Sánchez is the representative for California’s 38th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Sánchez is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
She was previously the representative for California’s 39th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Linda Sánchez [D-CA38]](/static/legislator-photos/400355-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
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 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 from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 13, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Sánchez was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3144: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8520 Michigan Avenue in Whittier, California, as the “Jose Ramos Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 982: To avoid duplicative annual reporting under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Sánchez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (22%) Health (20%) Education (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Social Welfare (10%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Labor and Employment (8%) Finance and Financial Sector (3%)
Recent Bills
Some of Sánchez’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 7942: Public Health Emergency COBRA Extension Act
- H.R. 7886: HITS Act
- H.Res. 1044: Expressing support for the designation of Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
- H.R. 7495: WORK NOW Act
- H.R. 6855: Facilitating Virtual Visitation for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2020
- H.R. 6856: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to allow a ...
- H.R. 6787: Providing Essentials for Frontline Workers Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2003 to Jan 2021, Sánchez missed 607 of 12,282 roll call votes, which is 4.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
