Politician
Politician
Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
WA
In office since
1993
Next election
2028
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
51 (5.7%)
Committees
4
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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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 a bipartisan path to protect Dreamers/DACA recipients, opposes the Laken Riley Act, and criticizes aggressive ICE enforcement tactics.
Yea votes supported DACA processing and limits on ICE actions against recipients, but one Yea backed enforcement on criminal aliens.
Opposes proposed budget cuts to domestic programs like medical research, education, and Medicaid, while criticizing increased defense spending and tax breaks for the wealthy.
Opposed some domestic program cuts and supported drug pricing and child care funding measures in budget votes.
🗳 Nay on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-22)
Supports access to abortion and reproductive health care, including medication abortion, and opposes restrictions on abortion access.
No votes address abortion access, medication abortion, or restrictions.
Supports extending ACA tax credits to lower health care costs and opposes Republican-led cuts to health care programs.
No votes on ACA tax credits or Republican health care cuts.
Opposes tariff policies, arguing they raise costs for consumers and small businesses and harm the state economy.
No votes on tariff policies or related costs.
S. 5247 — Defense Community Infrastructure Program Tribal Eligibility Act of 2026
2026-08-05 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
S. 5190 — Restoring Justice for Workers Act
2026-07-30 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
S. 5146 — Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2026
2026-07-27 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
S. 5132 — Tribal Access to Nutrition Assistance Act of 2026
2026-07-23 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 5082 — Values in Arms Export Act of 2026
2026-07-22 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.