Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

Analysis

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 3, 2017 to Nov 22, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Eddie Bernice Johnson sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chair
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  Aviation, Highways and Transit, Water Resources and Environment subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 2225: National Science Foundation for the Future Act
• H.R. 3593: Department of Energy Science for the Future Act
• H.R. 6216 (116th): National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020
• H.R. 3196 (116th): Vera C. Rubin Observatory Designation Act
• H.R. 1396 (116th): Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act
• H.R. 4091 (116th): ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019
• H.R. 3766 (116th): One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act

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Does 11 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:

Health (31%) Science, Technology, Communications (31%) International Affairs (10%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Education (5%) Energy (5%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Johnson recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 9058: First Responders Aerial Act of 2022
• H.R. 8991: Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022
• H.Res. 1357: Expressing support for designation of the week of September 18, 2022, through September …
• H.R. 8261: Hotel Advertising Transparency Act of 2022
• H.Res. 1100: Supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, to be observed from …
• H.Res. 1092: Supporting the goals and ideals of National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
• H.Res. 1021: Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and spiritual …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Nov 2022, Johnson missed 922 of 19,041 roll call votes, which is 4.8%. 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.

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

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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