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Loretta Sanchez

Former

Democrat · CA-46 · U.S. House

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+0.55
Healthcare
D+0.65
Immigration & Border
R+0.50
Guns
R+0.75
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.99
Environment & Energy
D+0.84
Crime & Policing
D+0.53
Defense & Veterans
D+0.17
Economy & Labor
D+0.56
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.50
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.99
Education
D+1.00
Government & Democracy
D+0.83
Judicial & Executive Nominations
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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

Loretta Sanchez'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

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightSanchez

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Sanchez'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

NAY
Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016
2016-12-01 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-11-30 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy, Foreign Policy & Trade
NAY
No U.S. Financing for Iran Act
2016-11-17 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
NAY
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016
2016-11-17 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016
2016-11-17 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016
2016-11-17 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act
2016-09-28 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016
2016-09-14 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy, Healthcare
YEA
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016
2016-09-14 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy, Healthcare
YEA
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016
2016-09-14 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy, Healthcare
YEA
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016
2016-09-14 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy, Healthcare
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.
2016-09-13 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Defense & Veterans

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