Representative · California's 36th district

Ted Lieu

Ted Lieu is a Democratic representative for California's 36th district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 15, and cast 447 of 457 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2015
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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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
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6752.2%15 of 675 · rank 180 of 43998%447 of 457 · rank 257 of 439460 became law19%120 of 643
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2225.2%64 of 1,222 · rank 86 of 44298%800 of 816 · rank 187 of 442570 became law17%123 of 723
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.0%10 of 997 · rank 221 of 443100%567 of 569 · rank 65 of 443571 became law8%62 of 815

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 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.37+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. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  2. H.R. 8365: Monitor Accountability ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–204· Against party
  3. H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  4. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  5. H.R. 3383: Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025Nay
    Dec 11, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 211–219· Against party
  6. H.Con.Res. 58: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.Yea
    Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
  7. S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
    Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
  8. H.R. 3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity ActYea
    Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 294–134· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

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

160 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced15295%
  2. Reported by committee10.6%
  3. Passed one chamber63.8%
  4. Became law10.6%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement32
  2. International Affairs23
  3. Science, Technology, Communications13
  4. Government Operations and Politics10
  5. Housing and Community Development8
  6. Armed Forces and National Security7
  7. Congress7
  8. Health7

Latest activity

  1. H.Res. 1544 Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Sep 16, 2026
  2. H.R. 2004 Tyler’s Law
    Passed one chamber· Health· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.R. 10055 Congressional Authorization for Federal Building Names Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Aug 6, 2026
  4. H.R. 9917 AI Kill Switch Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 24, 2026
  5. H.R. 9558 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act
    Introduced· Arts, Culture, Religion· Jun 30, 2026
  6. H.Res. 1375 Reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around the world.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jun 18, 2026
  7. H.R. 9319 Keeping Pets and Families Together Act
    Introduced· Animals· Jun 15, 2026
  8. H.Res. 1352 Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Jun 9, 2026

Committees

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

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to California's 36th 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
$5.1B
Per resident
$6,921
Rank in California
2 of 52
Contract actions
8,853
New awards: 4,775

By fiscal year

  1. 3.7BFY2017
  2. 3.8BFY2018
  3. 3.6BFY2019
  4. 4.7BFY2020
  5. 4.6BFY2021
  6. 5.1BFY2022
  7. 6.8BFY2023
  8. 5.8BFY2024
  9. 7.1BFY2025
  10. 5.1BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Air Force$3B59%
    Department of Defense
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$517.2M10%
    General Services Administration
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$375.5M7.4%
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$343.7M6.7%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Navy$230.1M4.5%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Microelectronics Activity$181.1M3.6%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Army$107M2.1%
    Department of Defense
  8. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$45.5M0.9%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$1.1B21%
    85 awards
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$528M10%
    6 awards
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$524.9M10%
    19 awards
  4. RAYTHEON COMPANY$339.6M6.7%
    125 awards
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$281.4M5.5%
    15 awards
  6. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$224.5M4.4%
    2 awards
  7. RAYTHEON COMPANY$178.1M3.5%
    24 awards
  8. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$164.4M3.2%
    4 awards
  9. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$146.4M2.9%
    393 awards
  10. MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$133.3M2.6%
    3 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
$1.8M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.2M
From committees
$647.7K
177 committees
From contractor PACs
$176.5K
46 PACs · 27% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$10KNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$10KPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac$10KBANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family—
google llcgoogle llc netpac$10KGOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization$9.1M
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac$8,500MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$444.3M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$6,000AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$5,000NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$5,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$5,000UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.8M$647.7K$176.5K46 PACs · 27% of committee money
2024$2.6M$782.6K$170K44 PACs · 22% of committee money
2022$1.5M$432K$95K26 PACs · 22% 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. House · California's 36th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · California's 36th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · California's 33rd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · California's 33rd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · California's 33rd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · California's 33rd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
lieu.house.gov
Phone
202-225-3976
Office
2454 Rayburn House Office Building

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.