Representative Jimmy Gomez

Party:	Democratic
State:	California (District 34)
Joined the House:	2017
Left the House:	Incumbent (term ends 2021)
Birth Date:	November 25, 1974
Phone:	202-225-6235
Contact:	Web form
URL:	Official site
Fundraising History:	Open Secrets
Election History:	Ballotpedia
Biography:	Wikipedia

Summary of voting record: Representative Gomez opposes big business, hawkish foreign policy and supports taxing businesses, consumer protection, environmental protection, financial sector regulation, gun control, public health, humane immigration policy, labor rights and wages, lgbt rights, avoiding default, racial equality, increasing revenues, taxing the wealthy, countering russian interference, a robust safety net, women's rights.

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Voting Record: Jimmy Gomez

Favors
the middle class
100% of the time

Favors
the wealthy
0% of the time

Favors
broad civil rights
100% of the time

Favors
narrow civil rights
0% of the time

Specific Policy Areas

supports

Increasing Revenues

100% of the time

Title: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017 roll call h699)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-12-20	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut revenues enough to increase the debt by an estimated $1 trillion, even considering growth generated.

Title: Rescinding CFPB rule that extended anti-discrimination protections to auto loans (2018 roll call h171)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-05-08	Weight: 3

Title: FAIR Act (2019 roll call h540)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-09-20	Weight: 4

Title: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h597)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-10-30	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Bill to protect the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area from commercial exploitation.

Title: Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h630)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-11-19	Weight: 3
Scoring explanation: Bill to require corporations to disclose the racial and gender composition of their boards.

Title: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h631)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-11-19	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Continuing resolution to fund the government

Title: Instructing DOJ to provide details of ongoing Russia investigation to the House (2018 roll call h305)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-28	Weight: 3
Scoring explanation: Insisting that the Department of Justice fully comply with the requests, including subpoenas, of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the subpoena issued by the Committee on the Judiciary relating to potential violations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by personnel of the Department of Justice and related matters.

Title: Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (2018 roll call h365)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-07-19	Weight: 6
Scoring explanation: Bill eliminated funding for election security measures implemented by states.

Title: SHIELD Act (2019 roll call h583)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-10-23	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Bill to counter foreign election interference.

Title: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (2017 roll call h549)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-10-03	Weight: 6
Scoring explanation: Prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks except in very narrow circumstances such as a case of incest that had been reported the law enforcement, cases of rape where the woman received medical treatment for the rape and cases where the pregnancy poses particular kinds of threats to the life of the mother, but prohibits abortion in other cases of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother.

Title: Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 (2018 roll call h110)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-03-15	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to increase the dollar limit of certain securities offerings exempt from registration requirements from $50 million annually to $75 million annually.

Title: Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 (2018 roll call h78)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-02-14	Weight: 4
Scoring explanation: Bill allowing non-bank lenders to charge higher interest rates than are typically permitted.

Title: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (2017 roll call h663)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-12-06	Weight: 7
Scoring explanation: The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 would allow concealed carry permit holders in one state to carry in another state.

Title: Equality Act (2019 roll call h217)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-05-17	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Broad bill to prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Title: Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (2018 roll call h243)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-07	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Cutting funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicare and Hurricane Sandy relief.

Title: Raise the Wage Act (2019 roll call h496)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-18	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Bill to increase the federal minimum wage.

Title: Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (2019 roll call h505)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-24	Weight: 5
Scoring explanation: Bill to provide loans to multi-employer pension funds facing bankruptcy.

Title: Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 (2017 roll call h391)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-07-18	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Easing ozone restrictions

Title: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (2017 roll call h598)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2017-11-01	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to reduce environmental environmental review of initiatives in federal forests.

Title: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 (2018 roll call h253)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-08	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Cutting funding for various clean energy initiatives.

Title: Sense of Congress on Carbon Tax (2018 roll call h363)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-07-19	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Expresses the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses and is not in the best interest of the United States.

Title: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (2019 roll call h530)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-09-12	Weight: 4
Scoring explanation: Bill prohibiting drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Title: Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act (2019 roll call h602)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-10-30	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to protect the Grand Canyon from commercial exploitation, including mining.

Title: Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 (2018 roll call h177)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-05-09	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Undermining the FTC's powers of antitrust regulation.

Title: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (2018 roll call h112)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-03-15	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Putting strict limits on bank examiners.

Title: Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act (2018 roll call h139)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-04-13	Weight: 4
Scoring explanation: Bill to undermine the Volcker Rule, which prohibits lenders from making speculative investments with account holders' funds.

Title: Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 (2018 roll call h64)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-02-08	Weight: 2

Title: Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h577)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-10-22	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to require shell corporations to reveal their beneficial owner.

Title: Securing America's Future Act of 2018 (2018 roll call h282)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-21	Weight: 5
Scoring explanation: A particularly restrictive immigration reform bill introduced by Representative Goodlatte.

Title: Proceeding with a vote on restrictive immigration legislation (2018 roll call h286)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-06-21	Weight: 2

Title: Expressing support for ICE (2018 roll call h337)
Vote: Nay (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2018-07-18	Weight: 1
Scoring explanation: Expresses support for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of the implementation of the policy of separating families at the border.

Title: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (2019 roll call h437)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-10	Weight: 2
Scoring explanation: Bill to increase caps for certain high-skill visa categories.

Title: Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act (2019 roll call h507)
Vote: Aye (increases score)	Type: passage	Date: 2019-07-24	Weight: 10
Scoring explanation: Bill to establish minimum treatment standards for detained immigrants.