Bill Flores, Representative for Texas's 17th Congressional District

Flores is the representative for Texas’s 17^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Flores is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Flores.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Flores is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Flores has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

NumbersUSA: 97% Americans for Prosperity: 89% United States Chamber of Commerce: 89% The Club for Growth: 88% FreedomWorks: 85% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Bill Flores sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
- Member, Subcommittee on Health

Enacted Legislation

Flores was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Flores sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (24%) Health (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Energy (14%) Environmental Protection (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%) Government Operations and Politics (7%)

Recent Bills

Some of Flores’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Flores’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 863: To facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes. Feb 27, 2017. Passed 369/42.
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.Con.Res. 105 (113th): Prohibiting the President from deploying or maintaining United States Armed Forces in a sustained combat role in ... Jul 25, 2014. Passed 370/40.
Nay	H.R. 5972 (112th): Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Jun 29, 2012. Passed 261/163.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Sep 2018, Flores missed 122 of 5,246 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	7	2.5%	69^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	34^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	10	4.8%	78^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	16	10.6%	90^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	5	3.3%	73^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	56^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	58^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	13	6.0%	84^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	1	0.5%	26^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	23^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	68^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	62^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	50^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	5	3.6%	57^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	4	2.0%	49^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	23^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	7	14.6%	95^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	2	1.5%	45^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	53^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	76^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	35^th
2018 Jul-Sep	88	4	4.5%	71^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

Bill Flores is pronounced:

bil // FLOH-rez

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
B b	bat
E e	bed
F f	fat
I i	pin
L l	leg
OH oh	most
R r	rag
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Bill Flores

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