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Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee

D CA-12 · House

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Healthcare

+92
Helped 275 Hurt 183 Unclear 788

Education

-82
Helped 223 Hurt 305 Unclear 316

Government Operations

0
Helped 17 Hurt 17 Unclear 802

Environment

+46
Helped 204 Hurt 158 Unclear 255

Finance

-56
Helped 121 Hurt 177 Unclear 138

Transportation

+28
Helped 69 Hurt 41 Unclear 176

Civil Rights

+18
Helped 124 Hurt 106 Unclear 13

Agriculture

-61
Helped 67 Hurt 128 Unclear 41

Energy

+11
Helped 55 Hurt 44 Unclear 110

Defense

+16
Helped 43 Hurt 27 Unclear 133

Labor

+20
Helped 50 Hurt 30 Unclear 110

National Security

-128
Helped 3 Hurt 131 Unclear 42

Regulated Industries

-62
Helped 25 Hurt 87 Unclear 59

Housing

+33
Helped 99 Hurt 66

Criminal Justice

+6
Helped 80 Hurt 74 Unclear 10

Social Welfare

+111
Helped 132 Hurt 21 Unclear 4

Foreign Policy

-7
Helped 32 Hurt 39 Unclear 46

Business

-61
Helped 8 Hurt 69 Unclear 37

Healthcare Consumers

-72
Helped 2 Hurt 74 Unclear 35

Immigration

-1
Helped 2 Hurt 3 Unclear 81
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

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How this is computed

P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

hr765-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to support African American history education programs, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Feb 2, 2023
Education Scientific Research Federal Government Consumers

hr798-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve protections for meatpacking workers, and for other purposes.

26 clauses Feb 2, 2023
Financial Services Disaster Relief And Emergency Management Healthcare Consumers Federal Government

hr782-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the interference, under color of State law, with the provision of interstate abortion services, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 2, 2023
Business Healthcare Consumers Federal Government Native American Tribes

hr789-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities or meet family care needs.

4 clauses Feb 2, 2023
Healthcare Consumers Education Federal Government Business

hr727-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a National Council on African American History and Culture within the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 1, 2023
Environmental Groups Homeowners Federal Government Native American Tribes

hr724-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend Public Law 115–97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, and to preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present and future generations of Americans.

0 clauses Feb 1, 2023

hr737-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. National Historic Site, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 1, 2023
Scientific Research Education Federal Government Native American Tribes

hr732-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To rename the program under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Transportation Healthcare Consumers Federal Government Consumers

hr715-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require a background check for every firearm sale.

1 clause Feb 1, 2023
Financial Services Foreign Businesses Agriculture Federal Government

hr694-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave requirements, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 1, 2023
Business Healthcare Consumers Federal Government Consumers

hr698-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Financial Services Foreign Businesses Energy Production Federal Government

hr709-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Muhammad Ali, in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

3 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Environmental Groups Education Scientific Research Federal Government

hr703-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 1, 2023
Environmental Groups Foreign Businesses Education Federal Government

hr666-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To clarify the rights of certain persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

1 clause Jan 31, 2023
Immigrant Communities Foreign Businesses Federal Government National Security

hr668-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jan 31, 2023
Environmental Groups Water Infrastructure Federal Government Consumers

hres77-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

0 clauses Jan 31, 2023

hr679-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jan 31, 2023
Agriculture Scientific Research Education Federal Government

hr619-118

Cosponsor Reported

To extend the National Alzheimer’s Project.

5 clauses Jan 30, 2023
Health Care Providers

hr625-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

2 clauses Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Environmental Groups Energy Production Education

hr620-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require an annual budget estimate for the initiatives of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to reports and recommendations made under the National Alzheimer’s Project Act.

1 clause Jan 30, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

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