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Mike Garcia

Former

Republican · CA-27 · 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
R+0.60
Healthcare
R+0.83
Immigration & Border
R+0.97
Guns
R+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.68
Crime & Policing
R+0.92
Defense & Veterans
R+0.66
Economy & Labor
R+0.62
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.67
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.38
Education
R+0.88
Government & Democracy
R+0.87
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+1.00

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

Mike Garcia'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

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

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Garcia'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
Increasing Baseline Updates Act
2024-12-11 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
2024-12-11 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7673) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for clothes washers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 4199) to authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5009) to reauthorize wildlife habitat and conservation programs, and for other purposes.
2024-12-10 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024
2024-12-10 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act
2024-11-21 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Urging the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its decision to suspend adoption by foreign nationals with a view to resuming such adoptions, particularly in cases where the mutual concerns of the Governments of Ukraine and of the United States can be substantially addressed.
2024-11-21 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
CLEAN Act
2024-11-19 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1449) to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9495) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to postpone tax deadlines and reimburse paid late fees for United States nationals who are unlawfully or wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad, to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations, and for other purposes.
2024-11-19 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
COCOA Act of 2024
2024-09-25 · Passed
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3334) to provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of the National Communist Party Congress of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8205) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report systems, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8790) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1469) ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan; and for other purposes.
2024-09-24 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy
YEA
DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program Act
2024-09-24 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program Act
2024-09-24 · Passed · Government & Democracy

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