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U.S. Senator, California · Democrat

Alex Padilla

184 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for25628.0%
  • Voted against62668.4%
  • Did not vote333.6%
96.4%
of the votes they could cast
184
statements indexed
7,636
words on the floor

Turned up for 96.4% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Padilla voted 96 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Cory A. Booker more than anyone else. The two agreed 97 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 22 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 20, 2021
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
Born
March 22, 1973

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Padilla's indexed remarks sit mostly on the year's executive business. Homeland security appropriations lead at seven, then a stablecoins bill at five, and measures terminating a declared national emergency at four. Nominations account for six more across two headings, and the removal of United States forces from hostilities for three.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

184 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Alex Padilla’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 184 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Alex Padilla voted on 813 and was with the Democrat majority on 799 of them.

813 party line votes cast

  • With their party79998.3%
  • Against their party141.7%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Alex Padilla as speaking in 443 items of business across 119 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Alex Padilla. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other California seat in this chamber is held by Adam B. Schiff.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.