescriptions filled due to cost. And people still cut their pills in half to get by.

As a Senator, I will push to require that we negotiate the cost of every drug that is sold – ALL of them, not just a few – and that we make those lower prices available to all consumers, whether they are insured through a government program or not.

If we ensure every person has health coverage, then we need to ensure there are enough doctors and other health care professionals to serve the needs of the people. I have worked hard in Congress to increase the number of doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals trained every year. I support expanding the National Health Service Corps to provide assistance to future doctors who agree to provide care in underserved areas. I also support every effort to expand the number of slots at medical schools, nursing schools, and other training programs for health care professions.

As we make these expansions, it’s critically important to increase the number of doctors and psychiatrists who come from the same communities as those they serve. This is one of the ways we’ll be able to reduce the unconscionable health disparities we have in this country. That’s why I introduced the National Medical Corps Act. This bill would create federally-funded pathways for students from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds to prepare for and attend medical school. As California’s next Senator, I will be in an even better position to advance this important legislation.

I also want to speak about an element of health care that is still inaccessible to too many – mental health care. When I was a graduate student, I founded a community based mental health clinic called the Community Health Alliance for Neighborhood Growth and Education (CHANGE.) We have to treat mental health issues like any other health issue. It’s time to get beyond the stigma. It’s time to get beyond insurance companies refusing to pay for mental health services. It’s time the mental health services that people need are available to them in their communities.

Finally, I want to address the Republican war on women. Protecting and funding women’s health care is THE central pillar of a progressive health care reform agenda. For too long, Republicans have held women hostage to the GOP’s cultural agenda. With Roe v Wade being overturned, we have to re-double our efforts to fund women’s health, to remove federal restrictions of women making the right choices for themselves and their families, and codifying a federal right to reproductive health care. Women don’t need Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham or Republican state governments making their choices for them. In the U.S. Senate, I will continue fighting to protect and expand women’s health care. This issue is personal to me. And let me put the Republicans on notice: OUR rights are non-negotiable.

Commitment to Health Care for Everyone
Five Key Points

Medicare for All – we need a single payer health insurance system with no copayments and no deductibles.
Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs – we need to take on the greed and price gouging of the drug companies. People in the United States should not be paying more for the same medicines as do people in other countries.
Women’s Health Care – we need to increase access to the full range of reproductive health care and enact a federal right to abortion care. We cannot let politicians be America’s health care decision makers.
Mental Health Care – we need to ensure that there are health care resources available in every community and that people are not dissuaded from getting needed care because of cost or social stigma.
Expanding and Diversifying the Health Professions – we need to expand the number of doctors, nurses and other health professionals who are trained each year. We need to engage with undergraduate colleges, including community colleges, and medical/health professional schools to create federally-funded pathways for students from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds to become doctors and health care professionals.

Climate Action
We MUST demand environmental justice for EVERYONE. That’s why combating climate change and ensuring opportunities for neglected communities in this fight has been so central to my work as a legislator and an activist.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its final warning last March: The world is likely to surpass its most ambitious climate target — limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above pre-industrial temperatures — by the early 2030s.

If we don’t move now and address the climate crisis, we will condemn our planet and its inhabitants to a death sentence. We’ve already seen its effects: worsening floods, devastating droughts, millions of acres on fire, reduced agricultural yields, and entire communities destroyed by natural disasters. This often disproportionately hurts poor people and communities of color the most. These phenomena will bring food insecurity, breakdown in services, displaced communities, global conflicts, and render whole regions of our world uninhabitable.

Simply put, we must rapidly transition away from dirty fuels NOW or face dire consequences.

Our solutions must match the scale of the crisis. I have a proven track record, both in Congress and the California State Legislature, of standing in strong opposition to taxpayer-funded giveaways to Big Oil and other major polluters, while also advocating for increased investments in clean, renewable energy technologies.

As my late colleague and friend Congressman Donald McEachin often said, access to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment should not be a luxury. That’s why we renamed the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act in his honor when we reintroduced it earlier this year. I am proud to take up the fight as the new co-lead of this transformative bill and will not stop until we achieve environmental justice for all—no matter where you live, what you look like, or how much you make.

The Green New Deal, which I also co-sponsored, has three core components: jobs, justice, and climate. That’s why I’m proud to stand with other progressive Members of Congress in support of it and its provisions. I have long been a fighter to ensure that good-paying union jobs created by the growing green energy sector are open to all, especially people of color, women, and military veterans.

We can’t stop there, either. We must also do a better job protecting endangered animals and preserving and increasing public access to our national parks and public lands. We must be better stewards of our environment for the sake of all those who call our planet home.

I grew up by the El Paso smelter. My neighbors & family were exposed to chemicals from the plant and Black & Brown people were disproportionately affected. I’ve seen what happens when polluters are allowed to spew toxins into the air and water. We must put People Over Polluters!

There’s no denying the climate crisis is here and that the threat to the safety and economic security of our communities is growing by the day. In order to ensure a healthy and safe future for our children and grandchildren, we must invest in bold policies that address the climate emergency head on, especially in communities of color and other low-income communities that have experienced generations of environmental injustice.

Commitment to Invest in the Health of Our Communities
Congresswoman Barbara Lee was an original co-sponsor of the Green New Deal resolution (GND) and reintroduced the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice For All Act with colleagues from both the House and Senate.

When passed, the Environmental Justice for All Act will fundamentally change how pollution is regulated, how regulations are enforced, and how communities can participate in the regulatory decision making process. EJ for All isn’t just historic for what it does, but for how it came together, as well. In order to craft this legislation, Congresswoman Lee and her colleagues invested in a multi-year process, building it around the lived experiences of frontline communities who are at the highest risk of developing short and long term medical conditions.

The most recent Green New Deal resolution envisions a 10-year national mobilization, akin to FDR’s New Deal, that would put millions of Americans, many from underserved and at-risk communities, to work in good-paying, union jobs repairing the nation’s infrastructure, reducing air and water pollution, and fighting the intertwined economic, social, racial, and climate crises crippling the country.

In the four years since the Green New Deal was first introduced, Congresswoman Lee has joined her colleagues in introducing or co-sponsoring dozens of pieces of legislation, across multiple sectors of the economy, to build on the principles from the resolution. This includes The Green New Deal for Cities and the Civilian Climate Corps, recently taken up by President Biden.

This past April, Congresswoman Lee joined colleagues from both chambers in introducing a Green New Deal Implementation Guide and in September, Congresswoman Lee co-sponsored legislation to invest $1.6 trillion to transform the U.S. public school system, creating 1.3 million jobs and eliminating 78 million metric tons of carbon emissions over ten years.

Congresswoman Lee also serves as the Congressional Representative of the U.S. to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) which oversees the Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement, the international treaty on climate change. The CGF is the world’s largest climate fund and is mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards low-emissions, climate-resilient pathways.

Congresswoman Lee is the current Ranking Member and former Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. In this capacity, Congresswoman Lee negotiated unprecedented investments worth billions in the GCF. In November, Congresswoman Lee attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The delegation conveyed the commitment of the United States Congress to continuing the robust progress made to tackle the climate crisis under the leadership of President Biden.

Taking on the Fossil Fuel Industry
As a progressive, Barbara Lee has led the charge on cracking down on tax cheats and making sure the largest corporations pay their fair share. Congresswoman Lee will not stop fighting for justice and equity and will block any attempts to roll back the hard earned and historic gains made to protect our climate and the responsible stewardship of our natural resources.

