Linda T. Sánchez

Overview

Rep. Linda T. Sánchez is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California with a substantial voting record of 680 recorded votes. Her voting patterns show strong engagement across a wide range of policy areas, with particularly active participation on healthcare, budget, defense, and environmental legislation. On healthcare, she has been one of her most active policy areas with 135 votes and a 67.4% yea rate, including support for motions related to the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. She has consistently opposed Republican-led budget proposals, voting nay on the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget and continuing appropriations measures, reflecting the broader partisan divide on federal spending priorities. Her foreign policy record stands out with a 90.9% yea rate across 11 votes, suggesting broad support for bipartisan foreign policy measures. On defense, she voted yea 72.7% of the time across 33 votes, indicating she frequently supports defense-related legislation. On environmental and energy policy, her 31.4% yea rate reflects opposition to measures that would roll back environmental regulations, such as voting against congressional disapproval of California's harbor craft emissions standards. Her record on immigration (37.5% yea) and criminal justice (38.5% yea) shows frequent opposition to legislation in these areas during the current Congress, consistent with her progressive positioning within the Democratic caucus.

Key Positions

• •Consistently supports healthcare-related legislation, voting yea on 67.4% of 135 healthcare votes, including backing motions on the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.
• •Opposes recent Republican-led budget and appropriations measures, voting nay on 67.3% of 55 budget votes, including the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget and continuing appropriations for FY2027.
• •Supports environmental protections, voting against congressional disapproval of California's harbor craft emissions standards and supporting the Water Resources Development Act and the Ratepayer Protection Act.
• •Frequently supports defense legislation, voting yea on 72.7% of 33 defense-related votes.
• •Shows strong support for foreign policy measures, voting yea on 90.9% of 11 foreign policy votes.
• •Frequently opposes immigration legislation brought to the floor, voting nay on 62.5% of 8 immigration votes.
• •Supports agriculture-related measures at a moderate rate, voting yea on 54.5% of 33 agriculture votes, including the Agriculture Appropriations Act for 2027 and the Pet and Livestock Protection Act.
• •Voted in favor of Social Security-related measures 66.7% of the time across 6 votes.