Rep. Simon, Lateefah

Democrat · California-12 · House of Representatives

Lateefah Aaliyah Simon is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district since January 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first member of Congress known to be born legally blind in both eyes, and the first Muslim member from California and outside of the Midwestern United States.

Voting record

Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 8.1% of the time.
Alignment with the district's political lean: 74.6%.
Bills sponsored: 4; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Rep. Simon, Lateefah

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 Yea 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 SBA loan officers must disclose conflicts of interest — Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act
Voted Yea on Expands tax deadline relief for state disasters — Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
Voted Nay on Expands deportation grounds for sex and domestic violence crimes — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Voted Nay on Extends deadline to prosecute pandemic jobless fraud — Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Voted Nay on Expands opioid and mental health treatment programs — SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025

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