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Farenthold, Blake

House · Texas, District 27 · F000460Sign in to watch / set alerts
Service history1 Congress of supported coverage
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
115thHouseTexas27Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · House
Participation
99%
832/838 cast
Sponsored
16
bills
Cosponsored
276
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 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354YeaFailed2017-09-07
HR 3354NayFailed2017-09-07
Sponsored · 115th16
—Innocent Sellers Fairness Acthr 1118—Landing Pass Extension Act of 2017hr 1633—Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Acthr 256—Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018hr 2846—Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017hr 3108—Cell Location Privacy Act of 2017hr 3341—JAWS Acthr 3377—GPS Acthr 3470—Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Acthr 3585—PRO Sports Acthr 3830—Ensuring the Safety of Our Military Aviators Act of 2017hr 403—Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018hr 5253—Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017hr 659—You Own Devices Acthr 905—Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017hr 906—Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to enter into contracts with nationally- or regionally-known franchises for the provision of food services in the cafeteria of the Longworth House Office Building in a food court setting.hres 767
Cosponsored · 115th276
—Commemorating the 100th anniversary of women serving in the United States Marine Corps.hconres 105—Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.hconres 13—Expressing the sense of Congress that child safety is the first priority of custody and visitation adjudications, and that State courts should improve adjudications of custody where family violence is alleged.hconres 72—Recognizing the opening of the nonsectarian Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., the only museum of its size and scope in the world devoted exclusively to the Bible.hconres 94—Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.hjres 1—Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.hjres 2—Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.hjres 37—Disapproving 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 39—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—Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants.hjres 42—Providing 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 43—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—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act".hjres 59—Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017hr 1004—Lawrence J. Hackett Jr. Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Acthr 1007—To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.hr 1031—Flat Tax Acthr 1040—Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017hr 1045—Fairness in Firearm Testing Acthr 1047—Cell Location Privacy Act of 2017hr 1061—Stop WOTUS Acthr 1105—TAILOR Act of 2017hr 1116—Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017hr 1133—FAST Act of 2017hr 1148—Nuclear Family Priority Acthr 1149—Thin Blue Line Acthr 115—Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2017hr 1150—Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Acthr 1154—Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017hr 1156—Taylor Force Acthr 1164
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
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