While climate experts praised the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress last year for focusing on emissions, clean energy, and environmental justice, they also cautioned that much work remains. Our progress is threatened as Republicans attempt to use their majority in the House to give handouts to billionaires and the fossil fuel industry.

That’s why Congresswoman Lee strongly opposes any rollbacks to California Senate Bill 1137 – a bill signed into law in September 2022 that keeps new oil wells 3,200 feet away from homes, schools, and parks – and urges a “yes” vote on the California Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum, that will appear on the ballot in November 2024.

If we don’t act NOW, it will only get WORSE. We must END fossil fuels. DECLARE a climate emergency. SAVE our planet.

KEY LEGISLATION INTRODUCED / LED

H.R.1705 (118th Congress): The A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act (co-lead) – establishes several environmental justice requirements, advisory bodies, and programs to address the disproportionate adverse human health or environmental effects of federal laws or programs on communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities.
H.Res.29 (118th Congress): Resolution Supporting Teaching Climate Change in Schools (sponsor) – supports teaching climate change in schools and programs to increase public knowledge of the impacts that humans have on the climate.
H.Res.532 (118th Congress): Third Reconstruction: Fully Addressing Poverty (sponsor) – calls to center the needs of low-wealth people around moral laws and policies. The resolution aims to dismantle the systems that have perpetuated poverty and promotes environmental justice.
H.R.260 (117th Congress): Women and Climate Change Act (sponsor) – requires the Department of State to create and implement a strategy to prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women.
- The FY23 SFOPS Act imposed a requirement that the State Department develop and implement this strategy.
H.Res.767 (117th Congress): Expressing Duty of DOD to Reduce Environmental Impact (sponsor) – expresses that it is the duty of the Department of Defense (DOD) to reduce the overall environmental impact of military activities and to monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions from all its operations.

KEY LEGISLATION SUPPORTED

H.R.3302 (118th Congress): Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act – creates a federal grant program to invest in community-based efforts to mitigate exposure to extreme heat, air pollution and other climate change risks that pose a threat to vulnerable pregnant and postpartum people and their infants.
H.R.1444 (118th Congress): Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2023 – requires the consideration of factors related to climate change when selecting remedial actions for the cleanup of Superfund sites (sites contaminated with hazardous substances).
H.R.1729 (118th Congress): Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act – takes steps to remove contaminants from water, directs grants to low-income communities to prevent water shutoffs due to unaffordable bills, and invests $35 billion into an annual trust fund for water and sewer infrastructure modernization.
H.R.3468 (118th Congress): EVs for All Act of 2023 – covers various expenses associated with EV adoption, including the cost of purchasing EVs, installing and maintaining charging infrastructure, community education and outreach initiatives, subsidized fares, maintenance and repairs, monitoring and data collection.
H.Con.Res.56 (118th Congress) – Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis.
H.R.5376 (117th Congress): Inflation Reduction Act – makes the single largest investment in fighting climate change in history by investing in clean energy technologies, putting the U.S. on a path to reducing carbon pollution by 40% by 2030.
H.R.2238 (117th Congress): Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act – sets forth requirements and incentives to reduce the production of a variety of products and materials, including plastics, and increase efforts to collect, recycle, or compost products and materials.^[17]

”

—Barbara Lee campaign website (2024)^[18]

2022

Barbara Lee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Barbara Lee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

The following issues were listed on Lees' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“

Arts and Culture: We must recognize that an arts economy is important not only for the jobs it brings, but for the joy it brings to our communities.

Civil Rights: I am a firm believer in the need to guarantee and protect the civil and human rights of all individuals.

Economy: A real economic recovery for our urban centers will take time and patience along with thoughtful investment in our collective future. A "cuts only" budget strategy does not address the jobs crisis being experienced in our congressional district, and in every corner of the country.

Education: We must resolve to provide ladders of opportunity to make certain that all children have equal access to a quality public education that will prepare them for college or a living-wage job.

Peace: As the world's superpower, we have a responsibility to promote peace above all else. This requires leading by example in encouraging global peace, proactively mitigating serious threats and stabilizing conditions that produce conflict.

^[17]

”

—Barbara Lees' campaign website, http://www.barbaraleeforcongress.org

2014

Lee's campaign website listed the following issues:^[19]

Arts & Culture

Excerpt: "The cities in our congressional district have one signature export in common—creativity. The Thirteenth Congressional District deserves a thriving arts economy that supports a greater numbers of artists. "

Civil Rights

Excerpt: "Our society has made significant progress in the last half century in terms of becoming a more just nation for all of its peoples. But we still have a long way to go. We must level the playing field and offer every individual an equal opportunity to realize his or her potential."

Economy

Excerpt: "A real economic recovery for our urban centers will take time and patience along with thoughtful investment in our collective future. A "cuts only" budget strategy does not address the jobs crisis being experienced in our congressional district, and in every corner of the country. "

Education

Excerpt: "Support for public education is a long-standing American value. Over the last 20 years, however, school funding has needlessly become a political football. We must resolve to provide ladders of opportunity to make certain that all children have equal access to a quality public education that will prepare them for college or a living-wage job."

Environment

Excerpt: "Protecting our environment is critical to the stability of the nation. Implementing eco-friendly policies will not only improve the quality of life for our residents —it will provide a pathway for economic revitalization and the strengthening of our national security. As a country, we must prioritize the implementation of comprehensive environmental policies that reflect our values. In so doing, we will achieve the goals of protecting our people as well as our planet."

Issues

Ambassador to Cuba

Lee indicated her interest in a possible appointment to the position of U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, should such a position become available before President Obama leaves office. This followed Obama's announcement about normalizing relations with Cuba on January 15, 2015. When asked about a possible future appointment, Lee stated, "My priority and focus is working with my congressional colleagues to lift the embargo, end the travel ban and fully normalize relations with Cuba."^[20]

American response in Syria

See also: United States involvement in Syria

On August 29, 2013, more than 50 House Democrats signed a letter written by Lee calling for a congressional resolution on strikes, cautioning that the dire situation in Syria "should not draw us into an unwise war—especially without adhering to our constitutional requirements."^[21]^[22] The letter also calls on the Obama administration to work with the U.N. Security Council “to build international consensus” condemning the alleged use of chemical weapons.^[21]^[22]

SNAP challenge

See also: United States Farm Bill 2013

In June 2013, more than two dozen House Democrats, including Lee, took part in a SNAP challenge, feeding themselves for a week on the average benefit level of a SNAP recipient.^[23] Participants agreed to eat all meals from a limited food budget comparable to that of a SNAP participant, approximately $1.50 per meal, or $4.50 a day.^[24]

Campaign finance summary

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Barbara Lee campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. Senate California	Lost primary	$5,640,558	$5,617,630
2024*	U.S. Senate California	Lost primary	$5,809,488	$5,760,696
2022	U.S. House California District 12	Won general	$2,183,373	$2,341,393
2020	U.S. House California District 13	Won general	$1,888,202	$1,810,132
2018	U.S. House California District 13	Won general	$1,875,867	$1,781,696
2016	U.S. House, California District 13	Won	$1,301,203	N/A**
2014	U.S. House (California, District 13)	Won	$1,139,240	N/A**
2012	U.S. House California District 13	Won	$1,167,291	N/A**
2010	U.S. House California District 9	Won	$1,156,049	N/A**
2008	U.S. House California District 9	Won	$1,051,437	N/A**
2006	U.S. House California District 9	Won	$965,875	N/A**
2004	U.S. House California District 9	Won	$871,025	N/A**
2002	U.S. House California District 9	Won	$889,322	N/A**
2000	U.S. House California District 9	Won	$492,132	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Notable endorsements

