Rep. Louie Gohmert Jr.
- District:
- Texas - District 1
(Nacogdoches County, Smith County, Rusk County, Harrison County, Angelina County, Shelby County, Panola County, San Augustine County)
- Party:
- Republican
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Texas's 1st District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Gohmert is a far-right Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.
Use this chart to compare Gohmert to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.
This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Louie Gohmert Jr. sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution and Civil Justice
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Some of Gohmert’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 2161: Assisting Students with Loans Act
- H.R. 1970: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that social security benefits ...
- H.R. 1586: Congressional Hope for Uniform Recognition of Christian Heritage (CHURCH) Act of 2013
- H.R. 6261 (112th): Armed Services Always Paid Act of 2012
- H.Res. 735 (112th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient Protection ...
- H.R. 4322 (112th): Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
- H.R. 4182 (112th): Congressional Hope for Uniform Recognition of Christian Heritage (CHURCH) Act of 2012
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Voting Record
From Jan 2005 to Jun 2013, Gohmert missed 527 of 6,598 roll call votes, which is 8.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills
Recent Legislative Activity
Bill Summary
H.R. 2161: Assisting Students with Loans Act
6/17/2013: In what could become an annual occurrence, Congress yet again faces a looming deadline to resolve the problem of student loan interest rates. Without Congressional action, the rate on federally backed Stafford loans is set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1.
The Senate in early June failed to advance two bills meant to prevent this imminent increase in rates. A bill backed by Democrats would extend the current interest rate ...
Jun 18, 2013 6:25 a.m.