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Seat
Representative for Texas District 20
Born
September 16, 1974
Age 51
Phone
(202) 225-3236
Office
2241 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 20

Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio. He currently serves on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Voting Record — 552
Yes39%
No57%
Present1%
Not Voting4%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Congressional District 20

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Joaquin Castro
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 20
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Joaquin's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 21 sponsored · 103 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.socialDec 3(source)
“Some #TPS holders have been living in the US for decades, meaning that forcing them to return home would likely result in family separations and impact the communities where they have laid roots, as well as the US industries that employ them.” www.vox.com/policy/38868...
Trump is targeting protections for almost 1 million legal immigrants
Temporary Protected Status shields thousands of immigrants from deportation. Trump wants to end it.
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
ProPublica@propublica.orgDec 3(source)
Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves. By @fastlerner.bsky.social
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to…
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.socialDec 2(source)
Tom Homan, Trump’s incoming “border czar,” has defended deporting U.S. citizens along with their undocumented loved ones and the use of the U.S. military for his mass deportation agenda, saying, “no one is off the table.” We should believe him. open.substack.com/pub/zacharym...
Agents of Mass Deportation: Who is Border Czar Thomas Homan?
Donald Trump has announced that Thomas Homan, a Project 2025 contributor and former acting ICE director under his first administration, will be returning to his second term as a “border czar” to carry...
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.socialDec 2(source)
Both Texas and Georgia are destroying evidence of all maternal mortality, blocking proof that women are dying from abortion bans. This story has a lot more going on than you think. Especially since Republicans are lying about the public cases. www.salon.com/2024/12/02/d...
Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about it
Women will keep dying, but the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialDec 1(source)
Mayor Howard Peak was a dedicated public servant, an urban planner, and a lifelong believer in San Antonio’s future. I’m saddened to hear of his passing and my heart goes out to his loved ones. 1/
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.socialNov 30(source)
Whatever a border czar is, they don't have arrest authority. Federal law enforcement officers do, pending judicial enforcement. Consultation with prosecutors is the norm for pre-planned arrests & here's the kicker: people being arrested must have actually committed a crime.
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
NPR@npr.orgNov 30(source)
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike, Gaza health ministry says
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialNov 27(source)
Governor Abbott’s abortion ban has made it impossible for doctors in Texas to practice standard care for pregnant women.   More and more OB-GYN doctors are leaving the state, and residency programs are shutting down. 1/
Reposted byJoaquin Castro
DrDinD.bsky.social@drdind.bsky.socialNov 27(source)
Undocumented workers pay nearly $100B year in state and federal taxes, including: "$25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022." Amount of services received for the payroll taxes paid? 0 itep.org/undocumented...
Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both be...
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Voting History
552 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-06-05H.R. 2931 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-06-04H.R. 2483 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-06-04H.R. 2483 (119th)Approve amendmentYESYES✓Failed
2025-06-04H. Res. 458 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-06-04H. Res. 458 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-06-03H.R. 1804 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-06-03H.R. 1642 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-22H.R. 1 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H.R. 1 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-05-22S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)Consideration of the ResolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22H. Res. 436 (119th)Consideration of the ResolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-22—Motion to AdjournYESYES✓Failed
2025-05-20S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-20H.R. 1223 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-20H. Res. 426 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-20H. Res. 426 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-05-19H.R. 1286 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-19H.R. 1263 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-15H.R. 2240 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-15H.R. 2255 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-14H. Res. 352 (119th)Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-14H.R. 2243 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-14H. Res. 405 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-14H. Res. 405 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-05-14H.R. 2215 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-13H.R. 249 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-13H. Con. Res. 30 (119th)Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-08H.R. 276 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-08H.R. 276 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2025-05-07H.R. 881 (119th)Final passageNOT_VOTINGNO—Passed
2025-05-07H.R. 1503 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-05-06H. Res. 377 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-05-06H. Res. 377 (119th)End debate nowNOT_VOTINGNO—Passed
2025-05-05H.R. 36 (119th)Fast-track passageNOT_VOTINGYES—Passed
2025-05-05H.R. 530 (119th)Fast-track passageNOT_VOTINGYES—Passed
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 88 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 78 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 89 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 87 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-29H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2025-04-29H.R. 859 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-04-29H.R. 1442 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-04-29H.R. 1402 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-04-29H. Res. 354 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2025-04-29H. Res. 354 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2025-04-28S. 146 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2025-04-28H.R. 973 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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