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Rep. Adam Schiff

Representative for California’s 30th District

pronounced A-dum // shif

Schiff is the representative for California’s 30th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Schiff is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 64 years old.

He was previously the representative for California’s 28th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022; the representative for California’s 29th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012; and the representative for California’s 27th congressional district as a Democrat from 2001 to 2002.

Photo of Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA30]

Misconduct

Schiff was censured by the House of Representatives 213-209 on June 21, 2023 for various statements and misstatements he made between 2017-2019 related to President Trump and Trump's presidential campaign. The misstatements include Schiff's reading of parts of the discredited Steele Dossier into the Congressional Record and claims of not having had contact with the whistleblower in the impeachment of Trump for withholding of aid to Ukraine in exchange for political favors. The censure resolution itself contains misstatements including denying that the 2016 Trump Campaign attempted to coordinate with Russia.

Jun. 21, 2023 House of Representatives censured 213-209

Earmarks

Schiff proposed $23 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:

  • $5 million to City of Los Angeles — Council District 4 for “Renewing Griffith Park”
  • $3.0 million to City of Los Angeles for “Gower Street Apartments Improvements”
  • $2.8 million to Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles for “Permanent Supportive Housing Outdoor Recreation and Accessibility Improvements”

These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.

Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Schiff is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Schiff has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 20, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Adam Schiff sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Schiff was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Schiff sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (19%) Health (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Education (12%) Taxation (11%) Housing and Community Development (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Schiff recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Schiff voted Yea

Passed 294/105 on Apr 15, 2024.

Schiff voted Yea

Schiff voted Nay

Passed 320/71 on Dec 11, 2023.

Schiff voted Yea

Passed 307/119 on Nov 30, 2023.

Schiff voted Yea

Schiff voted Aye

Schiff voted No

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.
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Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Jul 2024, Schiff missed 192 of 15,383 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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