Zoe Lofgren

Overview

Representative Zoe Lofgren of California has compiled a substantial voting record of 745 votes spanning a wide range of policy areas. Her most active areas of legislation include healthcare, budget and appropriations, agriculture, and defense — reflecting the broad legislative portfolio of a long-serving House member. On healthcare, Lofgren has supported measures aimed at preserving Medicaid protections and lowering insurance premiums, voting in favor of motions to recommit bills like the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. In budget matters, she has opposed recent Republican-led budget resolutions and continuing appropriations measures, consistent with broader Democratic opposition to the majority's spending priorities. Her defense voting record shows relatively high support (75% yea), including votes for veterans' care legislation and engagement with War Powers Resolution debates regarding U.S. military involvement in Lebanon. On immigration, she has voted against most measures that came to the floor (only 1 yea out of 8 votes), suggesting opposition to the immigration enforcement approach favored by the current House majority. Lofgren's record on environmental and energy policy shows she voted nay on a majority of bills in that category (69% nay), which in the current Congress likely reflects opposition to Republican-led energy legislation rather than opposition to environmental protection. Her foreign policy votes show near-unanimous support (10 of 11 yea), indicating broad backing for international engagement measures that reached the floor.

Key Positions

• •Supported healthcare access measures, including voting yea on motions related to the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act in December 2025.
• •Opposed the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget resolution and continuing appropriations measures in July 2026, aligning with Democratic opposition to the majority's spending framework.
• •Voted in favor of veterans' legislation, including the Take Care of America's Veterans Act in July 2026.
• •Voted yea on a War Powers Resolution measure directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon (June 2026), reflecting support for congressional oversight of military deployments.
• •Opposed most immigration bills that came to the floor, voting nay on 7 of 8 immigration-related measures — the highest nay rate across all her policy categories.
• •Supported agriculture and food safety legislation, including the Agriculture Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027 and the Pet and Livestock Protection Act.
• •Voted in favor of technology-related measures in a majority of cases (60% yea), and supported the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act in September 2026.
• •Showed strong support for foreign policy measures, voting yea on 10 of 11 foreign policy bills that came to a vote.