John Garamendi
U.S. Representative · Democratic · California
What we have on this record
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Measurements held — 6 of 7 available
660
votes on record
15
attendance
377
bills scored
10
committees
187
disclosed funders
3
co-voting peers
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The Record
Most recent roll-call votes — the raw evidence.
- Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsNot Voting
- Retire through Ownership ActSep 16, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassNot Voting
- Water Resources Development Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
John Garamendi
U.S. Representative · house · CA · Incumbent
Democratic
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Reading the record
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Governance20 issues · 329 bills
- Government Scope222 billsno state at alltotal state ownership of production and property
- Authority ↔ Liberty168 billsno state at all: liberty without governmentstate authority
- Pace / Legitimacy of Change56 billsinstitutional continuitysystemic change
- Proceduralism46 billsrepresentative-substantiveprocedure-as-content / direct
- Open records46 billspublish government records proactively, easily, without a requestrecords available only on request or at agency discretion
Show all 20
- Hierarchy ↔ Anti-Hierarchy37 billsmutual aid / voluntary associationhierarchical authority
- Subsidiarity ↔ Centralization (law-making)31 billspower at the lowest competent levelnational standards, preemption
- Transparency ↔ State secrecy17 billsno state secrecy power at all, government may never suppress disclosureexecutive discretion over what stays secret
- Institutional trust ↔ Institutional distrust (v7 #46/#47 carried over)10 billsdefer to expert and professional institutionsinstitutions are captured; restructure or defund
- ID to register or vote4 billsrequire ID or proof of citizenship to register or to votedo not
- Political violence3 billsnever justifiedsometimes justified
- Documentary proof of citizenship to register2 billsrequire itno citizenship requirement at all — noncitizens allowed to register and vote
- Experts and scientists2 billstrust themcaptured
- Mail voting1 billsban mail voting entirely except rare medical absenteeexpand
- Members of Congress trading stocks1 billsfull bandisclosure is enough
- The Epstein files1 billsrelease in fullagencies decide
- Journalists1 billsjournalists must report only state-approved truth, dissent bannedjournalists are propagandists who exist to advance the cause, truth is irrelevant
- Universities1 billsrestore funding and standingrestructure or defund
- Capitalism1 billspositivenegative
- Confrontation vs civility in politics1 billseliminationist violence against opponents; assassination and armed insurrection as politicscivility and compromise
Economy21 issues · 60 bills
- Economic Coordination35 billsno state: unregulated markets, no taxationstate / common ownership, redistribution
- Fiscal discipline ↔ Fiscal expansion11 billsbalance the budget; debt is a moral hazarddeficits are an instrument
- Endangered Species Act7 billsstrengthen itnarrow it
- Unions5 billsstronger unions, faster first contractsright-to-work, weaker collective bargaining
- A Fed digital dollar (CBDC)5 billsallow itban it
Show all 21
- Deficits4 billsbalance first, even at the cost of tax cuts or programsgrowth or programs first; deficits are a tool
- Who sets tariffs3 billsthe President, by emergency powerCongress only
- Concentration ↔ Dispersal of economic power2 billsno antitrust at all, monopoly and trusts are a natural, lawful right of ownersbreak up and publicly own concentrated industries, nationalize monopolies
- Wall Street buying family homes2 billsban or cap itleave it
- Medicaid funding2 billsprotect itcut its growth
- ACA subsidies2 billsextend themlet them expire
- Crypto framework2 billsfriendly frameworkstrict rules first
- Financial rescues of allied governments2 billsstrategic and worth itno foreign bailouts
- Oil, gas and mining on public land2 billsexpand leasingrestrict it
- Wildfire and forest management2 billsactive logging and thinninglimit logging and let forests recover naturally
- Broad tariffs1 billstotal embargo on all foreign tradefree trade; tariffs are a consumer tax
