Louie Gohmert Jr., Representative for Texas's 1st Congressional District

Gohmert is the representative for Texas’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2005. Gohmert is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Gohmert.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 95% The Club for Growth: 94% NumbersUSA: 93% FreedomWorks: 90% United States Chamber of Commerce: 77% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% League of Conservation Voters: 4% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Louie Gohmert Jr. sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution and Civil Justice
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Enacted Legislation

Gohmert was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 582: Kari’s Law Act of 2017

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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

Gohmert sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (25%) Immigration (14%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Taxation (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Gohmert’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177. H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ...
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	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. ...
Nay	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 ...
Nay	H.J.Res. 35: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. Feb 27, 2015. Failed 203/224.
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. 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 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	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	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to May 2018, Gohmert missed 701 of 9,796 roll call votes, which is 7.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% 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
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	38^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	29	10.7%	94^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	68^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	46^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	76^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	19	6.9%	89^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	11	6.9%	88^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	7	25.9%	92^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	43^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	9	2.3%	64^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	18	5.7%	87^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	20	7.6%	84^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	11	7.4%	78^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	35	10.9%	92^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	16	7.8%	85^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	2	13.3%	90^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	18	10.3%	95^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	10	3.3%	68^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	31	11.6%	96^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	34	13.8%	95^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	21	10.8%	92^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	45	20.5%	98^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	8	5.3%	78^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	7	7.1%	73^rd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	14	6.6%	94^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	19	6.8%	91^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	18	7.3%	89^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	17	8.2%	89^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	16	10.6%	90^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	33	11.0%	92^nd
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	78^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	87^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	90^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	23	10.7%	94^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	19	9.5%	92^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	6	4.4%	74^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	12	8.1%	88^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	59^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	76^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	62^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	5	2.0%	65^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	27	15.3%	97^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	7	5.1%	65^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	11	5.4%	78^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	73^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	6	2.9%	71^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	15	11.0%	93^rd
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	63^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	16	9.6%	90^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	7	5.4%	75^th
2018 Apr-May	77	17	22.1%	95^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

Louie Gohmert Jr. is pronounced:

LOO-ee // GOH-mer

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
EE ee	meet
ER er	her
G g	get
L l	leg
M m	man
OH oh	most
OO oo	soon

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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