Rep. John Culberson
Former Representative for Texas’s 7th District
pronounced jon // KUL-ber-sun
Culberson was the representative for Texas’s 7th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2001 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. John Culberson [R-TX7, 2001-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/400089-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Culberson.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Culberson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 Culberson sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Culberson was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6672 (115th): Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- H.R. 4477 (115th): Fix NICS Act of 2017
- H.R. 3267 (115th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 2578 (114th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 4486 (113th): Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 2216 (113th): Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 2055 (112th): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
Does 7 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
Culberson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (22%) Immigration (22%) Law (17%) Economics and Public Finance (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Culberson recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6672 (115th): Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- H.R. 5952 (115th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 5755 (115th): TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018
- H.R. 4930 (115th): Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act
- H.R. 4477 (115th): Fix NICS Act of 2017
- H.R. 3267 (115th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 650 (115th): MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2001 to Dec 2018, Culberson missed 758 of 12,307 roll call votes, which is 6.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. 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
