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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
HJRES 42
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-59 Mar 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll59 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 61
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-58 Mar 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll58 US-GOV-PD
HRES 177
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional…
On Agreeing to the Resolution Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-57 Mar 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll57 US-GOV-PD
On Ordering the Previous Question Not voting house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-56 Mar 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll56 US-GOV-PD
HR 758
Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-55 Mar 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll55 US-GOV-PD
HR 856
Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-54 Mar 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll54 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-53 Feb 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll53 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 35
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-52 Feb 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll52 US-GOV-PD
HR 695
Medal of Honor Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-51 Feb 26, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll51 US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 14
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and…
On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-50 Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll50 US-GOV-PD
HR 804
Rural Small Business Resilience Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-49 Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll49 US-GOV-PD
HR 788
DOE and SBA Research Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-48 Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll48 US-GOV-PD
HRES 161
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional…
On Agreeing to the Resolution Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-47 Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll47 US-GOV-PD
On Ordering the Previous Question Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-46 Feb 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll46 US-GOV-PD
HR 818
SPUR Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-45 Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll45 US-GOV-PD
HR 832
Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-44 Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll44 US-GOV-PD
HR 825
Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-43 Feb 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll43 US-GOV-PD
HR 35
Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-42 Feb 13, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll42 US-GOV-PD
HR 77
Midnight Rules Relief Act
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-41 Feb 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll41 US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Recommit Yea house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-40 Feb 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll40 US-GOV-PD
HRES 122
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States…
On Agreeing to the Resolution Nay house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-39 Feb 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll39 US-GOV-PD
On Ordering the Previous Question Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-38 Feb 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll38 US-GOV-PD
HR 736
Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-37 Feb 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll37 US-GOV-PD
HR 692
China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Yea house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-36 Feb 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll36 US-GOV-PD
HR 26
Protecting American Energy Production Act
On Passage Nay house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-35 Feb 7, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll35 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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