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Ratcliffe, John

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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
116th912970988%
115th172051,12893%
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
116thHouseTexas4Republican
115thHouseTexas4Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · House
Participation
93%
1128/1209 cast
Sponsored
17
bills
Cosponsored
205
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 · 115th17
—Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.hjres 98—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—Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017hr 1616—Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017hr 1842—Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2017hr 239—Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017hr 240—Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Restructuring Act of 2017hr 3640—Protecting Lives Using Surplus Equipment Act of 2017hr 426—Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2018'hr 5027—Lake Fannin Conveyance Acthr 5525—VOICES Act of 2018hr 5526—Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Acthr 6443—Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Acthr 7188—Effective Prosecution of Possession of Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2018hr 7326—ALERT Act of 2017hr 75—Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017hr 76—Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.hres 814
Cosponsored · 115th205
—Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.hconres 119—Commemorating the anniversary of United States recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.hconres 144—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—Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.hjres 6—STOP Act of 2017hr 1057—State and Local Pensions Accountability and Security Acthr 1124—Taylor Force Acthr 1164—SAFE for America Acthr 1178—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—Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Acthr 1261—Community Financial Institution Exemption Acthr 1264—Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017hr 1302—Servicemember Retirement Improvement Acthr 1317—To repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".hr 1346—ALERT Act of 2017hr 1347—Seller Finance Enhancement Acthr 1360—FOCA Acthr 1552—Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017hr 1609—Student Agriculture Protection Act of 2017hr 1626—Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017hr 1695—Israel Anti-Boycott Acthr 1697—Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Acthr 1698
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate H4TX04153 · RATCLIFFE, JOHN L → (House TX) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on hand
2022$23$373,600$0
2020$544,358$529,784$373,578
2018$1,072,295$841,903$359,004
2016$927,772$910,935$128,612
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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