Dianne Feinstein
Former senator for California · Democrat; served until September 28, 2023
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Seats held: Senator for CA, 1992–2023.
California has about 39.4 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 62 of 66 surveyed votes where California's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: voted with 1 of 1 surveyed votes where California's estimated majority was clear.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (68.9% support, likely 66.8–71.1%) | With the majority |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.5% support, likely 65.2–69.8%) | With the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.9% support, likely 71.2–74.7%) | With the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.8% support, likely 63.9–67.7%) | With the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (87.3% support, likely 85.6–88.9%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.6% support, likely 63.3–68%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.9% support, likely 64.6–69.3%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.9% support, likely 63.1–66.8%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (60.9% support, likely 58.9–62.8%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (83.5% support, likely 81.7–85.4%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (84.8% support, likely 83.4–86.2%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (83.6% support, likely 81.6–85.6%) | With the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.7% support, likely 62.1–67.2%) | With the majority |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.9% support, likely 63.3–68.4%) | With the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.2% support, likely 64.4–68.1%) | With the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65% support, likely 62.4–67.6%) | With the majority |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.2% support, likely 62.9–71.5%) | With the majority |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (88.6% support, likely 87.3–89.8%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.1% support, likely 60.2–64.1%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.1% support, likely 60.2–64.1%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (36.3% support, likely 35.6–37%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (39.5% support, likely 37.5–41.4%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (42.9% support, likely 39.8–46.1%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (33% support, likely 31.1–35%) | With the majority |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (37.1% support, likely 35.1–39.1%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.4% support, likely 47.3–51.4%) | Too close to call |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.2% support, likely 64.3–68.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.9% support, likely 74.1–77.6%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.4% support, likely 75.8–81.1%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (33.4% support, likely 31.5–35.4%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.4% support, likely 38.3–44.5%) | With the majority |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.7% support, likely 69.8–75.6%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (44.9% support, likely 42.8–46.9%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (45.5% support, likely 42.3–48.7%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.7% support, likely 38.6–44.8%) | With the majority |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.4% support, likely 76.8–80%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.6% support, likely 47.6–51.6%) | Too close to call |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81.6% support, likely 80.1–83.1%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.8% support, likely 57.9–61.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.8% support, likely 61.5–68.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75% support, likely 71.5–78.6%) | With the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.9% support, likely 60.4–69.3%) | With the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.3% support, likely 62.5–66.2%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.4% support, likely 48.8–55.9%) | Too close to call |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.3% support, likely 46.3–50.3%) | Too close to call |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.4% support, likely 60.5–64.4%) | With the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.4% support, likely 44.9–51.9%) | Too close to call |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (88.1% support, likely 85.7–90.4%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (92.2% support, likely 90.2–94.1%) | With the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.3% support, likely 59.2–63.4%) | With the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.1% support, likely 48.1–52.1%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (20.1% support, likely 18.4–21.8%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (66.4% support, likely 64.2–68.5%) | Against the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (31.7% support, likely 29.7–33.7%) | With the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52% support, likely 49.9–54.2%) | Too close to call |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.3% support, likely 63.3–69.3%) | With the majority |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.8% support, likely 72.9–76.6%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court | August 5, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (53.6% support, likely 51.6–55.7%) | With the majority |
| Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) | July 15, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.3% support, likely 70.5–74.1%) | With the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (57.6% support, likely 54.5–60.7%) | With the majority |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | December 24, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.2% support, likely 62.1–66.2%) | With the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58.3% support, likely 56.3–60.2%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court | August 6, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (53.1% support, likely 50.1–56.2%) | With the majority |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.5% support, likely 48.4–54.5%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.9% support, likely 56.8–63%) | With the majority |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58.4% support, likely 56.5–60.4%) | With the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.8% support, likely 69.1–74.6%) | With the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.7% support, likely 71.2–80.3%) | With the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.4% support, likely 70.6–74.2%) | With the majority |
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (more time to sue over pay discrimination) | January 22, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.2% support, likely 59.3–65.2%) | With the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (32% support, likely 27.3–36.7%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (33.7% support, likely 29–38.5%) | Against the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (30.6% support, likely 28.3–32.9%) | Against the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 26, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (55.3% support, likely 52.9–57.8%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas terrorist suspects without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.6% support, likely 67.6–73.5%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas communications without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.2% support, likely 58.9–63.5%) | With the majority |
| Extend NAFTA-style free trade to Peru (U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement) | December 4, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.3% support, likely 49.7–54.9%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 27, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.4% support, likely 70.3–74.5%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.9% support, likely 67–72.8%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.5% support, likely 67.7–71.3%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.5% support, likely 68.4–72.6%) | With the majority |
| Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour (Fair Minimum Wage Act) | February 1, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (80.2% support, likely 78.3–82%) | With the majority |
Attendance
In the 118th Congress, Dianne Feinstein missed 118 of 243 Senate votes (48.6%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 98.4% of the time.