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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 6422 — American Water Stewardship Act Not voting Mar 24, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4638 — Federal Working Animal Protection Act Nay Mar 19, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 139 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government. Nay Mar 18, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1958 — Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026 Nay Mar 18, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 556 — Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act Nay Mar 18, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 556 — Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act Yea Mar 18, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1115 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from… Nay Mar 17, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1115 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from… Nay Mar 17, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3971 — Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act Yea Mar 17, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4294 — MAWS Act of 2026 Yea Mar 17, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7744 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Mar 5, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7744 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Mar 5, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 38 — Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized… Yea Mar 5, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1099 — Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism. Yea Mar 5, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1100 — Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee's review of violations or alleged violations of… Yea Mar 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6472 — Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act Yea Mar 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 723 — Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025 Yea Mar 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1095 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7744) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year… Nay Mar 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1095 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7744) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year… Nay Mar 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4758 — Homeowner Energy Freedom Act Nay Feb 25, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4758 — Homeowner Energy Freedom Act Yea Feb 25, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4626 — Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act Nay Feb 24, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4626 — Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act Yea Feb 24, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1075 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy… Nay Feb 24, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1075 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy… Nay Feb 24, 2026 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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