Former representative · California's 12th district

Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee served in Congress from 1998 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for California's 12th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 63, and cast 812 of 817 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Former
In Congress since: Apr 7, 1998
Last term ended: Jan 3, 2025

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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	5.2%63 of 1,222 · rank 88 of 442	99%812 of 817 · rank 35 of 442	590 became law	8%79 of 1,030
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.8%8 of 997 · rank 256 of 443	100%568 of 569 · rank 44 of 443	611 became law	3%29 of 1,036

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.68+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
H.Res. 1102: Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment.Nay
Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
H.R. 277: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023Nay
Jun 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 151–285· Against party
H.R. 8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
Jul 20, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 238–191· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Yea
Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
H.R. 10515: American Relief Act, 2025Nay
Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
S. 759: Beagle Brigade Act of 2023Yea
Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
H.R. 8663: DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024Yea
Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
S. 3857: Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer ActYea
Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
S. 1351: Stop Institutional Child Abuse ActYea
Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
H.R. 1101: Lumbee Fairness ActYea
Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
S. 3448: Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023Yea
Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
H.R. 115: Midnight Rules Relief ActNay
Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
S. 4077: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the "Dianne Feinstein Post Office".Yea
Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
S. 141: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement ActYea
Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
S. 3998: Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024Yea
Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to California's 12th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $1.8B
Per resident: $2,368
Rank in California: 10 of 52
Contract actions: 2,984; New awards: 1,682

By fiscal year

1.3BFY2017
1.5BFY2018
1.3BFY2019
1.5BFY2020
1.6BFY2021
1.8BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
1.9BFY2024
1.7BFY2025
1.8BFY2026

Top buyers

Department of Energy$1.3B74%
U.S. Coast Guard$120.1M6.7%
Department of Homeland Security
Maritime Administration$78.3M4.4%
Department of Transportation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$46.7M2.6%
USTRANSCOM$40.1M2.3%
Department of Defense
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$33.2M1.9%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Army$19.1M1.1%
Department of Defense
Public Buildings Service$17.2M1.0%
General Services Administration

Top recipients

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$1.3B74%
1 award
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$50.4M2.8%
27 awards
MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC.$40.6M2.3%
8 awards
PATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC$38.7M2.2%
73 awards
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS$35.8M2.0%
30 awards
J. I. GARCIA CONSTRUCTION, INC.$30.5M1.7%
1 award
PACIFIC-GULF MARINE, INC.$28.6M1.6%
48 awards
SAILDRONE INC$28.5M1.6%
7 awards
ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC$20.5M1.2%
13 awards
TOTE SERVICES, LLC$14M0.8%
11 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: —
Cash on hand: —
From committees: $5,000; 1 committees
From contractor PACs: $0; 0 PACs · 0% of committee money

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	—	$5,000	$00 PACs · 0% of committee money
2024	$375K	$22.5K	$5,0002 PACs · 22% of committee money
2022	$2.2M	$465.7K	$68.9K20 PACs · 15% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · California's 12th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · California's 13th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · California's 13th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · California's 13th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · California's 13th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · California's 13th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · California's 9th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
House · California's 9th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
House · California's 9th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
House · California's 9th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
House · California's 9th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
House · California's 9th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
House · California's 9th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
House · California's 9th districtApr 7, 1998 – Jan 3, 1999

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.