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Lateefah Simon

U.S. Representative, CA-12

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2025

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, CA-12 current
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-12 current
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.574, social dim. -0.360. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

BillMotion / questionPositionChamber · stage · rollDateOutcomeSource
HR 7726
Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026
On Motion to Recommit Yea house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-197 Jun 3, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll197 US-GOV-PD
HR 2860
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-196 Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll196 US-GOV-PD
HRES 1333
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural…
On Agreeing to the Resolution Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-195 Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll195 US-GOV-PD
On Ordering the Previous Question Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-194 Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll194 US-GOV-PD
S 254
ARTIST Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-193 Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll193 US-GOV-PD
HR 7618
American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-192 Jun 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll192 US-GOV-PD
HR 6047
Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-191 May 21, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll191 US-GOV-PD
HR 1041
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-190 May 21, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll190 US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Recommit Yea house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-189 May 21, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll189 US-GOV-PD
HR 1329
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-188 May 21, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll188 US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Recommit Yea house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-187 May 21, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll187 US-GOV-PD
HRES 1300
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1041) to amend title 38, United States Code, to…
On Agreeing to the Resolution Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-186 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll186 US-GOV-PD
On Ordering the Previous Question Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-185 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll185 US-GOV-PD
HR 2616
Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act
On Passage Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-184 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll184 US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Recommit Yea house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-183 May 20, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll183 US-GOV-PD
HR 1993
25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-182 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll182 US-GOV-PD
S 1003
Lulu’s Law
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-181 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll181 US-GOV-PD
S 2393
Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-180 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll180 US-GOV-PD
HR 5317
Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-179 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll179 US-GOV-PD
HR 4544
American Access to Banking Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-178 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll178 US-GOV-PD
HR 3234
Keeping Deposits Local Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-177 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll177 US-GOV-PD
HRES 1299
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-176 May 20, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll176 US-GOV-PD
HR 8469
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related…
On Passage Yea house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2026-175 May 15, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll175 US-GOV-PD
On Agreeing to the Amendment Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-174 May 15, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll174 US-GOV-PD
HR 8365
Monitor Accountability Act
On Passage Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2026-173 May 14, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2026-roll173 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 cycle · official FEC aggregate

Period Feb 28, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · as of Dec 31, 2024 · coverage: official aggregate · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

ReceiptsSpendingCashDebtRefundsSelf-fundingNet receipts
$2,231,456$1,945,801 $285,655$0 $22,916 $2,208,541

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Feb 28, 2023–Dec 23, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 7:10 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loadedRefunds/reversals loadedNet receipts loaded
$2,392,320$0$2,392,320

Largest itemized receipts

CycleAmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateCoverageSource
2024 $44,456 POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC. LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Dec 23, 2024 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Mar 5, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 31, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 25, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Mar 5, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 25, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Feb 29, 2024 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 22, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 16, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 27, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 28, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 4, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified May 28, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 4, 2023 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024 $6,600 HELM, NELSON JR LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS Big donor Mar 5, 2024 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.

CyclePositionItemized spending loadedPeriod / as ofCoverageSource
2024Support $13,253 (22 records) Oct 20, 2023–Oct 21, 2024 · as of Oct 21, 2024 itemized partial FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

  • While I've been in D.C. voting against President Trump's reckless budget reconciliation bill and defending immigrant communities against attacks as the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee --my team in the district has been hard at work. Take a look at how they've been…
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  • On the 19th of June, 1865 troops rode into Galveston to announce slavery had ended, more than 2 years after enslaved people of Texas had by law already been freed. Freedom here has never been given to us. It has been claimed, with every generation, by people who refused to wait…
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  • Communities in West Oakland have been dealing with the health impacts of environmental racism for decades. A coal terminal in their backyards and trains carrying coal along the Bay will only exacerbate an already deadly problem. I am using every tool available to me to stop this…
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  • Pride was born out of an act of resistance, a fight for liberation. It was, and remains, a movement built by and for those of us who believe a more just, equal, and liberated society is possible.
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  • I led my @demwomencaucus.bsky.social colleagues to demand that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prioritize funding for Head Start by withdrawing a proposed rule to repeal higher wages and expanded benefits for Head Start workers.
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  • Our West Oakland communities have been clear: no coal in Oakland. Today, I filed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027 Energy and Water Appropriations bill that would prohibit funding for the proposed Oakland coal export terminal project.
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  • The Trump administration is claiming fraud in California's elections with no evidence. While Trump points fingers at California, this president is redrawing maps to silence Black voters and take the House by force.
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  • Republicans called a hearing on immigration, but refused to answer basic questions about the Trump admin’s role in driving chaos, abuse, and state-funded violence. Instead, they resorted to scapegoating immigrants for the economic challenges that the Trump Administration is…
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  • Devastated to hear of the passing of Lartey Solomon, a nurse, a caregiver, a son, a brother, a father, and a life lost too soon to gun violence.
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  • During National Gun Violence Awareness Month we are saying loud and clear: it’s time to act. We must strengthen federal gun control regulations and invest in local violence intervention programs. Our communities deserve nothing less.
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  • The residents of West Oakland are clear, they do not want a coal terminal in their backyard. I will use every tool in the toolbox to fight this reckless and illogical policy and protect communities in West Oakland from further environmental racism.
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  • Today, I voted against the Republican reconciliation bill, which would provide $70 billion more for the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement machine.
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