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Higgins, Clay

House · Louisiana, District 3 · H001077Sign in to watch / set alerts
Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
119th · current55965797%
118th473521,15494%
117th2819789289%
116th2113285289%
115th231591,17197%
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 history5 Congresses of supported coverage
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
119th · currentHouseLouisiana3Republican
118thHouseLouisiana3Republican
117thHouseLouisiana3Republican
116thHouseLouisiana3Republican
115thHouseLouisiana3Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · House
Participation
97%
1171/1209 cast
Sponsored
23
bills
Cosponsored
159
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
HRES 5YeaPassed2017-01-03
HRES 22YeaPassed2017-01-05
HRES 11YeaPassed2017-01-05
ProceduralYeaPassed2017-01-10
S 512YeaPassed2018-12-21
HRES 1176YeaPassed2018-12-12
HRES 1176YeaPassed2018-12-12
HRES 230YeaPassed2017-03-28
HRES 233YeaPassed2017-03-29
HRES 240YeaPassed2017-04-04
HRES 240YeaPassed2017-04-04
HRES 241YeaPassed2017-04-04
Sponsored · 115th23
Exposing Congressional Drug Abuse Acthconres 135DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017hr 1252Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2017hr 1941To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes.hr 1942DHS FIRM Acthr 2131U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Acthr 2751United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Acthr 2752Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017hr 2785Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017hr 3285Veterans Caregiver Improvement and Expansion Acthr 3308LNG Now Act of 2017hr 3367To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the volumetric excise tax credit for liquid fuel derived from natural gas through the Fischer-Tropsch process.hr 3431To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the cover-over of rum excise tax revenue.hr 3476Post-Caliphate Threat Assessment Act of 2017hr 4564School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018hr 5242School Watch and Training Act of 2018hr 5243Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Acthr 5260School Watch and Tactics Act of 2018hr 5523Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Acthr 5693Imported Seafood Safety Standards Acthr 6212PAPER Act of 2018hr 6708To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the "Douglas Fournet Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".hr 6839Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.hres 990
Cosponsored · 115th159
Expressing 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 40Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.hjres 2Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.hjres 38Providing 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 43Providing 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 59Providing 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 1038STOP Act of 2017hr 1057VA Provider Equity Acthr 1058FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017hr 1136Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017hr 1156Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017hr 1158Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2017hr 1192Social Security Fairness Act of 2017hr 1205To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Edwin Cole "Ed" Bearss, in recognition of his contributions to preservation of American Civil War history and continued efforts to bring our nation's history alive for new generations through his interpretive storytelling.hr 1225VA Accountability First Act of 2017hr 1259Living Donor Protection Act of 2017hr 1270Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017hr 1302Prescription Drug Price Transparency Acthr 1316An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.hr 1370Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017hr 1409HONEST Acthr 1430EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017hr 1431Voluntary Protection Program Acthr 1444VREASAhr 1445Future Logging Careers Acthr 1454DOC Access Acthr 1606Israel Anti-Boycott Acthr 1697Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017hr 173
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate H6LA03148 · HIGGINS, CLAY CAPTAIN (House LA) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on hand
2024$1,029,946$732,896$324,568
2022$1,057,245$1,101,490$27,517
2020$767,293$736,219$71,763
2018$898,714$882,834$40,688
2016$403,923$379,115$24,808
1 authorized/associated committee · 100 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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