Tony Cárdenas

Former Representative for California’s 29th District, 2013–2025 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

0.30· expected 0.60

Below expectations

Rank 353 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 218 minority-party members

How far Cárdenas’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

Introduced 17
Action in committee 9
Action beyond committee 0
Passed chamber 0
Became law 0

17 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 17 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Cárdenas’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Cárdenas. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Cárdenas in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

96/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 46 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,189 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 46. Lower than 69% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

99/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 87 of 218

Sided with the Democratic majority on 844 votes that split the parties. Higher than 72% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

14/ 100

Chamber median 16 · −2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 67% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.39

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.24

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Cárdenas’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

9 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Cárdenas’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 4851 9–8–8 Implementation Act of 2023Health · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive4.3k words In committee
H.R. 10419 CARE for Behavioral Health Act of 2024Health · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive1.2k words In committee
H.R. 6400 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend eligibility for certain payment increases for biosimilar biological products under the Medicare program.Health · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive33 words In committee
H.R. 8200 Pediatric Access to Critical Healthcare ActHealth · In committee May 3, 2024Substantive727 words In committee
H.R. 4974 Local 9–8–8 Response Act of 2023Science, Technology, Communications · In committee Jul 28, 2023Substantive477 words In committee
H.R. 3806 LISTOS ActCommerce · In committee Jun 9, 2023Substantive3.2k words In committee
H.R. 3361 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit a report on the digital divide and to update the Indicators of Broadband Need mapping application, and for other purposes.Science, Technology, Communications · In committee May 19, 2023Substantive547 words In committee
H.R. 2878 CARE Act of 2023Health · In committee Apr 28, 2023Substantive735 words In committee
H.R. 994 Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2023Health · In committee Feb 24, 2023Substantive308 words In committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.