See also: Ballotpedia: Our approach to covering endorsements

This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Barbara Lee
Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Kamala D. Harris ^source (D, Working Families Party)	President of the United States (2024)	Primary	Lost General
Lateefah Simon ^source (D)	U.S. House California District 12 (2024)	Primary	Won General
Adam Schiff ^source (D)	U.S. Senate California (2024)	General	Won General
John Quaye Quartey ^source (D)	U.S. House California District 27 (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
Kamala D. Harris ^source	President of the United States (2020)		Withdrew in Convention
Hillary Clinton ^source (D)	President of the United States (2016)	Primary	Lost General

Notable ballot measure endorsements by Barbara Lee
Measure	Position	Outcome
California Proposition 15, Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Government Funding Initiative (2020) ^source	Support	Defeated
California Proposition 21, Local Rent Control Initiative (2020) ^source	Support	Defeated
California Proposition 22, App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative (2020) ^source	Oppose	Approved
California Proposition 30, Tax on Income Above $2 Million for Zero-Emissions Vehicles and Wildfire Prevention Initiative (2022) ^source	Support	Defeated
California Proposition 5, Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Bond Measures to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment (2024) ^source	Support	Defeated
California Proposition 16, Repeal Proposition 209 Affirmative Action Amendment (2020) ^source	Support	Defeated

Personal Gain Index

See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Lee's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $151,016 and $618,999. That averages to $385,007, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2012 of $5,700,168.36. Lee ranked as the 297th most wealthy representative in 2012.^[25] Between 2004 and 2012, Lee's calculated net worth^[26] decreased by an average of 3 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.^[27]

Barbara Lee Yearly Net Worth
Year	Average Net Worth
2004	$501,372
2012	$385,007
Growth from 2004 to 2012:	−23%
Average annual growth:	−3%^[28]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.^[29]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Lee received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Lawyers/Law Firms industry.

From 1997-2014, 23.42 percent of Lee's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.^[30]

Barbara Lee (California) Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$7,944,751
Total Spent	$7,791,336
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Lawyers/Law Firms	$485,808
Real Estate	$391,721
Retired	$362,200
Building Trade Unions	$337,050
Public Sector Unions	$284,050
% total in top industry	6.11%
% total in top two industries	11.05%
% total in top five industries	23.42%

Ballot measure activity

The following table details Lee's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:

Ballot measure support and opposition for Barbara Lee
Ballot measure	Year	Position	Status
California Proposition 30, Tax on Income Above $2 Million for Zero-Emissions Vehicles and Wildfire Prevention Initiative (2022)	2022	Supported^[31]	d Defeated

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Lee was a far-left Democratic leader as of July 2014. This was the same rating Lee received in June 2013.^[32]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.^[33]

Lee most often votes with:

Lee least often votes with:

Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Lee missed 426 of 11,939 roll call votes from April 1998 to September 2015. This amounted to 3.6 percent, which was higher than the median of 2.2 percent among representatives as of September 2015.^[34]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Lee paid her congressional staff a total of $1,082,657 in 2011. He ranked 128th on the list of the lowest paid Democratic representative staff salaries and ranked 83rd overall of the highest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, California ranked 5th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.^[35]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress.

2013

Lee ranked 28th in the liberal rankings in 2013.^[36]

2011

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Lee was 1 of 19 members of congress who ranked 1st in the liberal rankings in 2011.^[37]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Lee voted with the Democratic Party 92.2 percent of the time, which ranked 125th among the 204 House Democratic members as of July 2014.^[38]

2013

Lee voted with the Democratic Party 93.9 percent of the time, which ranked 145th among the 201 House Democratic members as of June 2013.^[39]

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on December 21, 2021

See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021


Coronavirus pandemic
Select a topic from the dropdown below to learn more.

Lee announced on December 21, 2021, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.^[40]

Congressional tenure

Key votes

See also: Key votes

Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025

Vote

Bill and description

Status

Nay

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 22, 2023, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2024. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to pass the bill as amended by a Senate and House conference report.^[41]

Passed (310-118)^[42]

Nay

To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.

H.R. 185 (To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to nullify a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order restricting the entry of foreign citizens to the United States unless the individual was vaccinated against the coronavirus or attested they would take public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[43]

Passed (227-201)^[44]

Nay

Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023

The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to raise the federal debt limit before a June 5, 2023, deadline. The bill also sought to repeal certain green energy tax credits, increase domestic natural gas and oil production, expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, and nullify President Joe Biden's (D) proposed student loan debt cancellation program. This bill was not taken up in the Senate, and the debt limit was instead raised through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[45]

Passed (217-215)^[46]

Nay

Denouncing the horrors of socialism.

H.Con.Res. 9 (Denouncing the horrors of socialism.) was a resolution approved by the House of Representatives denouncing socialism and opposing the implementation of socialist policies in the United States. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.^[47]

Passed (328-86)^[48]

Not Voting

Lower Energy Costs Act

The Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to increase domestic energy production and exports by increasing the production of oil, natural gas, and coal, reducing permitting restrictions for pipelines, refineries, and other energy projects, and increase the production of minerals used in electronics, among other energy production-related policies. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[49]

Passed (225-204)^[50]

Nay

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".

H.J.Res. 30 (Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and vetoed by President Joe Biden (D) on March 20, 2023. This was Biden's first veto of his presidency. The resolution sought to nullify a Department of Labor rule that amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow retirement plans to consider certain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors in investment-related decisions. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.^[51] Click here to read more.

Passed (219-200)^[52]

Nay

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.

H.J.Res. 7 (Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on April 10, 2023. The resolution ended the national coronavirus state of emergency, which began on March 13, 2020. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.^[53] Click here to read more.

Passed (229-197)^[54]

Nay

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 3, 2023. The bill raised the federal debt limit until January 2025. The bill also capped non-defense spending in fiscal year 2024, rescinded unspent coronavirus relief funding, rescinded some Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding, enhanced work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program (TANF), simplified environmental reviews for energy projects, and ended the student loan debt repayment pause in August 2023. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[55] Click here to read more.

Passed (314-117)^[56]

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

Speaker of the House election (January 2023) - 15th vote

In January 2023, the House of Representatives held its regular election for Speaker of the House at the start of the 118th Congress. Voting began on January 3, and ended on January 7. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected speaker of the House in a 216-212 vote during the 15th round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required.^[57] Click here to read more.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (216-212)

Yea

Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.

H.Res. 757 (Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker of the House. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.^[58] Click here to read more.

Passed (216-210)^[59]

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

Speaker of the House election (October 2023) - 4th vote

In October 2023, following Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) removal as Speaker of the House, the House of Representatives held another election for the position. Voting began on October 17 and ended on October 25. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected Speaker of the House in a 220-209 vote in the fourth round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required.^[60] Click here to read more.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) (220-209)

Nay

Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.

H.Res. 918 (Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that formally authorized an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden (D). The inquiry focused on allegations that Biden used his influence as vice president from 2009 to 2017 to improperly profit from his son Hunter Biden's business dealings. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.^[61] Click here to read more.

Passed (221-212)^[62]

Yea

Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.

