Democratic

Vela, Filemon

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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking

Congress	Sponsored	Cosponsored	Recorded votes	Participation
117th	19	190	516	94%
116th	24	410	940	99%
115th	6	307	1,137	94%

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 history3 Congresses of supported coverage

Congress	Chamber	State	District	Party
117th	House	Texas	34	Democratic
116th	House	Texas	34	Democratic
115th	House	Texas	34	Democratic

Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.

Legislative activity · 116th Congress · historical · House

Participation

99%

940/953 cast

Bill grade band	Supported	Opposed	Present	Not voting
A/B-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0
C-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0
D/F-graded bills (0)	0	0	0	0

Measure	Cast	Result	Date
Procedural	Present	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HRES 5	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HJRES 1	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Nay	Failed	2019-01-03
HR 21	Yea	Passed	2019-01-03
HRES 6	Yea	Passed	2019-01-04
HR 269	Yea	Passed	2019-01-08

Sponsored · 116th24

—Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the achievements of Tejano music artists such as Freddy Fender, Roberto Pulido, Flaco Jimenez, and Selena Quintanilla, in recognition of their contributions to the cultural heritage and diversity of the United States.hconres 113 —Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Acthr 1234 —Border Community Input in Border Security Acthr 1292 —RAIDER Act of 2019hr 1293 —Border and Refugee Assistance Act of 2019hr 2347 —To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes.hr 4139 —Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019hr 4482 —End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019hr 5207 —HOME Meals Acthr 7142 —Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Pandemic Acthr 7475 —To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to Congress on programs to notify veterans of potential exposure to certain herbicide agents outside of Vietnam, and for other purposes.hr 7476 —Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Acthr 7605 —Small Business Comeback Acthr 7671 —Coronavirus Victims Compensation Fund Act of 2020hr 7672 —Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 2020hr 7763 —Protect Minority Student Borrowers Acthr 8028 —E–Filing Standards Improvement Acthr 8062 —Installation Agreement Affordability Acthr 8063 —TEAMS Acthr 8501 —John Lewis Taxpayer Protection Acthr 8700 —DATA Privacy Acthr 8749 —Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Nation should honor and recognize military families who have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 crisis.hres 1089 —Commending the United States military servicemembers and NATO allies who successfully planned, coordinated, deployed, and trained as part of the DEFENDER-EUROPE 2020 Exercise.hres 1098 —Honoring the Buffalo Soldiers who were dishonorably discharged and ultimately had their honorable service restored following events which occurred in 1906 in Brownsville, Texas.hres 1105

Cosponsored · 116th410

—Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.hconres 100 —Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the Buffalo Soldiers.hconres 12 —Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.hconres 13 —Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.hconres 20 —Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.hconres 36 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.hconres 59 —Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.hconres 76 —Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 38 —Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.hjres 46 —Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.hjres 62 —Opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria.hjres 77 —Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.hjres 79 —For the People Act of 2019hr 1 —Family Member Access to Burn Pit Registry Acthr 1001 —Full Military Honors Act of 2019hr 1019 —Phair Pricing Act of 2019hr 1034 —Prescription Drug Price Transparency Acthr 1035 —Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020hr 1044 —FAIR Acthr 1073 —Repatriate Our Patriots Acthr 1078 —Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019hr 1108 —Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020hr 1140 —Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Acthr 1162 —President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Dollar Coin Acthr 1173 —Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019hr 1175 —FAMILY Acthr 1185 —Keep Americans Safe Acthr 1186 —Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2019hr 1210 —Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Acthr 1225 —Borderland Takings Defense Fund Acthr 1233

Campaign financefederal · source: FEC

FEC candidate H2TX27190 · VELA, FILEMON → (House TX) · linked deterministic

Cycle	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand
2024	$0	$35,678	$0
2022	$14,626	$543,668	$35,678
2020	$993,228	$1,034,382	$564,720
2018	$1,102,565	$726,635	$605,874
2016	$1,238,495	$1,067,282	$229,944

1 authorized/associated committee · 6 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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