- Rent control1 billsgovernment ownership of rental housing, rent set by stateno rent control
- The tipped minimum wage1 billsend the tip creditkeep it
- Ethanol mandate (Renewable Fuel Standard)1 billskeep or expand it, including year-round E15repeal it
- Federal money for city transit1 billsfund itcut it or leave it to the states
- Grazing on public land1 billsprotect ranchers' accessrestrict it
Foreign Policy18 issues · 59 bills
- Conflict Posture41 billstotal non-resistance: no force, even in defencetotal war: destroy the enemy society until unconditional surrender
- Moral-Community Scope34 billsparochial / nationaluniversal / cosmopolitan
- Who authorizes war9 billsthe President may fight without a voteCongress must authorize
- The Iran war5 billskeep using forceoppose; limited strikes at most
- Force short of war5 billsthe President's to useCongress must authorize that too
Show all 18
- US aid to Ukraine4 billskeep or increaseend it
- The Israel relationship3 billsunconditional allianceits influence is a problem
- Development aid3 billsrestore it, reformedkeep the cuts or eliminate
- Humanitarian relief abroad3 billsfund itnot with US tax money
- US military aid to Israel2 billskeep or increasecondition, cut or end
- Sanctions on Russia2 billstightenlift for a settlement
- Military action against Venezuela (the Maduro capture)2 billsjustifiedunauthorized
- NATO1 billsfavor ita burden; US interests alone
- Size of the military1 billskeep or growreduce
- America's role in the world1 billssuperpower; activeconcentrate at home
- Sanctions on Iran1 billstighten; maximum pressurelift them for a nuclear deal
- Who qualifies as a terrorist group1 billsany group the US opposes, including non-violent political movementsonly groups proven to have committed mass murder
- Palestine's status1 billsnot a nation: its governing bodies get no recognition or standing, and their officials may be barred from entrya recognized foreign nation: its government and NGOs are treated as any foreign nation's
Social Issues27 issues · 42 bills
- Permitting reform (NEPA)8 billsrequire review for more categories, with public suits to enforce itcut it and build
- Border security as a priority5 billsextremely importantabolish ICE and border enforcement entirely
- Transgender athletes5 billsby gender identityby sex at birth
- Mass deportation4 billsdeport entire ethnic groups by ancestry, no individual process at allcriminals first, with due process
- Legal recognition of gender identity3 billslaw must recognize a third, non-binary sex/gender category, not just male-to-female switchingsex at birth is what the law recognizes
Show all 27
- Police funding3 billsfund and hire moremove money to social services
- Petty offenders and first mistakes3 billsadult severity even for children; mandatory life terms, no juvenile tracklenient; diversion, no record
- Fossil fuels3 billsban all extraction of fossil fuelsall of the above
- EV mandates and clean-car standards3 billskeep themno mandates
- Gun rights ↔ Gun regulation (v7 #18 carried over)2 billsabolish virtually all gun laws; no licensing, no restrictions even on who may ownregulate ownership and carry
- LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law2 billsfull protectionroll it back
- Detention while cases are decided1 billsdetain without hearing based on ancestry alone, not tied to case reviewno
- Abolishing ICE1 billskeep itabolish it
- Soda and candy on SNAP1 billskeep them outlet people choose
- IVF1 billsexpand accessrestrict
- Child care1 billspublic investmentcash to parents instead
- Gender-affirming care for minors1 billsprotect accessrestrict
- Same-sex marriage1 billsrecognizednot recognized
- DEI programs1 billsthey remedy discriminationmake them illegal
- Religious exemptions from general laws1 billsbroadnarrow or none
- Gender roles1 billsmen must dominate women by law; women barred from public life, male headship enforcedit is not
- Cash bail1 billskeep itend it
- School vouchers1 billsall public money for religious or private schools, no public system requiredprotect district schools
- Parental notification of social transition1 billsparents toldschools keep confidence
- Gender-identity lessons in early grades1 billsnoneinclusive lessons