H.Res. 878 (Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from office following a House Ethics Committee investigation that determined there was substantial evidence that Santos violated the law during his 2020 and 2022 campaigns. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.^[63]

Passed (311-114)^[64]

Yea

The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on January 5, 2025, that reduced Social Security benefits for individuals who received other pensions from state or local governments. It also eliminated an offset that would reduce benefits for spouses and widows of individuals with government pensions. It also eliminated a provision that reduced benefits for an individual who received a pension or disability benefit from an employer that did not withhold Social Security taxes. This bill required a 2/3rds majority vote to pass.^[65]

Passed (327-75)^[66]

Nay

Secure the Border Act of 2023

The Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2) was passed by the U.S. House on May 11, 2024. This bill would have introduced limits to asylum eligibility and required employers to use electronic verification of employee's legal eligibility to work. This bill required a simple majority vote.^[67]

Passed (219-213)^[68]

Nay

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 (H.R. 4366) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 9, 2024, authorizing appropriations for various government departments for the fiscal year 2024. The bill required a majority vote to pass.^[69]

Passed (219-211)^[70]

Yea

Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024) was a bill passed by the U.S. House on January 31, 2024, that would have modified the U.S. tax code, increasing how much money can be given back in credits and what is exempt. This bill required a 2/3rds majority vote to pass.^[71]

Passed (357-70)^[72]

Nay

Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (H.R. 8070) was passed by the U.S. House on June 14, 2024. The bill would have modified defense spending in the fiscal year 2025. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to pass the bill as amended by a Senate and House conference report. ^[73]

Passed (217-199)^[74]

Nay

Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023

The Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 (H.R. 6090) was passed by the U.S. House on May 1, 2024. This bill made it so the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights could have the authority to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism when investigating cases of discrimination. This bill required a simple majority vote to pass.^[75]

Passed (320-91)^[76]

Yea

FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R.3935) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on May 16, 2024, that reauthorized Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding until fiscal year 2028. The bill also made other modifications to address various department-related issues. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to pass the bill as amended by a Senate and House conference report.^[77]

Passed (387-26)^[78]

Nay

Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act

The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act (H.R. 9495) was passed by the U.S. House on November 21, 2024. The bill would have postponed U.S. tax deadlines for citizens who were wrongfully detained abroad. This bill required a simple majority to pass.^[79]

Passed (219-184)^[80]

Nay

Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

H.Res.863, Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors, passed the U.S. House on February 13, 2024. The resolution impeached U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas (D) for high crimes and misdemeanors. The motion to impeach required a majority in the House and a 2/3rds vote in the Senate.^[81]

Passed (214-213)^[82]

Yea

Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

H.R.9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, was passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on September 26, 2024, providing funding to federal agencies, including the Secret Service, and federal programs for the 2025 fiscal year. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to pass the bill as amended by a Senate and House conference report.^[83]

Passed (341-82)^[84]

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

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Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023

The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021 and ended on January 3, 2023. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-213), and the U.S. Senate had a 50-50 makeup. Democrats assumed control of the Senate on January 20, 2021, when President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D), who acted as a tie-breaking vote in the chamber, assumed office. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023

Vote

Bill and description

Status

Yea

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) was a federal infrastructure bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on November 15, 2021. Among other provisions, the bill provided funding for new infrastructure projects and reauthorizations, Amtrak maintenance and development, bridge repair, replacement, and rehabilitation, clean drinking water, high-speed internet, and clean energy transmission and power infrastructure upgrades. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[85] Click here to read more.

Passed (228-206)

Yea

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 11, 2021, to provide economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key features of the bill included funding for a national vaccination program and response, funding to safely reopen schools, distribution of $1,400 per person in relief payments, and extended unemployment benefits. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[86] Click here to read more.

Passed (220-210)

Yea

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 16, 2022, to address climate change, healthcare costs, and tax enforcement. Key features of the bill included a $369 billion investment to address energy security and climate change, an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, allowing Medicare to negotiate certain drug prices, a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1% stock buyback fee, and enhanced Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement, and an estimated $300 billion deficit reduction from 2022-2031. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[87] Click here to read more.

Passed (220-207)

Yea

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act

The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (H.R. 3617) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to decriminalize marijuana, establish studies of legal marijuana sales, tax marijuana imports and production, and establish a process to expunge and review federal marijuana offenses. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[88]

Passed (220-204)

Yea

For the People Act of 2021

The For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1) was a federal election law and government ethics bill approved by the House of Representatives. The Congressional Research Service said the bill would "expand voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It [would also limit] removing voters from voter rolls. ... Further, the bill [would address] campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices." The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[89] Click here to read more.

Passed (220-210)

Yea

Assault Weapons Ban of 2022

The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that sought to criminalize the knowing import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding devices (LCAFD). The bill made exemptions for grandfathered SAWs and LCAFDs. It required a simple majority vote in the House.^[90]

Passed (217-213)

Nay

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (S. 1605) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 27, 2021, authorizing Department of Defense acitivities and programs for fiscal year 2022. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[91]

Passed (363-70)

Nay

James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 7776) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2023. The bill required a 2/3 majority in the House to suspend rules and pass the bill as amended.^[92]

Passed (350-80)

Yea

American Dream and Promise Act of 2021

The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6) was an immigration bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed a path to permanent residence status for unauthorized immigrants eligible for Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure, among other immigration-related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[93]

Passed (228-197)

Yea

Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022

The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (S. 3373) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 10, 2022, that sought to address healthcare access, the presumption of service-connection, and research, resources, and other matters related to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[94]

Passed (342-88)

Yea

Chips and Science Act

The Chips and Science Act (H.R. 4346) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 9, 2022, which sought to fund domestic production of semiconductors and authorized various federal science agency programs and activities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[95]

Passed (243-187)

Yea

Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021

The Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives. The bill proposed prohibiting governmental restrictions on the provision of and access to abortion services and prohibiting governments from issuing some other abortion-related restrictions. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[96]

Passed (218-211)

Yea

SAFE Banking Act of 2021

The SAFE Banking Act of 2021 (H.R. 1996) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting federal regulators from penalizing banks for providing services to legitimate cannabis-related businesses and defining proceeds from such transactions as not being proceeds from unlawful activity, among other related proposals. Since the House moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill in an expedited process, it required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.^[97]

Passed (321-101)

Yea

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 15, 2022, providing for the funding of federal agencies for the remainder of 2022, providing funding for activities related to Ukraine, and modifying or establishing various programs. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[98]

Passed (260-171)

Yea

Equality Act

The Equality Act (H.R. 5) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system, among other related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[99]

Passed (224-206)

Yea

Respect for Marriage Act

The Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 13, 2022. The bill codified the recognition of marriages between individuals of the same sex and of different races, ethnicities, or national origins, and provided that the law would not impact religious liberty or conscience protections, or provide grounds to compel nonprofit religious organizations to recognize same-sex marriages. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[100] Click here to read more.

Passed (258-169)

Yea

Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

The Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 6833) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on September 30, 2022. It provided for some fiscal year 2023 appropriations, supplemental funds for Ukraine, and extended several other programs and authorities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[101]

Passed (230-201)

Yea

Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act (H.R. 7688) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit individuals from selling consumer fuels at excessive prices during a proclaimed energy emergency. It would have also required the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether the price of gasoline was being manipulated. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[102]

Passed (217-207)

Yea

Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021

The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (H.R. 8) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit the transfer of firearms between private parties unless a licensed firearm vendor conducted a background check on the recipient. The bill also provided for certain exceptions to this requirement. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[103]

Passed (227-203)

Yea

Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act

The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act was a federal elections bill approved by the House of Representatives and voted down by the Senate in a failed cloture vote that sought to, among other provisions, make Election Day a public holiday, allow for same-day voter registration, establish minimum early voting periods, and allow absentee voting for any reason, restrict the removal of local election administrators in federal elections, regulate congressional redistricting, expand campaign finance disclosure rules for some organizations, and amend the Voting Rights Act to require some states to obtain clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice before implementing new election laws. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[104] Click here to read more.

