Former senator · California

Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein served in Congress from 1992 to 2023, last as a Democratic senator from California. In the 118th Congress, 243 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 118, and cast 97 of 98 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Former
In Congress since
Nov 4, 1992
Last term ended
Sep 28, 2023
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
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.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressSenate24348.6%118 of 243 · rank 1 of 10199%97 of 98 · rank 37 of 101370 became law13%40 of 297
117th CongressSenate94911.9%113 of 949 · rank 4 of 100100%669 of 672 · rank 20 of 100822 became law20%130 of 666

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 (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.27+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.

  1. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 30–69· Against party
  2. S.Con.Res. 5: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030.Yea
    Feb 5, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 71–29· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. S.J.Res. 24: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat".Not voting
    Sep 28, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Overriding the Veto· Veto Sustained 47–45
  2. S.J.Res. 9: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status with Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment".Not voting
    Sep 28, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Overriding the Veto· Veto Sustained 47–46
  3. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  4. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 94–3
  5. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Nay
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 55–42
  6. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 86–11
  7. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–2
  8. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 61–37
  9. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 94–4
  10. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Nay
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 51–47
  11. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Nay
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 50–49
  12. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Nay
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 11–88

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

119 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced8773%
  2. Reported by committee54.2%
  3. Passed one chamber2521%
  4. Became law21.7%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement19
  2. Armed Forces and National Security14
  3. Public Lands and Natural Resources12
  4. Agriculture and Food9
  5. Health8
  6. Taxation7
  7. Families5
  8. Water Resources Development5

Latest activity

  1. S. 2794 Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 13, 2023
  2. S. 2698 Agricultural Emergency Relief Act of 2023
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jul 27, 2023
  3. S. 2697 Clean Drinking Water for Rural Communities Act of 2023
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jul 27, 2023
  4. S. 2696 EQIP Water Conservation Act of 2023
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jul 27, 2023
  5. S.Res. 313 A resolution designating September 2023 as "National Child Awareness Month" to promote awareness of charities that benefit children and youth-serving organizations throughout the United States and recognizing the efforts made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as critical contributions to the future of the United States.
    Passed one chamber· Families· Jul 26, 2023
  6. S. 2533 A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military spouses employed by the Department of Defense to telework full time.
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 26, 2023
  7. S. 2532 A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report on certain out-of-cycle or premature personnel transfers.
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 26, 2023
  8. S. 2529 A bill to provide support for military families with dependents in the Exceptional Family Member Program.
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 26, 2023

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.

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.

2024 cycle

Raised
$501.1K
through Mar 31, 2023
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
$0
0 committees
From contractor PACs
$0
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2024$501.1K$0$00 PACs · — of committee money
2022$8,813$3,000$1,0001 PACs · 33% 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.

  1. Senate · CaliforniaJan 3, 2019 – Sep 28, 2023
  2. Senate · CaliforniaJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
  3. Senate · CaliforniaJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2013
  4. Senate · CaliforniaJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2007
  5. Senate · CaliforniaJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 2001
  6. Senate · CaliforniaNov 4, 1992 – Jan 3, 1995

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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.