Louie Gohmert, 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 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.

Gohmert is among the Republican legislators who participated in the months-long, multifarious attempted coup following the 2020 presidential election. Shortly after the election, Gohmert 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 discarded, in order to change the outcome of the election, based on lies and a preposterous legal argument which the Supreme Court rejected. (Following the rejection of several related cases before the Supreme Court, he called for violence.) Gohmert further sued the Vice President and participated in a coordinated campaign to pressure the Vice President to exclude some Democratic states from the electoral count rather than follow the Constitution's procedure in which Congress may vote to exclude electors. On January 6, 2021 in the hours after the insurrection at the Capitol, Gohmert voted to reject the state-certified election results of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania (states narrowly won by Democrats), which could have changed the outcome of the election. These legislators have generally changed their story after their vote, claiming it was merely a protest and not intended to change the outcome of the election as they clearly sought prior to the vote. The January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol disrupted Congress’s count of electors that determined the outcome of the presidential election with the goal to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office. In the days after Jan. 6, Gohmert requested from President Trump a pardon for crimes he may have committed in attempting to change the result of the election in Trump’s favor.

Misconduct

Rep. Gohmert failed to complete security screening on February 4, 2021 and was fined $5,000. He appealed on February 26 and the appeal was denied by the committee on March 30, 2021.

Mar. 11, 2021	House Committee on Ethics reported that the House Sergeant at Arms fined Gohmert and began a review of Gohmert's appeal
Mar. 30, 2021	House Committee on Ethics announced that Gohmert's February 26 appeal was denied

Analysis

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 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 3, 2017 to Sep 30, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Louie Gohmert sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Gohmert was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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Does 2 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:

Government Operations and Politics (25%) International Affairs (14%) Health (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Economics and Public Finance (8%) Immigration (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Gohmert recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Gohmert voted Nay

H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Passed 329/101 on Jul 14, 2022.

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 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 Sep 2022, Gohmert missed 851 of 11,953 roll call votes, which is 7.1%. 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%	36^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%	92^nd
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%	47^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	9	2.3%	64^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	18	5.7%	91^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	20	7.6%	82^nd
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%	88^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	2	13.3%	92^nd
2009 Jan-Mar	174	18	10.3%	95^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	10	3.3%	69^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%	92^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	45	20.5%	97^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	8	5.3%	80^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	7	7.1%	70^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	14	6.6%	93^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	19	6.8%	92^nd
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%	89^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	33	11.0%	90^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	77^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%	87^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	23	10.7%	94^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	19	9.5%	91^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	6	4.4%	73^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	12	8.1%	89^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	58^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	59^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	72^nd
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	58^th
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%	96^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	7	5.1%	62^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	11	5.4%	77^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	71^st
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%	64^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	16	9.6%	91^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	7	5.4%	79^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	21	11.4%	93^rd
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%	70^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	24	8.2%	92^nd
2019 Jul-Sep	125	8	6.4%	91^st
2019 Oct-Dec	146	14	9.6%	90^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	15	14.7%	93^rd
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	12	15.0%	95^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	4	10.0%	79^th
2021 Jan-Mar	97	8	8.2%	95^th
2021 Apr-Jun	107	18	16.8%	98^th
2021 Jul-Sep	108	8	7.4%	96^th
2021 Oct-Dec	137	10	7.3%	95^th
2022 Jan-Mar	102	6	5.9%	92^nd
2022 Apr-Jun	197	5	2.5%	81^st
2022 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	84^th

Primary Sources

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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

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Enacted Legislation

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Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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