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.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 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 liberal–conservative 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 Mar 21, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% Human Rights Campaign: 95% American Civil Liberties Union: 94% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 84% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 41% NumbersUSA: 16% FreedomWorks: 10% Americans for Prosperity: 2% The Club for Growth: 0%

Committee Membership

Eddie Johnson sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 4 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

Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Science, Technology, Communications (34%) Health (25%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) International Affairs (7%) Environmental Protection (5%) Water Resources Development (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Johnson’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 Sep 26, 2018. Passed 361/61. H.R. 6157 provides $674.6 billion in total discretionary budget authority for the Department of Defense for fiscal year (FY) 2019. The bill provides $606.5 billion for the Department of Defense base budget, which is an increase of $17.1 billion above FY18 levels, and $68.1 billion ...
Nay	H.R. 5698: Protect and Serve Act of 2018 May 16, 2018. Passed 382/35. A bill that recently passed the House with large bipartisan support would change the way our country punishes anybody who kills or attempts to kill a law enforcement or police officer. #### Context 128 law enforcement officers were killed in 2017. And 2018 is on ...
Yea	H.R. 2396: Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act Dec 14, 2017. Passed 275/146.
Nay	S. 1094: Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 Jun 13, 2017. Passed 368/55. A string of scandals hit the Department of Veterans Affairs in the past few years, including dozens of veterans dying while waiting for care within the required 14 days at VA hospitals, forcing President Obama’s VA Secretary to resign. A new bill that recently passed ...
Nay	H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177. H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ...
No	H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ... Feb 16, 2017. Passed 230/188. Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ...
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. ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
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 legislative change to the U.S. patent system since the ...
Nay	H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and ... Sep 15, 2009. Passed 312/108.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Mar 2019, Johnson missed 883 of 17,295 roll call votes, which is 5.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	56^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	2	1.1%	18^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	50^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	20^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	70^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%	73^rd
1995 Jan-Mar	279	16	5.7%	89^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	52^nd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	41^st
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	125	0	0.0%	0^th

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

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