Democrat
Next Election: 2020
Karen Bass
California
202-225-7084
District: 37
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Latest Announcements:
Feb 26 2021 - 8:39 PM
House Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Bass Bill To Strengthen Support For U.S. Africa Partnership
Feb 26 2021 - 7:03 PM
Rep. Bass Joins Rep. Chu In Reintroducing NO BAN Act to Prevent Future Muslim Bans
Latest Votes: |
Feb 27 2021 Voted Yes On Passage on HR1319 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5. |
Feb 27 2021 Voted No On Motion to Recommit on HR1319 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5. |
Campaign Finance Summary:
Contributions: $896,504 |
Individual $505,639 |
PAC & SuperPac $390,350 |
Disbursements: $829,566 |
Individual Refunds $7,515 |
Committee Refunds $6,000 |
Debts Owed $0 |
Cash on Hand $312,339 |
Recently Sponsored Bills:
To establish a comprehensive United States Government initiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa, and for other purposes.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 0
Celebrating the National Urban League on its 110th year of service to the United States.
House Education and Labor Committee
Cosponsors 47
Urging the United States to uphold its commitments under international treaties related to refugees and asylum-seekers and halt deportations of Cameroonian citizens.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 52
To advance black families in the 21st Century.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 46
To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to strengthen coverage under the Medicaid program for certain foster youth individuals.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 13
To address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 35
To address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 35
To address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
To ensure the United States diplomatic workforce at all levels reflects the diverse composition of the United States.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 10
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 230
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 230
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 230
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 230
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 230
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 230
To temporarily preserve eligibility for foster care benefits, and suspend certain education and work requirements, for youth who would otherwise age out of eligibility for the benefits during a health emergency or disaster declared with respect to the coronavirus pandemic, and for other purposes.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 4
Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 30
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the suspension of eligibility for assistance under title IV due to drug-related offenses.
House Education and Labor
Cosponsors 35
To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide grants to develop and enhance, or to evaluate, kinship navigator programs, and for other purposes.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 4
Expressing support for the designation of September 2019 as "National Kinship Care Month".
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 0
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.
House House Administration Committee
Cosponsors 0
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.
House House Administration Committee
Cosponsors 0
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.
House House Administration Committee
Cosponsors 0
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.
House House Administration Committee
Cosponsors 0
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.
House House Administration Committee
Cosponsors 0
To establish an expansive infrastructure program to create local jobs and raise the quality of life in every community, to launch middle class career pathways in infrastructure, and to invest in high-quality American jobs, and for other purposes.
House Homeland Security Committee
Cosponsors 25
To establish an expansive infrastructure program to create local jobs and raise the quality of life in every community, to launch middle class career pathways in infrastructure, and to invest in high quality American jobs, and for other purposes.
House Small Business Committee
Cosponsors 24
To enable incarcerated persons to petition a Federal court for a second look at sentences longer than 10 years, where the person is not a danger to the safety of any person or the community, and has shown they are ready for reentry, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 0
To provide for a temporarily enhanced Federal match for certain State or tribal child welfare data reporting expenditures.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 0
To authorize activities to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for other purposes.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 0
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to ensure health insurance coverage continuity for former foster youth.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 0
To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to provide for immediate eligibility for former foster youth under Medicaid.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 0
To support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 3
Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 11
Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 39
Calling on the Government of Cameroon and armed groups to respect the human rights of all Cameroonian citizens, to end all violence, and to pursue a broad-based dialogue without preconditions to resolve the conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 54
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide loan repayment incentives for physician assistants, and for other purposes.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 0