- Nuclear power1 billsgovernment should build and own nuclear plants directly as public poweroppose
- Environmental rules1 billsban harmful economic activity outright regardless of jobs lostthey cost jobs
Values & Identity8 issues · 22 bills
- Basis of the Polity10 billscivic-territorialmembership by race or blood, denied by law to others
- Source of Moral Order7 billsofficial atheism: religion excluded from public legitimacyreligious / metaphysical
- Modernity & Time3 billsremake human nature itself through planned technologysacred-tradition / cyclical time
- Tribal status: political or racial3 billspolitical: tribes are governments; membership is a political classificationracial: tribal membership is an ancestral, racial classification
- Public money for religious schools1 billsnone: no aid to religious schoolson equal terms with secular schools
Show all 8
- Means a movement may use for its aims1 billslawful politics onlyany means the cause requires, up to armed attacks that reach civilians
- Government in languages other than English1 billsprovide itEnglish only
- What schools teach about the nation1 billsone shared national storyeach group's own history, including its grievances
Environment2 issues · 13 bills
- Extraction ↔ Conservation10 billsextract all resources without limit, seize or open any land including protected and tribal land for drilling/miningend extraction entirely, keep fossil fuels and minerals in the ground, abolish industrial exploitation of nature
- Policy-Frame Legitimacy3 billsreject industrial civilization itselfaccepts the policy/industrial frame
Identity & Rights4 issues · 12 bills
- Privacy ↔ Surveillance11 billswarrant requirement, data minimisationmass warrantless surveillance of citizens by race or suspected disloyalty
- One federal database on citizens1 billstotal federal surveillance database on every citizen, mandatory biometric national IDno
- AI safety rules1 billsminimalguardrails and liability
- Pornography1 billsno restriction on pornography at all, full repeal of obscenity lawredefine obscenity
Recent Voting Record
- Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsNot Voting
- Retire through Ownership ActSep 16, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassNot Voting
- Water Resources Development Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- Ratepayer Protection ActSep 16, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- Not Voting
- PROOF ActSep 16, 2026 · On PassageNot Voting
- National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · On PassageNot Voting
- Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Sep 15, 2026 · On Agreeing to the ResolutionNot Voting
- Not Voting
- Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActSep 15, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Sep 15, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassNot Voting
- Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Sep 15, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision ActSep 15, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- GUARD ActSep 15, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- Not Voting
- Not Voting
- Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.Sep 15, 2026 · On Motion to TableNot Voting
- Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2025Sep 14, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025Sep 14, 2026 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNot Voting
- Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026Sep 3, 2026 · On PassageNot Voting
Attendance
Roll-call days on record. Density = votes cast; ▼ marks days with an explicit not-voting record; outlines are days without a record — gaps in ingestion are never shown as absences.
Votes cast Recorded not voting No record
The three-source read
One question, checked against independent evidence classes. When they agree, that’s a strong signal; when they split, you see exactly where.
THREE-SOURCE READ
Acts toward: total state ownership of production and property?
VOTES
TOWARD
166 of 222 vote-backed positions
SPONSORSHIP
NO EVIDENCE
only 0 on record
FINANCE
NO EVIDENCE
187 disclosed funders on file — what they want is not scored yet
JOINT READUnanimous · toward
How they operate
Measurements of legislative behavior, not policy positions. Not used in alignment scoring.
