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 2020.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 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 from Jan 6, 2015 to Aug 23, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

The Club for Growth: 98% Americans for Prosperity: 94% NumbersUSA: 93% FreedomWorks: 90% United States Chamber of Commerce: 75% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 16% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Louie Gohmert Jr. sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Natural Resources
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security

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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Does 1 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

Gohmert sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (26%) Environmental Protection (16%) Immigration (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) Taxation (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Gohmert voted Nay

H.R. 3110: Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act

Passed 407/1 on Sep 5, 2017.

H.R. 3110 would allow the Independent Member with insurance expertise on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to continue to serve for up to 18 ...

Gohmert voted No

H.Res. 431: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities ...

Passed 232/187 on Jul 12, 2017.

Gohmert voted Nay

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 ...

Gohmert voted Nay

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 ...

Gohmert voted No

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

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Gohmert voted Nay

S. 2367 (112th): 21st Century Language Act of 2012

Passed 398/1 on Dec 5, 2012.

Gohmert voted No

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 ...

Gohmert voted Yea

H.Res. 327 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 362) to authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science ...

Passed 220/188 on Apr 24, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Jul 2019, Gohmert missed 747 of 10,604 roll call votes, which is 7.0%. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	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%	71^st
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%	93^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	11	6.9%	89^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	7	25.9%	91^st
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	45^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	9	2.3%	61^st
2007 Jul-Sep	317	18	5.7%	88^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%	90^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	16	7.8%	86^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%	70^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	31	11.6%	96^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	34	13.8%	94^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	21	10.8%	93^rd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	45	20.5%	98^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	8	5.3%	79^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	7	7.1%	70^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	14	6.6%	94^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	19	6.8%	93^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	18	7.3%	89^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	17	8.2%	87^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	16	10.6%	88^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	33	11.0%	91^st
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%	95^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	19	9.5%	92^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	6	4.4%	73^rd
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%	59^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	74^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	60^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	5	2.0%	66^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	27	15.3%	96^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	7	5.1%	65^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	11	5.4%	77^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%	94^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	65^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	16	9.6%	92^nd
2018 Jan-Mar	129	7	5.4%	79^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	21	11.4%	94^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	6	5.9%	84^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	4	2.9%	68^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	24	8.2%	91^st
2019 Jul-Jul	84	8	9.5%	94^th

Primary Sources

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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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Missed Votes

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