Recent events
2026-03-31
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García's 2025-2026 cycle campaign committee (Chuy Garcia for Congress, C00661777) raised $375,305.52 total receipts through March 31, 2026, with $350,391.10 in total contributions: $193,811.94 from individuals…
2025-04-10
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Voted nay on H.R. 22 (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act) on 2025-04-10: García voted Nay (Roll no. 102) against requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration, joining 207 other…
2025-01-22
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Voted nay on S. 5 (Laken Riley Act (Senate Amended Version)) on 2025-01-22: García voted Nay (Roll no. 23) on the Senate-amended Laken Riley Act, again opposing mandatory ICE detention despite the Senate narrowing…
2025-01-07
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (Initial House Version)) on 2025-01-07: García voted Nay (Roll no. 6) on the initial House Laken Riley Act, one of 159 Democrats opposing while 48 Democrats joined all 216…
2024-12-31
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OpenSecrets reported García's campaign committee vendor payments of $209,798 in the 2024 cycle, including $94,794 to H&M Consulting, with significant payments to political consultants and media firms.
2024-12-31
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Chuy Garcia for Congress donated $1,000 to Areyto PAC in the 2023-2024 cycle.
2024-10-21
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[platform] In a Chicago Sun-Times candidate questionnaire during the 2024 campaign, García stated: 'I believe in creating legal pathways to citizenship, decriminalizing immigration, and ending harmful policies like…
2023-01-25
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García co-authored a January 2023 Hill op-ed with Rep. Stephen Lynch calling for the SEC to regulate the 'vast majority' of crypto assets as securities—making him one of the relatively few members who received…
2022-12-15
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García's mayoral campaign adviser Manny Diaz disputed the Sun-Times account that García personally spoke with Sam Bankman-Fried, instead claiming the conversation was with Gabriel Bankman-Fried—contradicting the…
2022-12-13
Stated positions
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García questioned FTX CEO John Ray at the December 13, 2022 House Financial Services Committee hearing on the FTX collapse while simultaneously facing mayoral-campaign attacks over Protect Our Future PAC spending…
2022-11-19
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García was one of nine members of the House Financial Services Committee who collectively received over $300,000 in FTX-linked campaign contributions during the 2021-2022 cycle, placing his $199,853+$2,900 benefit in a…
2022-11-08
Stated positions
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García sits on the House Financial Services Committee, which regulates cryptocurrency markets, while receiving significant crypto-industry connected independent expenditures during his 2022 primary.
2022-07-15
Votes
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[vote] García voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900) for Fiscal Year 2023, stating: 'We cannot continue to vote for ever-expanding defense authorizations' and 'The House of Representatives…
2022-06-15
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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's congressional campaign. Additionally, the Bankman-Fried-funded Protect Our Future PAC spent $199,853 on ads and mailers supporting García in…
2021-07-07
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[statement] In 2021, García drew a hard line that he 'won't back a reconciliation bill without a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants' and stated 'A robust and equitable budget reconciliation…
2020-11-30
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In his 2019-2020 congressional cycle, García raised over $1.2 million with significant support from labor unions including SEIU ($10,000 PAC contribution), AFSCME, and the American Federation of Teachers.
2019-07-12
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[vote] García voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2500) for Fiscal Year 2020, stating the House version was a 'strong, progressive bill' that included 'positive reforms' such as 12 weeks of…
2019-07-12
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Voted yea on H.R. 2500 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) on 2019-07-12: García voted Yea on the FY2020 NDAA (Roll no. 466) framing it as a progressive bill worth passing to strengthen House…
2015-04-07
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García's mayoral campaign (2014-2015) received over $5.2 million in disclosed donations, with top support from labor unions including a $250,000 check from SEIU Healthcare and a $1 million commitment from the…
