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 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.

Brady is among the Republican legislators who, by calling for entire states to be disenfranchised in the 2020 presidential election, fomented the terrorist attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 that aimed to prevent the determination of the next president of the United States. Shortly after the 2020 election, Brady joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — states that were narrowly won by Democrats — to be discounted, claiming that some voters there followed procedures set by the wrong state officials. The case amplified lies and conspiracy theories that fueled the movement that led to the attack on the Capitol. The Supreme Court rejected the case. Following the rejection of several cases before the Supreme Court, one legislator called for violence.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 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 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 from Jan 3, 2017 to Mar 3, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 91% The Club for Growth: 79% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Kevin Brady sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member

Enacted Legislation

Brady was the primary sponsor of 17 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 17 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

Brady sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Social Welfare (26%) Taxation (22%) Health (15%) Labor and Employment (11%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (11%) Government Operations and Politics (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 voted Nay

H.R. 2722: Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

Passed 421/9 on Jul 15, 2015.

Brady voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

Brady voted Yea

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December ...

Brady voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Brady voted No

H.R. 1947 (113th): Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Failed 195/234 on Jun 20, 2013.

Brady voted Nay

H.R. 3857 (112th): Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act

Passed 355/62 on Sep 12, 2012.

Brady voted Nay

H.R. 2139 (112th): Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act

Passed 376/2 on Sep 10, 2012.

Brady voted Nay

H.R. 2453 (112th): Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act

Passed 408/4 on Apr 18, 2012.

Brady voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

Brady voted Nay

S. 1793 (111th): Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009

Passed 408/9 on Oct 21, 2009.

Brady voted Aye

H.R. 1752 (111th): To provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may ...

Failed 282/144 on Jul 30, 2009.

Brady voted Yea

H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act

Passed 240/179 on Jun 3, 2009.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Mar 2021, Brady missed 731 of 15,724 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. 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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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	47^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	25^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	27^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	2	1.2%	41^st
1998 Jan-Mar	89	6	6.7%	77^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	12	6.5%	84^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	70^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	92^nd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	7	3.8%	67^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	70^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	8	5.5%	77^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	32^nd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	6	2.2%	52^nd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	44^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	61^st
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	40^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	51^st
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	40^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	7	4.6%	69^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	17	21.5%	93^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	5	2.5%	53^rd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	51^st
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	39^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	3	3.2%	66^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	13	5.4%	85^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	6	3.1%	73^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	10	6.6%	71^st
2004 Jan-Mar	104	7	6.7%	70^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	5	2.3%	53^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	161	8	5.0%	63^rd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	42^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	36^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	10	3.7%	58^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	32	21.9%	99^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	74^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	76^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	13	4.7%	81^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	63^rd
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%	92^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	24^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	21^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	5	1.6%	33^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	36	17.6%	98^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	20^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	15	5.0%	78^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	12	4.5%	80^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	9	3.7%	61^st
2010 Jan-Mar	195	8	4.1%	60^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	80^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	60^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	53^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	13	4.6%	85^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	6	2.4%	65^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	8	3.8%	67^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	11	7.3%	85^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	6	2.0%	55^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	55^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	70^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	1	20.0%	96^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	38^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	77^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	3	1.5%	49^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	4	2.9%	62^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	5	3.4%	65^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	19	8.7%	87^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	9	6.1%	85^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	54^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	6	4.2%	71^st
2015 Apr-Jun	244	20	8.2%	90^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	5	3.6%	74^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	4	2.3%	68^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	9	6.6%	69^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	9	4.4%	73^rd
2016 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	78^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%	76^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	72^nd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	50^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	10	7.8%	84^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	13	7.1%	84^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	2	2.0%	55^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	4	4.7%	74^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	9	3.1%	77^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	21	16.8%	98^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	6	4.1%	77^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	16	15.7%	94^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	4	5.0%	77^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	6	15.0%	84^th
2021 Jan-Mar	62	17	27.4%	100^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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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Brady voted Yea

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Missed Votes

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