Scott H. Peters

Overview

Scott Peters is a Democratic U.S. Representative from California with 544 recorded votes spanning a wide range of policy areas. His voting record reflects a centrist-leaning Democrat who consistently supports his party on labor, foreign policy, and civil rights issues while showing more independent tendencies on budget, environment and energy, and banking matters. Peters has been most active on healthcare (64 votes), environment and energy (34 votes), defense (32 votes), and budget (30 votes). His healthcare voting shows majority support at 56%, while his budget voting stands out with only 20% yea votes, suggesting he frequently opposes budget proposals—likely those put forward by the majority party. On defense, he has supported roughly 69% of measures, indicating a relatively supportive posture toward military and veterans' legislation. His foreign policy record is notable for unanimous support across all 11 recorded votes, and he has voted yea on all five labor-related measures. On immigration, his votes are evenly split, reflecting what may be a case-by-case approach to specific proposals rather than a consistent pattern in either direction. His environment and energy voting (32% yea) and banking and finance voting (20% yea) show frequent opposition to proposals in those areas, which likely reflects disagreement with majority-party-led bills rather than opposition to those policy areas broadly.

Key Positions

• •Voted yea on all 11 foreign policy measures on record, showing consistent support for international engagement and diplomacy-related legislation.
• •Supported all five labor-related votes, indicating reliable backing for worker-focused legislation.
• •Opposed 80% of budget measures (24 nay out of 30 votes), including voting against the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget resolution and continuing appropriations.
• •Voted in favor of veterans' legislation, including the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, and supported a War Powers Resolution measure directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities in Lebanon.
• •On healthcare, supported motions to recommit on the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, while opposing procedural measures that bundled multiple health-related bills.
• •Voted nay on a measure disapproving California's commercial harbor craft emissions regulations, consistent with supporting state-level environmental standards.
• •Supported the Water Resources Development Act, reflecting backing for water infrastructure investment.
• •Voted in favor of 70% of technology-related measures, suggesting general support for technology policy initiatives.