Eddie Johnson, Representative for Texas's 30th Congressional District

Johnson is the representative for Texas’s 30^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 5, 1993. Johnson is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021.

Voting Information

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Rep. Eddie Johnson is currently voting by proxy under new rules in effect during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Sep 25, 2020, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY8] will be casting Johnson’s vote. Under the rules for proxy voting, representatives may designate another representative as their proxy and must give their proxy exact instructions on how to vote.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Johnson.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Johnson 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Johnson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 16, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 94% NIAC Action: A American Civil Liberties Union: 89% Human Rights Campaign: 88% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 58% NumbersUSA: 16% Americans for Prosperity: 10% FreedomWorks: 10% The Club for Growth: 8%

Committee Membership

Eddie Johnson sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chair

Energy, Environment, Investigations and Oversight, Research and Technology, Space and Aeronautics subcommittees
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Aviation, Highways and Transit, Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, Water Resources and Environment subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

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Does 6 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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

Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Science, Technology, Communications (31%) Health (29%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) International Affairs (10%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Education (6%) Crime and Law Enforcement (4%) Energy (4%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Johnson voted Yea

H.R. 428: Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act

Passed 250/171 on Feb 14, 2017.

H.R. 428 requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to survey the gradient boundary along the Red River in Oklahoma and Texas. Specifically, the bill: ...

Johnson voted Aye

H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act

Passed 218/208 on Jun 18, 2015.

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. ...

Johnson voted Yea

H.Res. 321: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2146) to amend the Internal Revenue Code ...

Passed 244/181 on Jun 18, 2015.

Johnson voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

Johnson voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

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 ...

Johnson voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Johnson voted Yea

H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011

Failed 222/160 on Jul 23, 2012.

Johnson voted Aye

H.R. 2250 (112th): EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011

Passed 275/142 on Oct 13, 2011.

Johnson voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

Johnson voted Nay

H.Res. 915 (111th): Encouraging the Republic of Hungary to respect the rule of law, treat foreign investors fairly, and promote ...

Passed 333/74 on Dec 8, 2009.

Johnson voted Nay

H.R. 2278 (111th): To direct the President to transmit to Congress a report on anti-American incitement to violence in the ...

Passed 395/3 on Dec 8, 2009.

Johnson voted Nay

H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and ...

Passed 312/108 on Sep 15, 2009.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Oct 2020, Johnson missed 914 of 18,089 roll call votes, which is 5.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	57^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	2	1.1%	18^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	49^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	20^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	69^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	37^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	71^st
1995 Jan-Mar	279	16	5.7%	88^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	51^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	40^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	3	1.6%	33^rd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	5	3.1%	60^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	30^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	4	2.5%	64^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	14	15.7%	90^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	5	2.7%	53^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	71^st
1998 Oct-Dec	74	4	5.4%	79^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	15^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	41^st
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	25^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	8	8.4%	82^nd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	5	1.8%	48^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	72^nd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	64^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	8	10.7%	94^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	11	8.1%	90^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	62^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	8	5.2%	76^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	3	1.5%	36^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	27^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	5	5.3%	80^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	2	0.8%	32^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	14^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	6	4.0%	52^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	5	4.8%	56^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	1	0.5%	20^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	22	13.7%	91^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	55^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	17^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	15	5.5%	74^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	25^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	2	1.2%	26^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	26^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	62^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	27	12.7%	98^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	57	14.5%	97^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	40	12.6%	97^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	91	34.6%	99^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	21	14.1%	91^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	23^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	11	5.4%	71^st
2008 Oct-Dec	15	7	46.7%	97^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	8	4.6%	82^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	8	2.6%	61^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	9	3.4%	70^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	10	4.1%	67^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	39	20.0%	98^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	57^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	49^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	19	19.2%	91^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	9	3.2%	80^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	32^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	28	13.5%	98^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	43^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	29	9.7%	89^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	4	1.9%	50^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	6	3.0%	69^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	69^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	8	5.4%	81^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	74^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	2	0.8%	40^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	16	11.5%	90^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	32^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	41	29.9%	98^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	24	11.8%	92^nd
2016 Jul-Sep	232	15	6.5%	91^st
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	13	6.2%	87^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	12	6.0%	88^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	24	14.4%	97^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	22	17.1%	96^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	12	6.5%	82^nd
2018 Jul-Sep	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	18	21.2%	90^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	4	1.4%	54^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	8	5.5%	79^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	12	11.8%	87^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	7	22.6%	90^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Oct-Oct	5	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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