Passed (220-203)

Yea

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) was a firearm regulation and mental health bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 25, 2022. Provisions of the bill included expanding background checks for individuals under the age of 21, providing funding for mental health services, preventing individuals who had been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor or felony in dating relationships from purchasing firearms for five years, providing funding for state grants to implement crisis intervention order programs, and providing funding for community-based violence prevention initiatives. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[105] Click here to read more.

Passed (234-193)

Yea

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

This was a resolution before the 117th Congress setting forth an article of impeachment saying that Donald Trump (R) incited an insurrection against the government of the United States on January 6, 2021. The House of Representatives approved the article of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of the charges. The article of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House.^[106] Click here to read more.

Passed (232-197)

Yea

Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022

The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act was a bill passed by the 117th Congress in the form of an amendment to a year-end omnibus funding bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022. The bill changed the procedure for counting electoral votes outlined in the Electoral Count Act of 1887. Elements of the bill included specifying that the vice president's role at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes is ministerial, raising the objection threshold at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes to one-fifth of the members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, identifying governors as the single official responsible for submitting the certificate of ascertainment identifying that state’s electors, and providing for expedited judicial review of certain claims about states' certificates identifying their electors. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[107] Click here to read more.

Passed (225-201)

Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021

The 116th United States Congress began on January 9, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (235-200), and Republicans held the majority in the U.S. Senate (53-47). Donald Trump (R) was the president and Mike Pence (R) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021

Vote

Bill and description

Status

Yea

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020

The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020 (H.R. 1044) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives seeking to increase the cap on employment-based visas, establish certain rules governing such visas, and impose some additional requirements on employers hiring holders of such visas. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended.^[108]

Passed (365-65)

Yea

The Heroes Act

The HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to address the COVID-19 outbreak by providing $1,200 payments to individuals, extending and expanding the moratorium on some evictions and foreclosures, outlining requirements and establishing finding for contact tracing and COVID-19 testing, providing emergency supplemental appropriations to federal agencies for fiscal year 2020, and eliminating cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatments. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[109]

Passed (208-199)

Yea

For the People Act of 2019

The For the People Act of 2019 (H.R.1) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to protect election security, revise rules on campaign funding, introduce new provisions related to ethics, establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions, and establish new rules on the release of tax returns for presidential and vice presidential candidates. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[110]

Passed (234-193)

Yea

CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on March 27, 2020, that expanded benefits through the joint federal-state unemployment insurance program during the coronavirus pandemic. The legislation also included $1,200 payments to certain individuals, funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, and funds for businesses, hospitals, and state and local governments. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.^[111]

Passed (419-6)

Yea

Equality Act

The Equality Act (H.R. 5) was a bill approved by the House Representatives that sought to ban discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity by expanding the definition of establishments that fall under public accomodation and prohibiting the denial of access to a shared facility that is in agreement with an indiviual's gender indenitity. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[112]

Passed (236-173)

Yea

Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019

The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8) was a bill approved by the House that sought to ban firearm transfers between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[113]

Passed (240-190)

Yea

American Dream and Promise Act of 2019

The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R.6) was a bill approved by the House Representatives that sought to protect certain immigrants from removal proceedings and provide a path to permanent resident status by establishing streamlined procedures for permanant residency and canceling removal proceedings against certain qualifed individuals. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[114]

Passed (237-187)

Nay

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (S. 1790) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on December 20, 2019, setting policies and appropriations for the Department of Defense. Key features of this bill include appropriations for research/development, procurement, military construction, and operation/maintenence, as well as policies for paid family leave, North Korea nuclear sanctions, limiting the use of criminal history in federal hiring and contracting, military housing privatization, and paid family leave for federal personnel. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[115]

Passed (377-48)

Yea

Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on March 18, 2020, addressing the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing access to unemployment benefits and food assistance, increasing funding for Medicaid, providing free testing for COVID-19, and requiring employers to provide paid sick time to employees who cannot work due to COVID-19. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.^[116]

Passed (363-40)

Yea

Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (H.R. 1994) was a bill passed by the House Representatives that sought to change the requirements for employer provided retirement plans, IRAs, and other tax-favored savings accounts by modfying the requirements for things such as loans, lifetime income options, required minimum distributions, the eligibility rules for certain long-term, part-time employees, and nondiscrimination rules. The bill also sought to treat taxable non-tuition fellowship and stipend payments as compensation for the purpose of an IRA, repeal the maximum age for traditional IRA contributions, increase penalties for failing to file tax returns, allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans if a child is born or adopted, and expand the purposes for which qualified tuition programs may be used. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House. ^[117]

Passed (417-3)

Yea

Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) was a bill approved by the House Representatives that sought to address the price of healthcare by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate prices for certain drugs, requiring drug manufactures to issue rebates for certain drugs covered under Medicare, requiring drug price transparency from drug manufacturers, expanding Medicare coverage, and providing funds for certain public health programs. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[118]

Passed (230-192)

Yea

Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1865) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on December 20, 2019, providing appropriations for federal agencies in fiscal year 2020. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[119]

Passed (297-120)

Yea

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (S. 1838) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump (R) on November 27, 2019, directing several federal departments to assess Hong Kong's unique treatment under U.S. law. Key features of the bill include directing the Department of State to report and certify annually to Congress as to whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous from China to justify its unique treatment, and directing the Department of Commerce to report annually to Congress on China's efforts to use Hong Kong to evade U.S. export controls and sanctions. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.^[120]

Passed (417-1)

Yea

MORE Act of 2020

The MORE Act of 2020 (H.R. 3884) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to decriminalize marijuana by removing marijuana as a scheduled controlled substance and eliminating criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. This bill required a simple majority vote from the House.^[121]

Passed (228-164)

Yea

Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 6, 2020, providing emergency funding to federal agencies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Key features of the bill include funding for vaccine research, small business loans, humanitarian assistance to affected foreign countries, emergency preparedness, and grants for public health agencies and organizations. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill.^[122]

Passed (415-2)

Yea

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J.Res. 31) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on February 15, 2019, providing approrations for Fiscal Year 2019. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.^[123]

Passed (300 -128)

Yea

John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act

The John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (S. 47) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Doanld Trump on March 12, 2019. This bill sought to set provisions for federal land management and conservation by doing things such as conducting land exchanges and conveyances, establishing programs to respond to wildfires, and extending and reauthorizing wildlife conservation programs. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House.^[124]

Passed (363-62)

Nay

William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (On passage)

The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and vetoed by President Donald Trump on December 23, 2020. Congress voted to override Trump's veto, and the bill became law on January 1, 2021. The bill set Department of Defense policies and appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021. Trump vetoed the bill due to disagreement with provisions related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the renaming of certain military installations, limits on emergency military construction fund usage, and limits on troop withdrawals. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House on passage, and a two-thirds majority vote in the House to override Trump's veto.^[125]

Passed (335-78)

Nay

William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Overcoming veto)

