Gooden is the representative for Texas’s 5th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Gooden is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021.
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![Photo of Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX5]](/static/legislator-photos/412822-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Gooden.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Gooden 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 Gooden has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 16, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Lance Gooden sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Gooden sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Immigration (100%)
Recent Bills
Some of Gooden’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8143: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax ...
- H.R. 7818: Civil Justice for Victims of COVID Act
- H.R. 6444: Stop COVID Act of 2020
- H.Res. 582: Resolution to end the inquisition of President Donald J. Trump.
- H.R. 4233: Options Market Stability Act of 2019
- H.R. 3864: End Child Trafficking Now Act
- H.R. 2988: Protecting American Lives Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Oct 2020, Gooden missed 20 of 919 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% 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.
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
- Office of Lance Gooden for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
