![Photo of Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX28]](/static/legislator-photos/400657-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Cuellar.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Cuellar 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 Cuellar has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 27, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Henry Cuellar sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Cuellar was the primary sponsor of 19 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2137 (117th): Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act
- H.R. 132 (116th): North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1210 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the “Pleasanton Veterans Post Office”.
- H.R. 1211 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the “Encinal Veterans Post Office”.
- H.R. 1207 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 River Street in Tilden, Texas, as the “Tilden Veterans Post Office”.
- H.R. 1209 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the “Mission Veterans Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 1208 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9155 Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, as the “Converse Veterans Post Office Building”.
Does 19 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Cuellar sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (26%) Immigration (26%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Labor and Employment (11%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Cuellar recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 1390: Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act
- H.R. 284: United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2023
- H.R. 8442 (117th): Worker Flexibility and Choice Act
- H.R. 6151 (117th): Highway Accident Fairness Act of 2021
- H.R. 5514 (117th): Choose Home Care Act of 2021
- H.R. 3897 (117th): H–2B Returning Worker Exception Act of 2021
- H.R. 3578 (117th): United States-Mexico Electricity Exchange Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to Mar 2023, Cuellar missed 203 of 12,208 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 1.6% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