The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and vetoed by President Donald Trump on December 23, 2020. Congress voted to override Trump's veto, and the bill became law on January 1, 2021. The bill set Department of Defense policies and appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021. Trump vetoed the bill due to disagreement with provisions related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the renaming of certain military installations, limits on emergency military construction fund usage, and limits on troop withdrawals. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House on passage, and a two-thirds majority vote in the House to override Trump's veto.^[126]

Passed (322-87)

Yea

Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019

The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (S.24) was a bill passed by the 116th Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 16, 2019, that requires federal employees who were furloughed or compelled to work during a lapse in government funding to be compensated for that time. The bill also required those employees to be compensated as soon as the lapse in funding ends, irregardless of official pay date. This bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill.^[127]

Passed (411-7)

Yea

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. (Article 1)

The 2020 impeachment of Donald Trump (R) was a resolution before the 116th Congress to set forth two articles of impeachment saying that Trump abused his power and obstructed congress. The first article was related to allegations that Trump requested the Ukrainian government investigate former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and his son, Hunter Biden, in exchange for aid, and the second was related to Trump's response to the impeachment inquiry. The House of Representatives approved both articles of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of either charge. The articles of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House. ^[128]

Guilty (230-197)

Yea

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. (Article 2)

The 2020 impeachment of Donald Trump (R) was a resolution before the 116th Congress to set forth two articles of impeachment saying that Trump abused his power and obstructed congress. The first article was related to allegations that Trump requested the Ukrainian government investigate former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and his son, Hunter Biden, in exchange for aid, and the second was related to Trump's response to the impeachment inquiry. The House of Representatives approved both articles of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of either charge. The articles of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House. ^[129]

Guilty (229-198)

Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

For detailed information about each vote, click here.

Votes on domestic policy (click to expand)

Voted Yea on: Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (Conference report) (HR 2)

Bill Passed (369-47) on December 12, 2018

Proposed providing funding for commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, horticulture, and crop insurance through fiscal year 2023.^[130]

Voted Nay on: Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (HR 2 (second vote))

Bill Passed (213-211) on June 21, 2018

Proposed providing funding for commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, horticulture, and crop insurance. It also proposed modifying the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, previously known as the food stamp program.^[131]

Voted Nay on: Securing America’s Future Act of 2018 (HR 4760)

Bill Failed (193-231) on June 21, 2018

Proposed funding a border wall, limiting legal immigration, a mandatory worker verification program, allowing DACA recipients to apply for legal status, and preventing separation of families at the border.^[132]

Voted Yea on: Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (HR 2)

Bill Passed (369-47) on December 12, 2018

Reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies some Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs.^[133]

Voted Nay on: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 36)

Bill Passed (237-189) on October 3, 2017

Proposed amending the federal criminal code to make it a crime for any person to perform or attempt to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus was 20 weeks or more. The bill provided exceptions for an abortion: (1) that was necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest.^[134]

Voted Nay on: Kate's Law (HR 3004)

Bill Passed (257-167) on June 29, 2017

Proposed increasing criminal penalties for individuals in the country illegally who were convicted of certain crimes, deported, and then re-entered the U.S. illegally.^[135]

Voted Nay on: No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (HR 3003)

Bill Passed (228-195) on June 29, 2017

Proposed withholding federal funds from states and localities that chose not to follow federal immigration laws.^[136]

Voted Nay on: American Health Care Act of 2017 (HR 1628)

Bill passed (217-213) on May 4, 2017

Proposed modifying the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.^[137]

Votes on economic affairs and regulations (click to expand)

Voted Yea on: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 (Conference report) (HR 6157)

Bill Passed (361-61) on September 26, 2018

Proposed authorizing FY2019 appropriations and policies for the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Education.^[138]

Voted Yea on: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 (Conference report) (HR 5895)

Bill Passed (377-20) on September 13, 2018

Proposed authorizing FY2019 appropriations and policies for the Department of Energy, water resources, the legislative branch, military construction, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, among other programs.^[139]

Voted Nay on: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 (HR 6157)

Bill Passed (359-49) on June 28, 2018

Proposed authorizing FY2019 appropriations and policies for the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Education.^[140]

Voted Nay on: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (HR 5895)

Bill Passed (235-179) on June 8, 2018

Proposed authorizing FY2019 appropriations and policies for the Department of Energy, water resources, the legislative branch, military construction, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, among other programs.^[141]

Voted Nay on: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S 2155)

Bill Passed (258-159) on May 22, 2018

Proposed exempting some banks from the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act^[142]

Voted Nay on: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 1625)

Bill Passed (256-167) on March 22, 2018

Proposed providing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.^[143]

Voted Nay on: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (HR 1892)

Bill Passed (240-186) on February 9, 2018

Proposed providing appropriations through March 23, 2018.^[144]

Voted Nay on: Further Extension Of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 1892)

Bill Passed (245-182) on February 6, 2018

Proposed providing appropriations through March 23, 2018.^[145]

Voted Nay on: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. (HR 195)

Bill Passed (266-150) on January 22, 2018

Proposed providing further continuing appropriations through February 8, 2018.^[146]

Voted Nay on: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. (HR 195)

Bill Passed (230-197) on January 18, 2018

Proposed providing further continuing appropriations through February 16, 2018.^[147]

Voted Nay on: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 1370)

Bill Passed (231-188) on December 21, 2017

Proposed providing further continuing appropriations through January 19, 2018.^[148]

Voted Nay on: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR 1)

Bill Passed (227-203) on December 19, 2017

Proposed providing for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.^[149]

Voted Nay on: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes (HJ Res 123)

Bill Passed (235-193) on December 7, 2017

Proposed funding the government until December 22, 2017.^[150]

Voted Nay on: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR 1)

Bill Passed (227-205) on November 16, 2017

Proposed amending the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses.^[151]

Voted Nay on: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. (H Con Res 71)

Bill Passed (216-212) on October 26, 2017

Proposed establishing the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2018 and setting forth budgetary levels for FY2019-FY2027. (This bill proposed adopting the Senate's budget resolution.)^[152]

Voted Nay on: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. (H Con Res 71)

Bill Passed (219-206) on October 5, 2017

Proposed establishing the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2018 and setting forth budgetary levels for FY2019-FY2027.^[153]

Voted Nay on: Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 3354)

Bill Passed (211-198) on September 14, 2017

Proposed providing FY2018 appropriations for the federal government. It combined 12 appropriations bills.^[154]

Voted Yea on: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2017 (Included amendments to suspend the debt ceiling and fund the government) (HR 601)

Bill Passed (316-90) on September 8, 2017

Proposed suspending the debt ceiling and funding the government until December 8, 2017, and providing funding for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma relief efforts.^[155]

Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 601)

Bill Passed (419-3) on September 6, 2017

Proposed providing $7.85 billion for disaster relief requirements, including response and recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey.^[156]

Voted Nay on: Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 (HR 10)

Bill passed (233-186) on June 8, 2017

Proposed amending the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, among other acts.^[157]

Voted Yea on: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (HR 244)

Bill passed (309-118) on May 3, 2017

Proposed a $1.2 trillion budget to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2017.^[158]

Votes on foreign policy and national security issues (click to expand)

Voted Nay on: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (HR 5515)

Bill Passed (351-66) on May 24, 2018

Proposed authorizing FY2019 appropriations and policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities^[159]

Voted Nay on: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 695)

Bill Passed (250-166) on January 30, 2018

Proposed providing appropriations for military functions administered by the Department of Defense and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.^[160]