Bipartisanship9% bipartisanship
Legislative Effectiveness17% effective at passing legislation
Committee Engagement81% engaged in committee work
Fiscal Record50% fiscally consistent
Party Loyalty86% party-loyal in voting
Attendance & Participation15% attendance and participation
Political Positions
The 12 issues with the most bills, of 100 · from 377 bills scored
- Government Scope222 bills
222 bills: 56 toward no state at all, 166 toward total state ownership of production and property
- Authority ↔ Liberty168 bills
168 bills: 76 toward no state at all: liberty without government, 92 toward state authority
- Pace / Legitimacy of Change56 bills
56 bills: 36 toward institutional continuity, 20 toward systemic change
- Proceduralism46 bills
46 bills: 18 toward representative-substantive, 28 toward procedure-as-content / direct
- Open records46 bills
46 bills: 29 toward publish government records proactively, easily, without a request, 17 toward records available only on request or at agency discretion
- Conflict Posture41 bills
41 bills: 17 toward total non-resistance: no force, even in defence, 24 toward total war: destroy the enemy society until unconditional surrender
- Hierarchy ↔ Anti-Hierarchy37 bills
37 bills: 19 toward mutual aid / voluntary association, 18 toward hierarchical authority
- Economic Coordination35 bills
35 bills: 4 toward no state: unregulated markets, no taxation, 31 toward state / common ownership, redistribution
- Moral-Community Scope34 bills
34 bills: 7 toward parochial / national, 27 toward universal / cosmopolitan
- Subsidiarity ↔ Centralization (law-making)31 bills
31 bills: 21 toward power at the lowest competent level, 10 toward national standards, preemption
- Transparency ↔ State secrecy17 bills
17 bills: 4 toward no state secrecy power at all, government may never suppress disclosure, 13 toward executive discretion over what stays secret
- Fiscal discipline ↔ Fiscal expansion11 bills
11 bills: 3 toward balance the budget; debt is a moral hazard, 8 toward deficits are an instrument
The network
Who they act with and who funds the work. Disclosure, not judgement — both parties treated identically.
Top disclosed sources$901k
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOC. INT'L PACpac$20k2% of total
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PACpac$20k2% of total
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEpac$20k2% of total
- FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC PACpac$19k2% of total
- AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICER VOLUNTARY PAC (AMO PAC)pac$15k2% of total
From public filings · disclosure, not judgement · both parties shown identically
6 of 187 disclosed funders have taken a public position on a bill we have placed on our scale — together about 4.8% of the PAC money this candidate has raised. What follows is those funders in their own filed words, not a score, and not a claim about this candidate.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC$10k
- For Whole-Home Repairs Act of 2025
- For Disaster Resiliency and Coverage Act of 2025
- For Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
- For SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
- For Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
- For TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
- For SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
- For ROAD to Housing Act of 2025
- For More Homes on the Market Act
- For More Homes on the Market Act
- For Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act
- For Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
- For Saving the American Dream Act
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$7k
AT&T INC. FEDERAL PAC$6k
- For Gerald’s Law Act
NATIONAL ASSOC. OF HOME BUILDERS PAC (BUILD PAC)$4k
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC$3k
THE HOME DEPOT PAC$3k
- Against Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- For Credit Card Competition Act of 2026
- Against Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- For Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- For Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
- For Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- For Bracero Program 2.0 Act
- For Credit Card Competition Act of 2026
- For National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- For National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
A funder’s position is evidence about the funder. Whether this candidate’s own record follows it is a separate question, and this panel does not answer it.
Who funds John Garamendi
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Votes most often with
Co-voting across shared roll calls — the top of the range and the strongest divergence. A report, never an alliance label.
- Democratic · FL99%
- Democratic · VA99%
- Republican · TX15%
Agreement = share of shared votes cast the same way · not a judgement
Endorsed by
Organizations with stated support or ratings on record — a disclosure, never a recommendation.
No endorsements on record yet.
Committee Assignments
- Committee on Armed Services - 119th Congress ProfileJan 2025 — PresentMember
- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure - 119th Congress ProfileJan 2025 — PresentMember
- Coast Guard and Maritime TransportationJan 2025 — PresentMember
- Water Resources and EnvironmentJan 2025 — PresentMember
- Highways and TransitJan 2025 — PresentMember
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency ManagementJan 2025 — PresentMember
- Strategic ForcesJan 2025 — PresentMember
- ReadinessJan 2025 — PresentRanking Member
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureJan 2025 — PresentMember
- House Committee on Armed ServicesJan 2025 — PresentMember
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