Democratic

Bass, Karen

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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking

Congress	Sponsored	Cosponsored	Recorded votes	Participation
117th	41	673	946	98%
116th	39	581	901	95%
115th	27	430	1,105	91%

Descriptive counts per Congress — sponsored/cosponsored measures, recorded votes cast, and participation (votes cast ÷ recorded, shown only where the denominator is ingested). This is not an effectiveness score, alignment, or rank. Recorded votes reflect ingested chambers (House member casts across the supported range; Senate member casts are not linked — see Coverage).

Service history3 Congresses of supported coverage

Congress	Chamber	State	District	Party
117th	House	California	37	Democratic
116th	House	California	37	Democratic
115th	House	California	37	Democratic

Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.

Legislative activity · 117th Congress · historical · House

Participation

98%

946/965 cast

Bill grade band	Supported	Opposed	Present	Not voting
A/B-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0
C-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0
D/F-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0

Measure	Cast	Result	Date
Procedural	Present	Passed	2021-01-03
HRES 1	Yea	Passed	2021-01-03
HRES 8	Yea	Passed	2021-01-04
HRES 8	Not voting	Passed	2021-01-04
HRES 8	Yea	Passed	2021-01-04
HRES 8	Nay	Failed	2021-01-04
HRES 8	Yea	Passed	2021-01-04
HR 22	Yea	Passed	2021-01-05
Procedural	Nay	Failed	2021-01-06
Procedural	Nay	Failed	2021-01-07
HRES 38	Yea	Passed	2021-01-12
HRES 38	Yea	Passed	2021-01-12

Sponsored · 117th41

—Represent America Abroad Act of 2021hr 1096 —George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021hr 1280 —Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Acthr 1793 —Foster Youth Dental Act of 2021hr 1794 —Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Acthr 1795 —Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2021hr 2274 —Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2021hr 2908 —Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2021hr 3083 —To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Carrie Beatrice "Mudear" Sager, in recognition of her service to her community and nation, for peace, racial justice, and human rights.hr 323 —One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2022hr 3372 —Build Local, Hire Local Acthr 3473 —Community-Based Response Act of 2021hr 3862 —Physician Assistant Education Public Health Initiatives Act of 2021hr 3890 —Tribal Family Fairness Acthr 4348 —21st Century Children and Families Acthr 5856 —Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2021hr 6296 —Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2021hr 6479 —Pregnant Women in Custody Acthr 6878 —READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2022hr 7240 —Women in Criminal Justice Reform Acthr 7394 —Promoting Permanency Through Kinship Families Acthr 7416 —PREA Rights Enforcement Act of 2022hr 8096 —Children’s Safe Welcome Act of 2022hr 8349 —Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022hr 8637 —To extend by 19 days the authorization for the special assessment for the Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.hr 8684 —Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022hr 9364 —Second Look Act of 2022hr 9431 —YALI Act of 2021hr 965 —Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in, or at risk of entering, the foster care system.hres 1133 —Expressing concern for the drought and endemic food insecurity plaguing the Horn of Africa and calling for greater humanitarian and agricultural assistance to the region.hres 1137

Cosponsored · 117th673

—Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, commonly known as the "Clean Water Act".hconres 113 —Recognizing international days of peace, coexistence, and cooperation.hconres 120 —Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.hconres 19 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 24 —Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.hconres 31 —Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 77th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors unjustly court-martialed by the Navy.hconres 40 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.hconres 46 —Objecting to the slowdown in mail delivery and postage rate increase instituted by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and seeking to halt both actions pending further investigation.hconres 54 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.hconres 55 —Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government must take steps to end the pandemic now.hconres 60 —Recognizing international days of peace, coexistence, and cooperation.hconres 66 —Condemning threats of violence against historically Black colleges and universities ("HBCUs") and reaffirming support for HBCUs and their students.hconres 70 —Expressing opposition to the criminalization of essential health care, including the full range of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care, and disapproving of the criminalization of pregnancy outcomes.hconres 89 —Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.hjres 1 —Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of certain defense articles and services.hjres 15 —Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Italian Republic of certain defense articles and services.hjres 16 —Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 17 —Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.hjres 48 —Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.hjres 53 —Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.hjres 87 —For the People Act of 2021hr 1 —‘Six Triple Eight’ Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021hr 1012 —Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Acthr 1057 —Pregnant Workers Fairness Acthr 1065 —Wildfire Recovery Acthr 1066 —Desert Locust Control Acthr 1079 —To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.hr 1085 —To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the "PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building".hr 1095 —Department of State Student Internship Program Acthr 1109 —IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act of 2021hr 1116

Campaign financefederal · source: FEC

FEC candidate H0CA33117 · BASS, KAREN → (House CA) · linked deterministic

Cycle	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand
2024	$0	$575,057	$0
2022	$675,272	$1,426,080	$575,057
2020	$2,233,947	$1,220,423	$1,325,864
2018	$896,504	$829,566	$312,339
2016	$648,452	$679,229	$245,401

1 authorized/associated committee · 45 reported independent expenditures. Full campaign-finance record →Reported campaign-finance facts about the linked FEC candidate. This is distinct from the legislative record above and implies nothing about how the member legislated — money and votes are not causally linked here.

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