Recent events
2025-12-11
Votes
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Voted yea on H.R. 2550 (Protect America's Workforce Act (restoring collective bargaining rights for ~1 million federal workers stripped by Trump executive order)) on 2025-12-11: Lieu voted with a bipartisan coalition…
2025-08-11
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Quiver Quantitative estimates Ted Lieu's net worth at $3.9 million as of August 2025, ranking 168th highest in Congress. His disclosed holdings include up to $5,000,000 in an apartment and office space in Monterey…
2025-07-03
Votes
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump tax-and-spending reconciliation, adding ~$3 trillion to the national debt, cutting Medicaid and SNAP)) on 2025-07-03: Lieu voted against the bill and called it…
2025-07-03
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[statement] After the May 22, 2025 passage of H.R. 1, Lieu called it 'Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill' and 'the GOP's big, ugly bill,' stating it 'gave tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of everyday Americans.' He…
2025-06-12
Votes
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Voted nay on H.R. 4 (Rescissions Act of 2025 ($9.4 billion in spending cuts including $1.1 billion from public broadcasting and $8.3 billion in foreign aid)) on 2025-06-12: Lieu voted against eliminating funding for…
2025-04-10
Votes
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Voted nay on H.R. 22 (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration) on 2025-04-10: Lieu voted against the voter-ID legislation that opponents…
2024-12-31
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Top industry donors for Lieu's 2023-2024 campaign included Lawyers/Law Firms ($200,885), Retired ($200,553), Real Estate ($159,463), TV/Movies/Music ($101,978), and Securities & Investment ($91,160). Only 2.93% of…
2024-12-31
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In the 2023-2024 cycle, Lieu's campaign raised $2,569,822. Top contributor: American Israel Public Affairs Cmte at $44,987 ($34,987 individuals, $10,000 PAC). Top industry: Lawyers/Law Firms at $200,885. PAC…
2024-09-21
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Al Bawaba reported that AIPAC has made large financial donations to Congressmen who enthusiastically cheered Netanyahu's July 24, 2024 address, listing Congressman Ted Lieu at $315,955 in total AIPAC-linked donations.
2024-04-19
Transactions
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RedState reported that Ted Lieu for Congress donated $25,000 to Betty Lieu's school board campaign and $17,000 to the Torrance Education Foundation (which sponsored his sons' robotics team). An additional $47,000 was…
2024-04-19
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[disclosure] Lieu donated $51,046 in campaign funds to Stanford University between 2016 and 2018 — the period before his son applied and was accepted. He also donated $25,000 to his wife Betty Lieu's school board…
2024-04-16
Votes
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Voted nay on H.Res. 883 (Expressing the sense of the House that the slogan 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic and its use must be condemned) on 2024-04-16: Lieu was one of only 44…
2024-02-06
Votes
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Voted aye on H.R. 7217 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (standalone $17.6 billion military aid to Israel without humanitarian provisions for Gaza)) on 2024-02-06: Lieu voted for the standalone…
2023-11-07
Votes
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Voted nay on H.Res. 845 (Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel) on…
2020-11-09
Votes
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[platform] Lieu has positioned himself as a campaign finance reform advocate. He was a plaintiff in Lieu v. FEC, a First Amendment challenge argued before the Supreme Court, and has publicly called for reducing the…
2018-06-30
Transactions
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Lieu made $51,046 in campaign donations to Stanford University between February 2016 and June 2018, the period before his son was accepted and enrolled there, drawing national scrutiny and comparisons to the Varsity…
2017-12-19
Votes
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[vote] Lieu voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (H.R. 1, 115th Congress), which was projected by the Congressional Budget Office to add $1.5 trillion to the national debt and which critics said…
