# Ted Lieu

Ted Lieu is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for California’s 36th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 36th district
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: L000582
- FEC candidate IDs: H4CA33119

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000582 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

12% of Lieu’s statements claim credit, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 23%).

## What Lieu says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,372 classified statements: 1,194 posts on X, 101 press releases, 55 newsletters, 22 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lieu | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 11.2% | 6.6% | 37 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 32.4% | 27.5% | 71 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 66.7% | 73.2% | 182 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.7% | 9.8% | 124 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 12.1% | 22.7% | 200 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 2.8% | 1.9% | 41 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 27% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 23% (House Democrats 20%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 19% (House Democrats 16%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (House Democrats 13%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.96 (standard error 0.01), from 4,104 donors and 6,011 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 97.8% (96.4%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · 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… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · 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… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 649. 6.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 56 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.Res. 1544: Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1544
- H.R. 10055: Congressional Authorization for Federal Building Names Act (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10055
- H.R. 9917: AI Kill Switch Act (in committee, 2026-07-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9917
- H.R. 9558: 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9558
- 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… (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1375
- H.R. 9319: Keeping Pets and Families Together Act (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9319
- H.Res. 1352: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1352
- H.R. 8819: Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8819
- H.R. 8696: Russia is a State Sponsor of Terrorism Act (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8696
- H.Res. 1242: Supporting the first Friday of May as "National Space Day" in recognition of the significant positive impact the aerospace community has and will continue to… (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1242

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.2M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 4.0% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 45% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2114800128527937907
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2114814688869445861
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2113647062612910380
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2113322083836899620
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2112912186091974866
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2112933015429226872
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2112587377650651478
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2112593985243861196
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2112255751582593130
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTedLieu/status/2111116214969725385

## Links

- Official site: https://lieu.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepTedLieu
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepTedLieu
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RepTedLieu
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000582

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/L000582