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Dianne Feinstein

Former

Democrat · CA · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.19
Healthcare
D+0.78
Immigration & Border
D+0.53
Guns
D+0.33
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.79
Environment & Energy
D+0.71
Crime & Policing
D+0.66
Defense & Veterans
R+0.02
Economy & Labor
D+0.79
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.50
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.64
Education
D+0.68
Government & Democracy
D+0.80
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.49

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Dianne Feinstein's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Dianne Feinstein (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Feinstein's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Vernon D. Oliver, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut
2023-09-18 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Vernon D. Oliver, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut
2023-09-18 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Vernon D. Oliver, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut
2023-09-18 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Tanya J. Bradsher, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
2023-09-12 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Jeffrey Irvine Cummings, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
2023-09-12 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Jeffrey Irvine Cummings, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
2023-09-12 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
2023-09-12 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Tanya J. Bradsher, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
2023-09-11 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Anna M. Gomez, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2021
2023-09-07 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years
2023-09-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Economy & Labor
YEA
Gwynne A. Wilcox, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2028
2023-09-06 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Economy & Labor
YEA
Gwynne A. Wilcox, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2028
2023-09-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Economy & Labor

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