Voted Nay on: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018—Conference report (HR 2810)

Bill Passed (356-70) on November 14, 2017

Proposed authorizing FY2018 appropriations and setting forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths.^[161]

Voted Nay on: Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 3219)

Bill Passed (235-192) on July 27, 2017

Proposed making appropriations for defense, military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Legislative Branch, energy and water development, and for other purposes for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2018.^[162]

Voted Yea on: Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (HR 3364)

Bill Passed (419-3) on July 25, 2017

Proposed providing congressional review and measures to counter aggression by the governments of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea, and for other purposes.^[163]

Voted Nay on: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (HR 3180, second vote)

Bill Passed (380-35) on July 28, 2017

Proposed authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.^[164]

Voted Nay on: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (HR 3180)

Bill Failed (241-163) on July 24, 2017

Proposed authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.^[165]

Voted Nay on: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (HR 2810)

Bill Passed (344-81) on July 14, 2017

Proposed authorizing fiscal year 2018 appropriations and setting forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It did not provide budget authority.^[166]

Voted Nay on: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 1301)

Bill passed (371-48) on March 8, 2017

The $577.9 billion fiscal year 2017 defense spending bill proposed $516.1 billion in base budget funding and $61.8 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism funding.^[167]

114th Congress

The first session of the 114th Congress enacted into law six out of the 2,616 introduced bills (0.2 percent). Comparatively, the 113th Congress had 1.3 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the first session. In the second session, the 114th Congress enacted 133 out of 3,159 introduced bills (4.2 percent). Comparatively, the 113th Congress had 7.0 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.^[168]^[169] For more information pertaining to Lee's voting record in the 114th Congress, please see the below sections.^[170]

Economic and fiscal

Trade Act of 2015

See also: The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, 2015

Trade adjustment assistance
On June 12, 2015, the House rejected the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) measure in HR 1314—the Trade Act of 2015—by a vote of 126-302. Trade adjustment assistance (TAA) is a federal program providing American workers displaced by foreign trade agreements with job training and services. The measure was packaged with trade promotion authority (TPA), also known as fast-track authority. TPA is a legislative procedure that allows Congress to define "U.S. negotiating objectives and spells out a detailed oversight and consultation process for during trade negotiations. Under TPA, Congress retains the authority to review and decide whether any proposed U.S. trade agreement will be implemented," according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Lee was one of 144 Democrats to vote against the bill.^[171]^[172]
Trade promotion authority
On June 12, 2015, the House passed the trade promotion authority (TPA) measure in HR 1314—the Trade Act of 2015 —by a vote of 219-211. TPA gives the president fast-track authority to negotiate trade agreements sent to Congress without the opportunity for amendment or filibuster. Although the House approved TPA, it was a largely symbolic vote given the measure was part of a package trade bill including trade adjustment assistance (TAA), which was rejected earlier the same day. Lee was one of 157 Democrats to vote against the measure.^[173]^[174]
Trade promotion authority second vote
After the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) and trade promotion authority (TPA) did not pass the House together on June 12, 2015, representatives voted to authorize TPA alone as an amendment to HR 2146—the Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act—on June 18, 2015. The amendment passed by a vote of 218-208, with all voting members of the House maintaining his or her original position on TPA except for Ted Yoho (R-Fla.). Lee was one of 158 Democrats to vote against the amendment.^[175]^[176]
Trade adjustment assistance second vote
The House passed HR 1295—the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015—on June 25, 2015, by a vote of 286-138. The Senate packaged trade adjustment assistance (TAA) in this bill after the House rejected the TAA measure in HR 1314—the Trade Act of 2015. Along with trade promotion authority (TPA), which Congress passed as part of HR 2146—the Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act—TAA became law on June 29, 2015. Lee was one of 175 Democrats to vote in favor of HR 1295.^[177]^[178]

Defense spending authorization

On May 15, 2015, the House passed HR 1735—the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016—by a vote of 269-151. The bill "authorizes FY2016 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation." Lee voted with 142 other Democrats and eight Republicans against the bill.^[179] The Senate passed the bill on June 18, 2015, by a vote of 71-25. President Barack Obama vetoed the bill on October 22, 2015.^[180]

On November 5, 2015, the House passed S 1356—the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016—by a vote of 370-58. The second version of the $607 billion national defense bill included $5 billion in cuts to match what was approved in the budget and language preventing the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison.^[181]^[182] Lee voted with 48 other Democrats and nine Republicans against the bill.^[183] On November 10, 2015, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 91-3, and President Barack Obama signed it into law on November 25, 2015.^[184]

2016 Budget proposal

On April 30, 2015, the House voted to approve SConRes11, a congressional budget proposal for fiscal year 2016, by a vote of 226-197. The non-binding resolution was designed to create 12 appropriations bills to fund the government. All 183 Democrats who voted, including Lee, voted against the resolution.^[185]^[186]^[187]

2015 budget

On October 28, 2015, the House passed HR 1314—the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015—by a vote of 266-167. The bill increased military and domestic spending levels and suspended the debt ceiling until March 2017.^[188] Lee voted with 186 Democrats and 79 Republicans in favor of the bill.^[189] It passed the Senate on October 30, 2015.^[190] President Barack Obama signed it into law on November 2, 2015.

Foreign Affairs

Iran nuclear deal

See also: Iran nuclear agreement, 2015

On May 14, 2015, the House approved HR 1191—the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015—by a vote of 400-25. The bill required President Barack Obama to submit the details of the nuclear deal with Iran for congressional review. Congress had 60 days to review the deal and vote to approve, disapprove, or take no action on the deal. During the review period, sanctions on Iran could not be lifted. Lee voted with 176 Democrats to approve the bill.^[191]^[192]

Approval of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
On September 11, 2015, the House rejected HR 3461—To approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran—by a vote of 162-269. The legislation proposed approving the nuclear agreement with Iran. Lee voted with 161 Democrats for the bill.^[193]^[194]

Suspension of Iran sanctions relief
On September 11, 2015, the House approved HR 3460—To suspend until January 21, 2017, the authority of the President to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran—by a vote of 247-186. HR 3460 prohibited "the President, prior to January 21, 2017, from: limiting the application of specified sanctions on Iran or refraining from applying any such sanctions; or removing a foreign person (including entities) listed in Attachments 3 or 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA) from the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury." Lee voted with 185 Democrats against the bill.^[195]^[196]

Presidential non-compliance of section 2
On September 10, 2015, the House passed H Res 411—Finding that the President has not complied with section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015—by a vote of 245-186. Section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 required the president to submit all materials related to the nuclear agreement for congressional review. House Republicans introduced the resolution because two agreements between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran were not submitted to Congress. Lee voted with 185 Democrats against the resolution.^[197]^[198]

Export-Import Bank

On October 27, 2015, the House passed HR 597—the Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015—by a vote of 313-118. The bill proposed reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank and allowing it to resume offering assistance in the form of loans and insurance to foreign companies that wanted to buy U.S. goods.^[199] Lee voted with 185 Democrats and 127 Republicans in favor of the bill.^[200]

Domestic

USA FREEDOM Act of 2015

On May 13, 2015, the House passed HR 2048—the Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 or the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015—by a vote of 338-88. The legislation revised HR 3199—the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005—by ending the bulk collection of metadata under Sec. 215 of the act, requiring increased reporting from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and requiring the use of "a specific selection term as the basis for national security letters that request information from wire or electronic communication service providers, financial institutions, or consumer reporting agencies." Lee voted with 40 Democrats and 47 Republicans against the legislation. It became law on June 2, 2015.^[201]^[202]

