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Ted Lieu

U.S. Representative, CA-36

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, CA-36 current
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-36
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-36
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-33
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-33
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-33
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-33
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-33
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-33
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CA-33
California
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-33
United States
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.369, social dim. -0.201. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act Nay Dec 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act Yea Dec 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2550 — Protect America's Workforce Act Yea Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… Yea Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 — PERMIT Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 — PERMIT Act Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3638 — Electric Supply Chain Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3628 — State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 939 — Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors. Present Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… Yea Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Dec 10, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… Nay Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… Nay Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1676 — Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025 Yea Dec 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 356 — Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 Yea Dec 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1049 — Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act Nay Dec 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1069 — PROTECT Our Kids Act Nay Dec 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1005 — Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4305 — DUMP Red Tape Act Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,028 recorded contributions totalling $2,897,731. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 400 of 1028 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 368 $1,096,556 38%
Corporate PAC 4 $154,257 5%
Super PAC 28 $500 0%
Unclassified 628 $1,646,418 57%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$62,034 TED LIEU VICTORY FUND TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Nov 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$47,203 TED LIEU VICTORY FUND TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$33,088 TED LIEU VICTORY FUND TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Feb 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,837 TED LIEU VICTORY FUND TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Feb 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$11,932 LIEU BUDZINSKI VICTORY FUND TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,041 TED LIEU VICTORY FUND TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Dec 18, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,224 TED LIEU VICTORY FUND - UNITEMIZED TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Nov 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PAC TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Mar 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 23, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL PAC (NMHC PAC) TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 ERNST & YOUNG PAC TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Feb 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Mar 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 SOCIETY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTERVENTIONS ASSOCIATION PAC TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified Apr 10, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 REALTORS PAC TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS unclassified May 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (4 as lead sponsor)

  • HRES 1375 US · Jun 18, 2026
    Reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around…
  • HR 9319 US · Jun 15, 2026
    To amend the Animal Welfare Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements to support the microchipping of dogs and cats in…
  • HRES 1352 US · Jun 9, 2026
    Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
  • HR 8819 US · May 14, 2026
    To require Federal agencies to use the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology with…

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