Recent events
2025-12-31
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Torres votes with the Democratic Party 99% of the time per LegisLetter, with a 100% AFL-CIO score (2025) and 98% lifetime score. She has a 0% Heritage Action lifetime score, reflecting her status as one of the most…
2025-07-03
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025) on 2025-07-03: Torres voted nay on legislation the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately…
2025-06-07
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[platform] Torres is a Guatemalan immigrant, former 911 dispatcher, and the first Guatemalan-American elected to Congress. She has been a vocal advocate for immigrant communities, Central American rights, and was…
2025-06-06
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[statement] On June 6, 2025, Torres posted a TikTok video during anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, shouting: 'ICE get the f--- out of L.A. so that order can be restored.' Conservatives and outlets such as Fox News…
2025-04-10
Votes
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Voted nay on H.R. 22 (SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, July 2024 / April 2025)) on 2025-04-10: Torres voted nay on legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, calling…
2025-03-06
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Voted nay on H.Res. 189 (Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas (March 6, 2025)) on 2025-03-06: Torres voted with 198 Democrats against censuring Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's address to Congress. Only 10…
2025-01-07
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)) on 2025-01-07: Torres voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. She…
2025-01-03
Stated positions
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Torres serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee (Subcommittees: State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; Financial Services and General Government)…
2025-01-03
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Before Congress, Torres served as a 911 dispatcher for the Los Angeles Police Department for 17 years, was a union steward with AFSCME, served on the Pomona City Council (including as Mayor), the California State…
2024-12-31
Transactions
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Top career contributor: American Federation of State/Cnty/Munic Employees (AFSCME) at $60,250 ($250 individuals, $60,000 PAC). Followed by American Crystal Sugar ($55,000), Carpenters & Joiners Union ($52,500)…
2024-12-31
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Career total raised (2013-2024): $4,075,555. Top contributing industry: Casinos/Gambling at $246,628 ($243,628 individuals, $3,000 PACs). Major union donors dominate: Public Sector Unions ($243,500, all PAC), Building…
2024-12-31
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Torres operates a leadership PAC, and her 2024 campaign had a 100% full disclosure rate per OpenSecrets, with $37,549 in fully disclosed contributions and zero incomplete or undisclosed contributions.
2024-05-30
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[disclosure] CODEPINK and CAIR's ceasefire tracker explicitly label Rep. Norma Torres as one who 'Supports Israel' — not as someone who supports a ceasefire. She voted yea on a resolution declaring 'from the river to…
2024-05-30
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CODEPINK Inland Empire claims Torres has received 'almost half a million dollars from AIPAC,' and protesters have labeled her 'Norma the Genocide Normalizer.' AIPAC does not appear among her publicly listed top 20…
2024-04-20
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Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: Torres voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, joining the bipartisan majority…
2024-03-07
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[vote] Torres was one of only 170 Democrats to vote against the Laken Riley Act in March 2024 — a bill requiring mandatory ICE detention of undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes including shoplifting…
2024-02-19
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[platform] Torres bills herself as a pragmatic moderate, with the San Bernardino Sun endorsing her as a 'practical Democrat' who 'is willing to take stands not because they will make her popular but because she…
2024-02-06
Votes
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Voted yea on H.R. 7217 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (Standalone GOP bill, February 6, 2024)) on 2024-02-06: Torres voted yea on the standalone $17.6 billion Israel military aid bill — one of only 46…
2018-12-31
Transactions
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Quiver Quantitative estimates Torres's net worth at approximately $116,000 — among the lowest in Congress. Her 2018 OpenSecrets financial disclosure ranged from -$233,995 to $316,999, ranking 309th in the House. She…
2015-01-03
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Torres was born Norma Judith Barillas on April 4, 1965 in Escuintla, Guatemala. At age five, during Guatemala's civil war, her parents sent her to live with a paternal uncle in Whittier, California. Her mother was…
