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Sessions, Pete

House · Texas, District 17 · S000250Sign in to watch / set alerts
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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
119th · current563673100%
118th173311,16295%
117th728198298%
115th393791,19399%
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
119th · currentHouseTexas17Republican
118thHouseTexas17Republican
117thHouseTexas17Republican
115thHouseTexas32Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 117th Congress · historical · House
Participation
98%
982/997 cast
Sponsored
7
bills
Cosponsored
281
measures
Voting record on TQL-graded bills · 117th 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 votes117th Congress
MeasureCastResultDate
ProceduralPresentPassed2021-01-03
HRES 1YeaPassed2021-01-03
HRES 8NayPassed2021-01-04
HRES 8NayPassed2021-01-04
HRES 8NayPassed2021-01-04
HRES 8YeaFailed2021-01-04
HRES 8NayPassed2021-01-04
HR 22YeaPassed2021-01-05
ProceduralYeaFailed2021-01-06
ProceduralYeaFailed2021-01-07
HRES 38NayPassed2021-01-12
HRES 38NayPassed2021-01-12
Sponsored · 117th7
—Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2021hr 3322—Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2021hr 5669—Health Care Equality and Modernization Act of 2022hr 7258—Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022hr 7259—State-Based Education Loan Awareness Acthr 7588—Electrodiagnostic Medicine Patient Protection and Fraud Elimination Act of 2022hr 8344—Condemning the horrific anti-Semitic events in the wake of rising tensions in Israel, and reaffirming the House of Representative's commitment to combating hate, bigotry, and violence against the Jewish community.hres 428
Cosponsored · 117th281
—Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.hconres 33—Expressing the sense of the Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.hconres 65—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".hjres 102—Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels who have seized control of our southern border.hjres 50—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".hjres 65—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination".hjres 67—Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to "Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs".hjres 72—Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".hjres 82—Life at Conception Acthr 1011—Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Acthr 1057—Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Acthr 1080—To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.hr 1085—To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.hr 1133—Modernizing America’s Apprenticeship Acthr 1150—Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Acthr 1193—ABLE Age Adjustment Acthr 1219—Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Acthr 1235—REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2021hr 1259—Major Richard Star Acthr 1282—FOCA Acthr 1284—Air America Act of 2021hr 1297—Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021hr 1330—Telehealth Modernization Acthr 1332—Main Street Tax Certainty Acthr 1381—PPP Flexibility for Farmers and Ranchers Acthr 1411—Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2021hr 1439—Supporting Early-Career Researchers Acthr 144—PAWS for Veterans Therapy Acthr 1448—Military Spouses Retirement Security Acthr 1453—Guidance Clarity Act of 2021hr 1508
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate H2TX03126 · SESSIONS, PETE → (House TX) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on hand
2024$1,243,303$890,482$440,936
2022$1,001,776$1,079,651$88,114
2020$1,485,909$1,696,588$165,990
2018$5,098,437$5,225,907$376,669
2016$2,406,309$2,572,846$504,139
4 authorized/associated committees · 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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