Kevin Brady, Representative for Texas's 8th Congressional District

Brady is the representative for Texas’s 8^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 7, 1997. Brady is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Brady.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Brady 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 Brady has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 93% Americans for Prosperity: 90% The Club for Growth: 84% FreedomWorks: 75% NumbersUSA: 71% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Kevin Brady sits on the following committees:

Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means
Chair, Joint Economic Committee
Joint Committee on Taxation

Enacted Legislation

Brady was the primary sponsor of 16 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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

Brady sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (31%) Taxation (29%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Social Welfare (10%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (7%) Labor and Employment (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Brady’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1314: Trade Act of 2015 Oct 28, 2015. Passed 266/167. This vote turned this bill into the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, by replacing the text of the bill in whole. H.R. 1314 was previously the Trade Act of 2015.
Nay	H.R. 2722: Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act Jul 15, 2015. Passed 421/9.
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. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. 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 the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 1947 (113th): Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 Jun 20, 2013. Failed 195/234.
Nay	H.R. 3857 (112th): Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act Sep 12, 2012. Passed 355/62.
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 change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Yea	H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act Jun 3, 2009. Passed 240/179.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Jul 2018, Brady missed 648 of 14,587 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% 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
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	48^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	20^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	30^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	2	1.2%	39^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	6	6.7%	76^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	12	6.5%	82^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	73^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	94^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	7	3.8%	68^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	70^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	8	5.5%	76^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	36^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	6	2.2%	50^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	47^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	62^nd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	41^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	50^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	41^st
2001 Oct-Dec	153	7	4.6%	70^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	17	21.5%	95^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	5	2.5%	50^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	48^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	41^st
2003 Jan-Mar	94	3	3.2%	64^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	13	5.4%	85^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	6	3.1%	70^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	10	6.6%	75^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	7	6.7%	69^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	5	2.3%	47^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	8	5.0%	62^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	42^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	38^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	10	3.7%	64^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	32	21.9%	99^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	69^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	76^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	13	4.7%	80^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	66^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	17	8.0%	93^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	38	9.7%	94^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	20	6.3%	89^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	23^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	23^rd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	5	1.6%	31^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	36	17.6%	97^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	24^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	15	5.0%	78^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	12	4.5%	82^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	9	3.7%	63^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	8	4.1%	62^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	83^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	59^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	57^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	13	4.6%	85^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	6	2.4%	67^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	8	3.8%	69^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	11	7.3%	85^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	6	2.0%	58^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	58^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	71^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	1	20.0%	96^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	42^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	77^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	3	1.5%	52^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	4	2.9%	64^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	5	3.4%	66^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	19	8.7%	88^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	9	6.1%	86^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	6	4.2%	74^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	20	8.2%	91^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	5	3.6%	76^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	4	2.3%	68^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	9	6.6%	72^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	9	4.4%	73^rd
2016 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	80^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	10	4.8%	83^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	5	3.7%	74^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	72^nd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	48^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	10	7.8%	81^st
2018 Apr-Jun	184	13	7.1%	80^th
2018 Jul-Jul	66	2	3.0%	64^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Kevin Brady is pronounced:

KE-vin // BRAY-dee

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AY ay	say
B b	bat
D d	day
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
I i	pin
K k	king
N n	not
R r	rag
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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