Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
International Affairs
Alex Padilla
Democratic, California
On International Affairs, their 34 votes sit level with the typical Democrat; the 36 measures they backed sit 26% past the typical Democrat, on the far side from the typical Republican.
Where this differs from their party: Close to the typical Democrat. Voted with the Democratic majority on 85.3% of 34 votes here, against 95.9% on all contested votes.
From votes
34 votes cast
Sits level with the typical Democrat.
From bills backed
36 measures · 36 cosponsored
Sits 26% past the typical Democrat, on the far side from the typical Republican.
Exact figures
Positions are coordinates on the map's main axis. Only the distance from the typical Democrat and typical Republican means anything.
From votes
- Senator at −0.38
- Democratic caucus median −0.38, from 47 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.34, from 53 senators
From bills backed
- Senator at −0.39
- Democratic caucus median −0.28, from 37 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.12, from 34 senators
Each mark is a senator. The vertical line is the typical senator in that caucus.
A position shows which senators someone votes or legislates alongside, not whether they are for or against a policy. Issues come from each bill's topic, so an issue can include amendments on other topics. Left and right on the strips have no meaning of their own. Bills often have backers from both parties, so a position from bills is read against the medians for bills, not against the position from votes. See how these summaries are written.
- Contested vote:
- a roll call where the losing side got at least 10% of the votes cast.
- Party break:
- a contested vote against the majority of their own party.
- Cosponsor:
- a senator who signs on to support a measure, a bill or resolution, that another senator introduced. Bills backed means sponsored or cosponsored.
- Typical senator:
- the middle senator of a group, with half on each side. "17% of the way" means 17% of the distance from the typical senator in one party to the typical senator in the other.
- Votes with party
- 85.3%
- Votes against party
- 5
- Votes cast
- 34
Votes on this issue
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Yea·Against the party majority
To strike the provision relating to duties on countries that purchase Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas or facilitate sanctions evasion.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Yea·Against the party majority
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Yea·Against the party majority
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A resolution requesting information on Honduras's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Yea·Against the party majority
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Yea·Against the party majority
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A resolution requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted Yea·Democratic majority: Yea
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Nay
A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.
Voted Nay·Democratic majority: Nay
A vote against the party majority can reflect a home-state interest or a procedural step, such as a leader voting no in order to move to reconsider.
Legislation on this issue
These are records, not a score, and sponsoring a measure does not mean it moved. Simple and concurrent resolutions cannot become law, and a proposal enacted through a companion House bill or inside a larger bill is not counted as becoming law here.
Cosponsored
Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before finalizing any peace agreement to end the war against Ukraine.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S3011-3012)
Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
BRAVE Burma Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
Show the other 31 cosponsored measures
A resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its suppression of the right of Iranians to peacefully assemble.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S582)
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EBOLA Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
A resolution recognizing and honoring Cambodian veterans of the Khmer National Armed Forces for their sacrifices, their support of the Armed Forces of the United States, and their defense of freedom in Southeast Asia.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2937)
A resolution reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around the world.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2897-2899)
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.
Latest action, : The motion to discharge fell when the point of order was well taken.
A resolution welcoming Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom to the United States on the occasion of His Majesty's address to a joint meeting of Congress, and recognizing the historic global significance of the United States-United Kingdom relationship.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2076-2077; text: CR S2086)
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Latest action, : Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 69.
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Latest action, : Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 46. (consideration: CR S796)
A resolution expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S673-674)
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Latest action, : Point of order that the measure is not entitled to expedited procedures under 50 U.S.C. 1546(a) raised against the measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 50. Record Vote Number: 9.
A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement and the many contributions and sacrifices of Southeast Asian Americans to the United States.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S8676)
International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Latest action, : Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51. Record Vote Number: 608. (consideration: CR S7958)
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress.
Latest action, : Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 555.
West Bank Violence Prevention Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
GLOBE Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution congratulating His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his election to the papacy.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3141; text: CR S3124)
A resolution calling for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2900-2901)
A resolution requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Latest action, : Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 50. Record Vote Number: 259. (consideration: CR S2941-2947)
Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Baltic Security Initiative Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1715-1716)
A resolution dissenting from the United States delegation's February 24, 2025, vote at the United Nations General Assembly.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1401-1402)
Combating International Islamophobia Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution condemning the rejection by the United States of a United Nations resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1433)
Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Agency for International Development is essential for advancing the national security interests of the United States.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S546-547)
Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.