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Abraham, Ralph Lee

House · Louisiana, District 5 · A000374Sign in to watch / set alerts
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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
116th616757660%
115th92551,19199%
Descriptive counts per Congress — sponsored/cosponsored measures, recorded votes cast, and participation (votes cast ÷ recorded, shown only where the denominator is ingested). This is not an effectiveness score, alignment, or rank. Recorded votes reflect ingested chambers (House member casts across the supported range; Senate member casts are not linked — see Coverage).
Service history2 Congresses of supported coverage
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
116thHouseLouisiana5Republican
115thHouseLouisiana5Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · House
Participation
99%
1191/1209 cast
Sponsored
9
bills
Cosponsored
255
measures
Voting record on TQL-graded bills · 115th Congress

Grouped by the bill's grade. “Supported” = voted Yea; “Opposed” = voted Nay. These are facts about votes — not a score of the member.

Bill grade bandSupportedOpposedPresentNot voting
A/B-graded bills (0)0000
C-graded bills (0)0000
D/F-graded bills (0)0000
Recent recorded votes115th Congress
MeasureCastResultDate
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaAgreed to2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaAgreed to2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
Sponsored · 115th9
Cosponsored · 115th255
Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.hconres 119Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.hconres 13Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated.hconres 40Expressing support for the designation of a "National Purebred Dog Day".hconres 46Expressing the sense of Congress that all trade agreements the United States enters into, should provide reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved in such an agreement, for the purpose of search and recovery activities relating to members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action from prior wars or military conflicts.hconres 61Expressing the sense of the Congress that assisted suicide (sometimes referred to as death with dignity, end-of-life options, aid-in-dying, or similar phrases) puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm and undermines the integrity of the health care system.hconres 80Honoring the life of William (Billy) F. Graham, Jr.hjres 130Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.hjres 2Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016.hjres 27Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.hjres 38Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients".hjres 39Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.hjres 40Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.hjres 43Approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.hjres 51Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.hjres 61Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Office of Natural Resources Revenue of the Department of the Interior relating to consolidated Federal oil and gas and Federal and Indian coal valuation reform.hjres 71Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Acthr 1038Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017hr 1045VA Provider Equity Acthr 1058New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017hr 1098Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2017hr 1121Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017hr 1130Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017hr 1133FAST Act of 2017hr 1148Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Acthr 1154Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017hr 1156Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017hr 1158Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2017hr 1163Taylor Force Acthr 1164ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017hr 1171
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate H4LA05221 · ABRAHAM, RALPH LEE DR. JR. (House LA) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on hand
2020$36,715$140,522$0
2018$933,200$1,037,555$103,807
2016$607,693$439,483$208,161
1 authorized/associated committee · 4 reported independent expenditures. Full campaign-finance record →Reported campaign-finance facts about the linked FEC candidate. This is distinct from the legislative record above and implies nothing about how the member legislated — money and votes are not causally linked here.

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