Thirty House Democrats Vote with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 95% of the Time or More

Thirty House Democrats Vote with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 95% of the Time or More

Last night, during a 60 Minutes interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to downplay the role a small, vocal group of radical liberals, led by Representative Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez, has had in pushing House Democrats to the Left.

April 15, 2019
Thirty House Democrats Vote with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 95% of the Time or More

Last night, during a 60 Minutes interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to downplay the role a small, vocal group of radical liberals, led by Representative Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez, has had in pushing House Democrats to the Left.

Lesley Stahl: You have these wings– [Ocasio-Cortez], and her group on one side–

Speaker Nancy Pelosi: That’s like five people.

Lesley Stahl: No, it’s– the progressive group is more than five.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Well, the progressive– I’m a progressive. Yeah.

Lesley Stahl: Well, as I understand it the progressives want radical change. They wanna get rid of Obamacare and replace it with Medicare for all. I was under the impression that you had said that you do not favor Medicare for all…

But according to our research, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s faction in the House is much larger than Speaker Pelosi admits and makes up a significant part of the Democrats’ majority.

According to data compiled by CQ, 30 Democrats in the House of Representatives have voted with Ocasio-Cortez 95% of the time or more this year. To put that figure in perspective, the House Freedom Caucus currently has 33 members.

This voting bloc reflects just how important Ocasio-Cortez and her allies have become in setting the tone for House Democrats’ agenda.

Here’s the full list of House Democrats who have voted with Ocasio-Cortez 95% of the time or more:

Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)

Rashida Tlaib (MI-13)

Ilhan Omar (MN-05)

Donald Payne (NJ-10)

Frederica Wilson (FL-24)

Nydia Velazquez (NY-07)

Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)

Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)

Raul Grijalva (AZ-03)

Karen Bass (CA-37)

Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)

Jerry McNerney (CA-09)

Juan Vargas (CA-51)

Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)

Ted Deutch (FL-22)

Hank Johnson (GA-04)

Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02)

Danny Davis (IL-07)

Cedric Richmond (LA-02)

David Trone (MD-06)

Joe Kennedy III (MA-04)

Richard Neal (MA-01)

Ben Ray Lujan (NM-03)

Yvette Clarke (NY-09)

Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)

Brendan Boyle (PA-02)

Matt Cartwright (PA-08)

Joaquin Castro (TX-20)

Veronica Escobar (TX-16)

Vincente Gonzalez (TX-15)