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

On May 13, 2015, the House passed HR 36—the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act—by a vote of 242-184. The bill proposed prohibiting abortions from being performed after a fetus was determined to be 20 weeks or older. The bill proposed exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. Lee voted with 179 Democrats against the bill.^[203]^[204]

Cyber security

On April 23, 2015, the House passed HR 1731—the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015—by a vote of 355-63. The bill proposed creating an information sharing program that would allow federal agencies and private entities to share information about cyber threats. It also proposed including liability protections for companies.^[205] Lee voted with 43 Democrats and 19 Republicans against the bill.^[206]

On April 22, 2015, the House passed HR 1560—the Protecting Cyber Networks Act—by a vote of 307-116.^[207] The bill proposed procedures that would allow federal agencies and private entities to share information about cyber threats. Lee voted with 78 Democrats and 37 Republicans against the bill.^[208]

Immigration

On November 19, 2015, the House passed HR 4038—the American SAFE Act of 2015—by a vote of 289-137.^[209] The bill proposed instituting additional screening processes for refugees from Iraq and Syria who applied for admission to the U.S. Lee voted with 134 Democrats and two Republicans against the bill.^[210]

113th Congress

The second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 224 out of the 3215 introduced bills (7 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.^[211] For more information pertaining to Lee's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.^[212]

National security

HR 644

See also: Bowe Bergdahl exchange

On September 9, 2014, the Republican-run House approved H.R. 644, a resolution condemning President Barack Obama's act of exchanging five Guantanamo Bay prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.^[213]^[214] The House voted 249-163 for resolution, with all Republicans and 22 Democrats supporting the bill. Fourteen Democrats and five Republicans did not vote on the resolution, while all other Democrats opposed its passage.^[214] Lee did not vote on the resolution.^[213]^[214]

NDAA

Lee voted against HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.^[215]

DHS Appropriations

Lee voted against HR 2217 - the DHS Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 that was largely along party lines.^[216]

CISPA (2013)

Lee voted against HR 624 - the CISPA (2013). The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill permitted federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. The bill was largely supported by Republicans, but divided the Democratic Party.^[217]

Economy

Farm bill

On January 29, 2014, the U.S. House approved the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, H.R. 2642, known as the Farm Bill.^[218] The bill passed by a vote of 251-166. The nearly 1,000-page bill provides for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through 2018. The $1 trillion bill expanded crop insurance for farmers by $7 billion over the next decade and created new subsidies for rice and peanut growers that would kick in when prices drop.^[219]^[220] However, cuts to the food stamp program cut an average of $90 per month for 1.7 million people in 15 states.^[220] Lee voted with 102 other Democratic representatives against the bill.

2014 Budget

On January 15, 2014, the Republican-run House approved H.R. 3547, a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2014.^[221]^[222] The House voted 359-67 for the 1,582 page bill, with 64 Republicans and three Democrats voting against the bill.^[222] The omnibus package included 12 annual spending bills to fund federal operations.^[223] It included a 1 percent increase in the paychecks of federal workers and military personnel, a $1 billion increase in Head Start funding for early childhood education, reduced funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, and the protection of the Affordable Care Act from any drastic cuts. Lee joined with the majority of the Democratic party and voted in favor of the bill.^[221]^[222]

Government shutdown

See also: United States budget debate, 2013

On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.^[224] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.^[225] Lee voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.^[226]

The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.^[227] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Lee voted for HR 2775.^[228]

Federal Pay Adjustment Act

Lee voted against HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees. The bill passed the House on February 15, 2013, with a vote of 261 - 154. The bill called for stopping a 0.5 percent pay increase for all federal workers from taking effect. The raises were projected to cost $11 billion over 10 years.^[229]

Immigration

Morton Memos Prohibition

Lee voted against House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain individuals residing in the United States without legal status.^[230] The vote largely followed party lines.^[231]

Healthcare

Healthcare Reform Rules

Lee voted against House Amendment 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amendment was adopted by the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 227-185. The amendment requires that all changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be approved by Congress before taking effect. The vote was largely along party lines.^[232]

Social issues

Abortion

Lee voted against HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196 that largely followed party lines. The purpose of the bill was to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.^[233]

Previous congressional sessions

Fiscal Cliff

Lee voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. She was 1 of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.^[234]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2023-2024

Lee was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

2021-2022

Lee was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Lee was assigned to the following committees:^[235]

2015-2016

Lee served on the following committees:^[236]

2013-2014

Lee served on the following committees:^[237]

Appropriations Committee
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
Budget Committee

2011-2012

Lee served on the following committees:^[238]

Appropriations Committee
- Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

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	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Barbara Lee	52.7	48,935	588	Won (9)
	Loren Taylor	47.3	43,929	379	9
	Tyron Jordan	0.0	0	-1,532	8
	Renia Webb	0.0	0	0	7
	Mindy Pechenuk	0.0	0	0	6
	Suz Robinson	0.0	0	0	5
	Eric Simpson	0.0	0	0	4
Submit photo	Elizabeth Swaney	0.0	0	0	3
	Peter Liu	0.0	0	0	2
	President Cristina Grappo	0.0	0	0	1

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Barbara Lee	51.7	48,347	424	Won (9)
	Loren Taylor	46.6	43,550	292	9
	Tyron Jordan	1.6	1,532	245	8
	Renia Webb	0.0	0	-1,180	7
	Mindy Pechenuk	0.0	0	0	6
	Suz Robinson	0.0	0	0	5
	Eric Simpson	0.0	0	0	4
Submit photo	Elizabeth Swaney	0.0	0	0	3
	Peter Liu	0.0	0	0	2
	President Cristina Grappo	0.0	0	0	1

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Barbara Lee	51.2	47,923	83	Won (9)
	Loren Taylor	46.2	43,258	366	9
	Tyron Jordan	1.4	1,287	124	8
	Renia Webb	1.3	1,180	145	7
	Mindy Pechenuk	0.0	0	-1,022	6
	Suz Robinson	0.0	0	0	5
	Eric Simpson	0.0	0	0	4
Submit photo	Elizabeth Swaney	0.0	0	0	3
	Peter Liu	0.0	0	0	2
	President Cristina Grappo	0.0	0	0	1

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Barbara Lee	50.9	47,840	276	Won (9)
	Loren Taylor	45.7	42,892	264	9
	Tyron Jordan	1.2	1,163	46	8
	Renia Webb	1.1	1,035	106	7
	Mindy Pechenuk	1.1	1,022	52	6
	Suz Robinson	0.0	0	-858	5
	Eric Simpson	0.0	0	0	4
Submit photo	Elizabeth Swaney	0.0	0	0	3
	Peter Liu	0.0	0	0	2
	President Cristina Grappo	0.0	0	0	1

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Barbara Lee	50.6	47,564	245	Won (9)
	Loren Taylor	45.3	42,628	94	9
	Tyron Jordan	1.2	1,117	53	8
	Renia Webb	1.0	929	53	7
	Mindy Pechenuk	1.0	970	72	6
	Suz Robinson	0.9	858	39	5
	Eric Simpson	0.0	0	-658	4
Submit photo	Elizabeth Swaney	0.0	0	0	3
	Peter Liu	0.0	0	0	2
	President Cristina Grappo	0.0	0	0	1

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