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Ted Lieu

U.S. Representative, CA-36

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2025

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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 275 — Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2025 Nay Jun 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 875 — Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025 Nay Jun 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jun 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jun 25, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jun 25, 2025 Agreed to U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 519 — Condemning the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, and calling for unity and the rejection of… Yea Jun 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Adjourn Yea Jun 24, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 530 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3944) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs… Nay Jun 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 530 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3944) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs… Nay Jun 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 537 — Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Yea Jun 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3422 — Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act Yea Jun 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3394 — Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act Yea Jun 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1998 — Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025 Yea Jun 23, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2056 — District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 Nay Jun 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2056 — District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 Yea Jun 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Adjourn Yea Jun 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jun 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jun 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act Nay Jun 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 499 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages… Nay Jun 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 499 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages… Nay Jun 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 884 — To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the… Nay Jun 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2096 — Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act Nay Jun 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 489 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in… Nay Jun 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 489 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in… Nay Jun 10, 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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