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Burgess, Michael C.

House · Texas, District 26 · B001248Sign in to watch / set alerts
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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
118th422041,18897%
117th4429296797%
116th3218392797%
115th481731,18698%
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 history4 Congresses of supported coverage
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
118thHouseTexas26Republican
117thHouseTexas26Republican
116thHouseTexas26Republican
115thHouseTexas26Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · House
Participation
98%
1186/1209 cast
Sponsored
48
bills
Cosponsored
173
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 · 115th48
—Expressing the sense of Congress on the need to inform American consumers with more balanced purchasing information for prescription drugs through the disclosure of price information in direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements.hconres 146—Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.hconres 23—Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Acthr 1011—Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act of 2017hr 1012—Flat Tax Acthr 1040—Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2017hr 117—Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Acthr 118—LEVEL Acthr 119—Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Acthr 120—Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of 2017hr 128—NADA Act of 2017hr 129—MACPAC Improvement Act of 2017hr 1395—Equal Protection for American Workers Acthr 1463—Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2017hr 1922—To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.hr 2953—Group Term Life Insurance Increase Acthr 3037—To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests.hr 3120—Improving Access to Maternity Care Acthr 315—Independence at Home Demonstration Improvement and Extension Act of 2017hr 3263—Health Savings Act of 2017hr 35—EMPOWER Act of 2018hr 3728—HEALTHY KIDS Acthr 3921—To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty.hr 4590—To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense.hr 487—To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for technical amendments to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System under Medicare.hr 4987—21st Century Tools for Pain and Addiction Treatment Acthr 5806—Increasing Access to Care Acthr 6050—Health Savings Act of 2018hr 6314—Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2018hr 6370—To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to sunset the limit on the maximum rebate amount for single source drugs and innovator multiple source drugs.hr 6642
Cosponsored · 115th173
—Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the life and work of Senator John S. McCain III in promoting the United States, human rights, and peace.hconres 140—Commemorating the anniversary of United States recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.hconres 144—Recognizing and commending the leadership, patriotism, and contributions of veterans service organizations and volunteers involved for their commitment and sacrifice to ensure veterans are laid to rest with the honor and ceremony they earned through selfless service to the people of the United States in the Armed Forces.hconres 70—Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a presentation from the Comptroller General of the United States regarding the audited financial statement of the executive branch.hconres 8—Honoring the life of William (Billy) F. Graham, Jr.hjres 130—Providing 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 40—Approving 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 51—STOP Act of 2017hr 1057—Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017hr 1096—FAST Act of 2017hr 1148—Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017hr 1156—Taylor Force Acthr 1164—Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2017hr 1192—Social Security Fairness Act of 2017hr 1205—To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 River Street in Tilden, Texas, as the "Tilden Veterans Post Office".hr 1207—To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9155 Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, as the "Converse Veterans Post Office Building".hr 1208—To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the "Mission Veterans Post Office Building".hr 1209—To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the "Pleasanton Veterans Post Office".hr 1210—To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the "Encinal Veterans Post Office".hr 1211—Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018hr 1318—ALERTED Act of 2017hr 1334—Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act of 2017hr 1377—Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Acthr 1698—Protecting American Jobs Acthr 1722—New IDEA Acthr 176—Border Wall Funding Act of 2017hr 1813—Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018hr 184—Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017hr 1865—Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017hr 1881—ABLE to Work Act of 2017hr 1896
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate H2TX26093 · BURGESS, MICHAEL C. DR. → (House TX) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on hand
2024$1,294,428$1,470,198$13,855
2022$1,359,624$1,312,497$189,624
2020$1,827,227$2,102,030$142,497
2018$1,684,056$1,744,861$417,300
2016$1,364,056$1,091,006$478,105
1 authorized/associated committee · 55 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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