Adam B. Schiff and Alex Padilla: How Your Senators Voted This Week
Every vote Adam B. Schiff and Alex Padilla cast in Washington this week, on the record for Saratoga.
Knox Abbott
October 3, 2026/2 min read
Official congressional portrait of Adam B. Schiff (public domain)
Members of Congress representing Saratoga cast recorded votes in Washington this week. Saratoga is in California's Congressional District 16, represented by Rep. Sam T. Liccardo (Democrat), Sen. Adam B. Schiff (Democrat), Sen. Alex Padilla (Democrat). The votes below are reproduced from the official roll-call records.
At a glance
Sen. Adam B. Schiff (D) — Yes on 6, No on 6 of 12 recorded votes
Sen. Alex Padilla (D) — Yes on 7, No on 5 of 12 recorded votes
Key votes
Schiff: Nay · Padilla: Nay — PN1129 (Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of F.L., to be Secretary of Labor): On the Nomination — Confirmed 47-41 (Senate Roll 256, Sep 30)
PN1129 vote by party - chart, Jake Team LLC
Schiff: Nay · Padilla: Yea — S. 4668 (S. 4668, as amended): On Passage of the Bill — Passed 77-22 (Senate Roll 250, Sep 28)
S. 4668 vote by party - chart, Jake Team LLC
Other recorded votes
Schiff: Nay · Padilla: Nay — PN1129 (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Secretary of Labor): On the Cloture Motion — Agreed to 53-47 (Senate Roll 255, Sep 30)
Schiff: Nay · Padilla: Nay — H.R. 9340 (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 9340): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Rejected 57-43 (Senate Roll 254, Sep 30)
Schiff: Nay · Padilla: Nay — H.R. 7008 (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: H.R. 7008): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Rejected 53-47 (Senate Roll 253, Sep 30)
Schiff: Yea · Padilla: Yea — S.Res. 852 (Motion to Discharge S. Res. 852): On the Motion to Discharge — Rejected 47-51 (Senate Roll 252, Sep 29)
Schiff: Yea · Padilla: Yea — S.J.Res. 197 (Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 197): On the Motion to Proceed — Rejected 48-51 (Senate Roll 251, Sep 29)
Schiff: Yea · Padilla: Yea — S. 4668 (Booker Amdt. No. 6835): On the Amendment — Rejected 47-52 (Senate Roll 249, Sep 28)
Schiff: Yea · Padilla: Yea — S. 4668 (Booker Amdt. No. 6805): On the Amendment — Rejected 49-50 (Senate Roll 248, Sep 28)
Schiff: Yea · Padilla: Yea — S. 4668 (Kennedy Amdt. No. 6760): On the Amendment — Rejected 42-54 (Senate Roll 247, Sep 28)
Schiff: Nay · Padilla: Nay — S. 4668 (Paul Amdt. No. 6758): On the Amendment — Rejected 1-94 (Senate Roll 246, Sep 28)
Schiff: Yea · Padilla: Yea — S. 4668 (Baldwin Amdt. No. 6828): On the Amendment — Agreed to 96-1 (Senate Roll 245, Sep 28)
*Compiled from the official roll-call records of the U.S. House Clerk and the U.S. Senate. Vote positions are reproduced exactly as recorded.*
The 100-year-old pond loses more than 30,000 gallons a week; a $5 million redesign would deepen it to protect the koi, with work set to start in November 2027.
After a year of talks set off by a proposed $3 million sheriff increase, the council is scheduled Wednesday to pick Saratoga's long-term law enforcement provider.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a comprehensive package of thirteen bills and an executive order establishing first-in-the-nation workplace artificial intelligence protections, employee surveillance bans, and healthcare clinical decision safeguards.
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 895, placing a $7.5 billion science, health, and climate research bond before California voters in March 2028.
California health officials reported that CARE Act courts and diversion pathways have engaged more than 10,000 residents in acute mental health crises, alongside the debut of a statewide behavioral health transparency dashboard.
