Recent events
2026-04-14
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[disclosure] Federal Election Commission records show AIPAC contributed approximately $162,052 to Vargas's campaign in the 2024 cycle — accounting for 16% of his total contributions and making the group by far his…
2026-04-14
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In the 2026 cycle, AIPAC had already contributed $63,500 to Vargas as of April 14, 2026 — again his single largest donor. FEC records show AIPAC has been Vargas's biggest donor in the last two election cycles.
2026-03-05
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[vote] Vargas was one of only four House Democrats to vote against the March 5, 2026 Iran war powers resolution, joining 215 Republicans to sink a measure that would have terminated unauthorized military operations in…
2026-03-05
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Voted nay on H.Con.Res. 35 (Iran War Powers Resolution (March 5, 2026)) on 2026-03-05: Vargas was one of only four House Democrats to vote against a bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military…
2026-02-01
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At a February 2026 rally in San Diego, Vargas told activists 'AIPAC has never given me a penny' — a claim directly contradicted by FEC records showing $162,052 in AIPAC contributions in the 2024 cycle alone. The…
2026-02-01
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[statement] At a February 2026 'ICE OUT OF SD' rally, Rep. Juan Vargas told activists who confronted him about his relationship with the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC: 'AIPAC has never given me a penny.' When the…
2026-01-22
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Voted nay on H.R. 9745 (DHS Funding Bill — January 2026 Continuing Resolution) on 2026-01-22: Vargas voted against a Homeland Security funding bill that allocated over $10 billion to ICE after the agency killed U.S…
2026-01-22
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[statement] In January 2026, Vargas voted against DHS funding and declared: 'I won't vote to send taxpayer dollars to a rogue agency that terrorizes our communities, escalates violence, and denies people their…
2025-11-13
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Quiver Quantitative estimates Vargas's net worth at $9.7M as of November 2025, the 111th highest in Congress. OpenSecrets 2018 disclosure ranged from $17,009 to $3,164,995. The growth trajectory suggests significant…
2025-05-22
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House passage) on 2025-05-22: Vargas voted nay on the GOP reconciliation bill projected to add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from…
2025-01-07
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[vote] In March 2024, Vargas voted against the Laken Riley Act, opposing mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes. In January 2025, he again voted nay on the 119th Congress…
2025-01-07
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress)) on 2025-01-07: Vargas voted against mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting — consistent with his…
2025-01-03
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Vargas sits on the House Financial Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee — the two committees whose jurisdiction most directly overlaps with his top donor industries (Insurance: $86,500; Securities &…
2024-12-31
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2023-2024 cycle: Raised $790,624. PAC contributions comprised 72.80% ($575,599), large individual contributions 26.67% ($210,903), other 0.29%, and small individual contributions (<$200) only 0.23% ($1,857) — among the…
2024-12-31
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Other top contributing industries: Insurance ($86,500, all PAC), Real Estate ($59,850), Securities & Investment ($50,050), and Commercial Banks ($44,000, all PAC). Top organizational donors include America's Credit…
2024-12-31
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Top contributing industry: Pro-Israel at $157,802 — 20% of all itemized contributions. Top contributor: American Israel Public Affairs Cmte (AIPAC) at $155,802 ($150,802 individuals, $5,000 PAC) — making AIPAC 16% of…
2024-05-22
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Voted nay on H.R. 4763 (Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21)) on 2024-05-22: Vargas voted against the bipartisan crypto market structure bill supported by 71 House Democrats. As a…
2024-04-20
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Voted yea on H.R. 8034 (National Security Supplemental (Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan — April 2024)) on 2024-04-20: Vargas voted yea on the full $95 billion foreign aid package including $26 billion in military aid to Israel…
2024-02-06
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Voted yea on H.R. 7217 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (Standalone GOP bill, February 2024)) on 2024-02-06: Vargas was one of only 46 House Democrats to support the standalone $17.6 billion Israel aid…
2024-02-06
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[vote] Vargas was one of only four NJ House Democrats (actually San Diego) to support a standalone $17.6 billion Israel aid bill in February 2024 that President Biden threatened to veto — putting him to the right of…
2019-09-16
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[platform] Vargas joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus in September 2019, pledging to 'continue fighting for economic justice and security, protecting our civil rights and liberties, promoting global peace and…
2019-09-10
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Juan Vargas filed filing with the SEC on 2019-09-10. Accession number: N/A.
2013-01-03
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Vargas is a former Jesuit seminarian, raised on a chicken ranch in National City, CA as one of ten children. He graduated from the University of San Diego (B.A. 1983), Fordham University (M.A.), and Harvard Law School…
