Total votes
643
Missed
21 (3.3%)
Committees
2
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
No contradictions identified between Joaquín Castro's stated positions and their recorded votes.
Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports access to safe, legal abortion without restrictions and opposes limitations on abortion services, including funding restrictions affecting poor women.
No votes or bills address abortion access, funding, or restrictions.
Supports same-sex marriage, affirmative action, and enforcement against anti-gay discrimination and wage discrimination.
No votes or bills address same-sex marriage, affirmative action, or anti-discrimination measures.
Supports comprehensive immigration reform, protections for DREAMers, and has criticized militarized border deployments as symbolic rather than substantive.
No votes or bills address immigration reform, DREAMers, or border policy.
Opposed prioritizing certain spending in the event the debt limit is reached, reflecting opposition to using debt-limit standoffs to dictate budget priorities.
Budget and appropriations votes exist but none involve debt-limit standoffs or spending prioritization.
Opposes Trump-era tariffs on Canada and Mexico, arguing they raise costs for families and harm San Antonio's trade-dependent economy.
No votes or bills address tariffs on Canada or Mexico or related economic impacts.
Cosponsors legislation to restrict presidential authority in certain financial and legal actions and to expand congressional oversight of executive branch documents.
Some war-powers votes touch executive limits but none match financial, legal, or document-oversight actions described.