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 · 115th Congress · historical · House

Participation

91%

1105/1209 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
HR 3354	Yea	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Yea	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Yea	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Nay	Agreed to	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Nay	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Yea	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Yea	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Nay	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Nay	Agreed to	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Nay	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Nay	Failed	2017-09-07
HR 3354	Yea	Failed	2017-09-07

Sponsored · 115th27

—Student Loan Fairness Acthr 1127 —SUCCESS Acthr 1432 —To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3585 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the "Marvin Gaye Post Office".hr 1496 —Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2017hr 1603 —Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act of 2017hr 1604 —Physician Assistant Education Public Health Initiatives Act of 2017hr 1605 —Wakiesha's Lawhr 2115 —Yemen Security and Humanity Acthr 2795 —Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2017hr 2952 —Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Acthr 4998 —Family Unity Rights and Protection Acthr 6236 —Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018hr 6472 —Pregnant Women in Custody Acthr 6805 —Supporting Kinship Connections Acthr 7012 —Expressing support for the designation of September 2018 as "National Kinship Care Month".hres 1093 —Calling on the Government of Cameroon, armed separatist groups, and all citizens to respect human rights and adopt nonviolent approaches to conflict resolution.hres 1111 —Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.hres 1159 —Urging the Government of Nigeria and Nigeria's political parties to ensure electoral accountability and work toward holding credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in February 2019.hres 1170 —Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan.hres 187 —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 the foster care system.hres 314 —Expressing disapproval of any act of the President to grant to himself or any member of his family, including those related solely by marriage, a reprieve or pardon for an offense against the United States.hres 523 —Expressing support for the designation of September 2017 as "National Kinship Care Month".hres 531 —Expressing support for the physician assistant (PA) profession and the designation of the week of October 6 through 12, 2017, as "National PA Week".hres 567 —Strongly condemning slave auctions and the exploitation of migrants and refugees as forced laborers in Libya, and for other purposes.hres 644 —Expressing support for the designation of May 15, 2018, as "National Senior Fraud Awareness Day" to raise awareness about the barrage of fraud attempts that seniors face, to encourage the implementation of policies to prevent these scams from happening, and to improve protections from these scams for seniors.hres 765 —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 the foster care system.hres 914 —Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.hres 930

Cosponsored · 115th430

—Original NAACP Resolution of 2018hconres 108 —Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 117 —Supporting National Men's Health Week.hconres 123 —Expressing the sense of Congress that the President does not have the authority under the Constitution to grant himself reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United States.hconres 132 —Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.hconres 138 —Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.hconres 142 —Original NAACP Resolution of 2017hconres 17 —Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater.hconres 52 —Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.hconres 63 —Expressing the sense of Congress that child safety is the first priority of custody and visitation adjudications, and that State courts should improve adjudications of custody where family violence is alleged.hconres 72 —Condemning fear-mongering, racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, and violence perpetrated by hate groups.hconres 77 —Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Republic of Yemen.hconres 81 —Condemning the racist and hate-based attacks on our college campuses and reaffirming our support for inclusion and safety in our institutions of higher learning.hconres 86 —Expressing the sense of the Congress that temporary protected status for Haitian nationals should be extended until that country has demonstrably recovered from the 2010 earthquake, the cholera epidemic, Hurricane Matthew, and other disasters.hconres 87 —Expressing the sense of the Congress that temporary protected status for Haitian nationals should be extended until that country has demonstrably recovered from the 2010 earthquake, the cholera epidemic, Hurricane Matthew, and other disasters.hconres 88 —Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day.hconres 96 —Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Restoring Internet Freedom".hjres 129 —Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.hjres 33 —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 —Haiti Emergency Relief Act of 2017hr 1014 —STOP Act of 2017hr 1057 —Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Acthr 1069 —Freedom for Refugees Escaping Enmity (FREE) Acthr 1075 —Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Acthr 1076 —Redistricting Reform Act of 2017hr 1102 —Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2017hr 1111 —Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017hr 113 —To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.hr 1135 —Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Acthr 1194 —Voter Empowerment Act of 2017hr 12

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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