Eric Swalwell

Overview

Eric Swalwell is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California with 409 recorded votes in the dataset. His voting record reflects a consistently progressive approach across most policy areas, with particularly strong alignment on technology, foreign policy, and defense-related legislation. On healthcare, Swalwell has supported roughly half the bills that came to a vote, while opposing a significant share as well — a pattern that often reflects support for Democratic healthcare proposals and opposition to Republican-led changes to programs like Medicaid. His budget and environment/energy votes show high opposition rates, which in a Republican-controlled House typically indicates disagreement with the majority party's spending priorities and energy policies rather than opposition to those topics broadly. Swalwell shows notable engagement on defense and veterans' issues, voting in favor of the majority of defense-related bills, including veterans' services legislation. He has also supported most technology-related bills that reached the floor. His record on banking and finance bills shows consistent opposition during this period, voting against all four bills in that category. It is worth noting that a substantial number of Swalwell's recorded entries across categories are marked as 'not voting,' which may reflect absences, strategic decisions, or procedural circumstances. Voters should consider both his active votes and his participation rate when evaluating his record.

Key Positions

• •Consistently supported veterans' legislation, including voting in favor of the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act and the Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act.
• •Voted in favor of 80% of technology-related bills, suggesting strong support for technology policy measures.
• •Opposed all four banking and finance bills on record, indicating disagreement with the financial legislation brought to the floor during this period.
• •Voted against most budget bills (only 20% yea), a pattern consistent with opposing the majority party's spending and appropriations proposals.
• •Supported 60% of foreign policy measures and did not cast a nay vote on any foreign policy bill in the dataset.
• •Voted in favor of the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act, which addressed compensation for Department of Homeland Security employees.
• •Showed low support for environment and energy bills on record (12% yea), which in a Republican-led House typically reflects opposition to the majority's energy agenda rather than opposition to environmental protections.