Sen. Schiff, Adam B.

Democrat · California · Senate

Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2024 and in the California State Senate from 1996 to 2000. Before being elected to public office, Schiff was a law clerk, an assistant United States attorney from 1987 to 1993, and an unsuccessful candidate for California State Assembly in 1994.

Voting record

Participation: shows up to vote 97% of the time.
Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 17.0% of the time.
Alignment with the district's political lean: 78.6%.
Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Sen. Schiff, Adam B.

Voted Yea on House sets debate rules for Gulf rename and Confucius Institute bills — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘‘Gulf of America”, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Voted Yea on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
Voted Nay on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Voted Nay on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
Voted Yea on Exempts active military pay from income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
Voted Yea on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
Voted Nay on Raises passenger fees for airport improvements — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Voted Nay on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
Voted Nay on Require Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist designation — Clean Energy for America Act
Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
Voted Yea on Eliminates federal diversity and inclusion programs — Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023
Voted Nay on Federal agencies must prove regulations help small business — Prove It Act
Voted Yea on Requires FDA inspection of foreign shrimp suppliers — To extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal year 2029.
Voted Nay on House honors 180 years of Naval Academy — Recognizing the 180th anniversary of the United States Naval Academy.

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