Nanette Diaz Barragán

Overview

Nanette Diaz Barragán is a Democratic U.S. Representative from California with a solidly progressive voting record across 510 recorded votes. Her positions align closely with the left wing of her party, particularly on environmental regulation, budget priorities, and immigration policy, where she has consistently opposed Republican-led measures. On healthcare, she has supported efforts to protect Medicaid and lower health insurance premiums, voting in favor of related motions and against procedural moves she viewed as limiting debate on those bills. In the budget and appropriations space, she has voted against most recent spending frameworks and continuing resolutions put forward by the majority, suggesting disagreement with the spending priorities or policy riders attached to those bills. Her defense votes show a more mixed pattern — she supported veterans' care legislation and a War Powers Resolution to limit military involvement in Lebanon, but voted against the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. On environmental and energy issues, she opposed a congressional disapproval of California's harbor craft emission standards and supported water resources and ratepayer protection legislation. Across labor, education, foreign policy, and social security, her voting record reflects consistent support for Democratic policy priorities, though with a smaller number of recorded votes in those areas.

Key Positions

• •Voted to protect California's authority to set its own emission standards for commercial harbor craft, opposing a congressional resolution that would have overridden the state's environmental regulations (September 2026).
• •Voted against the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act while supporting a separate War Powers Resolution to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities in Lebanon, indicating selective support for military measures.
• •Consistently opposed recent budget resolutions and continuing appropriations bills — voting Nay on the FY2027 budget framework and related spending measures, suggesting disagreement with the majority's fiscal priorities.
• •Supported healthcare access measures including the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act motion to recommit and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.
• •Voted in favor of the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, showing cross-issue support for veterans' services even while opposing broader defense authorization.
• •Opposed most immigration-related measures that came to a vote, with only 2 Yea votes out of 8 total immigration votes recorded.
• •Supported labor-related legislation in 4 out of 5 recorded votes, one of her most consistent category patterns.
• •Voted Yea on 10 of 11 foreign policy measures, indicating broad support for international engagement legislation.