Linda Sánchez, Representative for California's 38th Congressional District

Sánchez is the representative for California’s 38^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Sánchez is next up for reelection in 2018.

She was previously the representative for California’s 39^th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Sánchez.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Sánchez is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Sánchez has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union: 100% Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 92% NIAC Action: A The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 35% FreedomWorks: 10% Americans for Prosperity: 5% NumbersUSA: 5% The Club for Growth: 4%

Committee Membership

Linda Sánchez sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Social Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Tax Policy

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Sánchez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (26%) Health (19%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Taxation (14%) Social Welfare (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (7%) Immigration (5%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Sánchez’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Sánchez’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	S. 1094: Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 Jun 13, 2017. Passed 368/55. A string of scandals hit the Department of Veterans Affairs in the past few years, including dozens of veterans dying while waiting for care within the required 14 days at VA hospitals, forcing President Obama’s VA Secretary to resign. A new bill that recently passed ...
No	H.Res. 546: Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 22) to authorize funds for Federal-aid ... Dec 3, 2015. Passed 384/40.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
No	H.R. 2353: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 May 19, 2015. Passed 387/35.
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Yea	H.J.Res. 3 (111th): Relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Jan 22, 2009. Passed 270/155.
Nay	H.R. 1424 (110th): Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 Oct 3, 2008. Passed 263/171. This bill became the vehicle for passage of economic stimulus relief during the 2008 financial crisis as well as other unrelated provisions. It was the Senate's October 2008 plan, and it became law. The bill contains sections for: * Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ...
No	H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. Nov 7, 2007. Passed 349/55.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Apr 2018, Sánchez missed 559 of 10,958 roll call votes, which is 5.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	19^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	26	17.2%	97^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	4	3.8%	48^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	41^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	42^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	4	4.4%	64^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	2	0.7%	29^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	62^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	46^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	63^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	9	5.7%	82^nd
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	5	2.3%	61^st
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	26^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	53^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	4	1.5%	29^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	7	2.2%	42^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	5	2.4%	48^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	146	48.2%	99^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	55^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	45	18.3%	97^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	18	9.2%	88^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	24	11.0%	92^nd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	13	8.6%	89^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	7	7.1%	73^rd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	10	4.7%	88^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	7	2.5%	69^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	6	2.4%	67^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	26	12.5%	96^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	8	5.3%	82^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	52	17.4%	97^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	32^nd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	71^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	1	0.5%	24^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	4	2.0%	62^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	11	7.4%	87^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	17	11.6%	95^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	9	6.3%	84^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	50^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	1	0.7%	18^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	19	9.3%	90^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	63^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	3	1.4%	51^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	7	5.1%	82^nd
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	4	2.4%	55^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Linda Sánchez is pronounced:

LIN-duh // SAN-chuz

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
CH ch	chin
D d	day
I i	pin
L l	leg
N n	not
S s	sit
U u	cup
UH uh	cup
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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