Scott H. Peters

Overview

Scott Peters represents California in the U.S. House as a Democrat who tends toward the moderate end of his party's spectrum. His voting patterns show a willingness to break from strict party-line positions, as evidenced by his placement significantly to the right of the average House Democrat. His legislative focus appears concentrated on healthcare issues, where he has cast the majority of his recorded votes. His 46% 'yea' rate on healthcare votes suggests a selective approach, supporting some healthcare measures while opposing others. On budget matters, he has shown a slightly higher tendency to vote in favor (56%), indicating pragmatic engagement with fiscal legislation. Peters has shown strong support for taxation and housing measures based on his limited recorded votes in these categories, while demonstrating more skepticism toward banking and finance legislation, where he voted 'nay' on all three recorded votes. His procedural voting pattern shows consistent opposition to Republican-led 'previous question' motions while supporting Democratic recommit motions, reflecting standard minority party tactics during his early tenure.

Key Positions

• •Moderate approach to healthcare legislation with selective support
• •Generally supportive stance on budget-related measures
• •Opposition to banking and finance legislation in recorded votes
• •Support for taxation and housing initiatives
• •Consistent procedural opposition to majority party control of floor debate