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 · 116th Congress · historical · House

Participation

95%

901/953 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	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Not voting	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Yea	Passed	2019-01-04
HR 269	Yea	Passed	2019-01-08

Sponsored · 116th39

—Calling for credible, transparent, and peaceful elections in Nigeria, and for other purposes.hconres 4 —Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.hconres 57 —Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019hr 1585 —Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2019hr 1685 —Physician Assistant Education Public Health Initiatives Act of 2019hr 1686 —Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019hr 2702 —Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Acthr 3057 —Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Acthr 3059 —Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2019hr 3061 —Ebola Eradication Act of 2019hr 3085 —Student Loan Fairness Acthr 3257 —Child Welfare Data Modernization Acthr 3438 —Second Look Act of 2019hr 3795 —Build Local, Hire Local Acthr 4101 —Supporting Kinship Connections Acthr 4352 —FAFSA Acthr 4584 —Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2019hr 507 —Pandemic Protection Acthr 6848 —Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Foster Youth Acthr 6959 —George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020hr 7120 —Represent America Abroad Act of 2020hr 7673 —Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Acthr 7718 —Foster Youth Dental Act of 2020hr 8118 —The One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2020hr 8161 —Jobs and Justice Act of 2020hr 8352 —Community-Based Response Acthr 8474 —Expressing support for the designation of September 2020 as "National Kinship Care Month".hres 1101 —Urging the Government of Tanzania and all parties to respect human rights and constitutional rights and ensure free and fair elections in October 2020, and recognizing the importance of multi-party democracy in Tanzania.hres 1120 —Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging continued democratic progress in Ethiopia, and for other purposes.hres 1183 —Urging the United States to uphold its commitments under international treaties related to refugees and asylum-seekers and halt deportations of Cameroonian citizens.hres 1221

Cosponsored · 116th581

—Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.hconres 100 —Expressing support for democratic elections in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.hconres 101 —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 119 —Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the Buffalo Soldiers.hconres 12 —Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.hconres 13 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 30 —Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.hconres 36 —Supporting reproductive health care in the United States.hconres 40 —Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.hconres 52 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 59 —Supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution.hconres 65 —Expressing the sense of the Congress that State agencies and other providers of foster care services should make every effort to ensure siblings remain together in the foster system.hconres 95 —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 104 —Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.hjres 2 —Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.hjres 37 —Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 38 —Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.hjres 46 —Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability".hjres 76 —Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 79 —Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to "Community Reinvestment Act Regulations".hjres 90 —For the People Act of 2019hr 1 —WOOF! Acthr 1002 —Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Acthr 1003 —Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Acthr 1004 —UIGHUR Act of 2019hr 1025 —PREPARED Acthr 1042 —Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019hr 1043 —Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020hr 1044 —Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019hr 1046 —Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Acthr 1055

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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