![Photo of Rep. Linda Sánchez [D-CA38]](/data/photos/400355-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Sánchez.
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Sánchez has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Sánchez is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Committee Membership
Linda Sánchez sits on the following committees:
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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 (31%) Health (15%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Social Welfare (13%) Taxation (10%) Energy (5%) Finance and Financial Sector (5%) Immigration (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Sánchez’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 412: Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 1957: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 1688: To avoid duplicative annual reporting under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ...
- H.Res. 214: Expressing support for designation of a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.
- H.R. 1583: Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act
- H.Res. 108: Expressing support for designation of the week of February 6, 2017, through February ...
- H.R. 977: Put School Counselors Where They’re Needed Act
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.
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| Nay |
H.R. 1424 (110th): Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007
Oct 3, 2008. Passed 263/171.
This is the Senate's October 2008 Economic Stimulus Relief Bill. This bill was originally introduced in March 2007 and passed the House as the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. In October 2008, it was co-opted as the so-called "vehicle" to pass the relief bill ... |
| 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.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 2003 to Jun 2017, Sánchez missed 552 of 10,431 roll call votes, which is 5.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 93 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills