Rep. Louie Gohmert Jr.

District:: Texas - District 1
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2005-2015	Representative, Texas's 1^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Gohmert is a far-right Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Gohmert’s bills have had a total of 89 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Gohmert to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Louie Gohmert Jr. sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary
- Vice Chairman, 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 Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to Apr 2014, Gohmert missed 569 of 7,169 roll call votes, which is 7.9%. This is 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 Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	37^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	29	10.7%	93^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	69^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	76^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	19	6.9%	91^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	11	6.9%	89^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	7	25.9%	94^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	43^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	9	2.3%	62^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	18	5.7%	86^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	20	7.6%	84^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	11	7.4%	77^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%	94^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	10	3.3%	66^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%	71^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	14	6.6%	94^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	19	6.8%	90^th
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%	91^st
2012 Apr-Jun	299	33	11.0%	92^nd
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	79^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	85^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	88^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	23	10.7%	93^rd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	19	9.5%	90^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	6	4.4%	72^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	12	8.1%	87^th
2014 Apr-Apr	29	2	6.9%	81^st