Sam Johnson, Representative for Texas's 3rd Congressional District

Johnson is the representative for Texas’s 3^rd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 1991. Johnson is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Johnson.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

NumbersUSA: 96% Americans for Prosperity: 90% The Club for Growth: 90% United States Chamber of Commerce: 90% FreedomWorks: 84% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 4% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0%

Committee Membership

Sam Johnson sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Chair, Subcommittee on Social Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
Joint Committee on Taxation

Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 20 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 about one third or more 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

Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Social Welfare (32%) Taxation (27%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Health (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%) Transportation and Public Works (4%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Johnson’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 2028: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Dec 8, 2016. Passed 326/96.
Aye	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. ...
Yea	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.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 Mar 26, 2015. Passed 392/37. Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), (H.R. 2, Pub.L. 114–10) commonly called the Permanent Doc Fix, is a law that establishes a new way to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients, revising the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. It reform is the ...
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.
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Aye	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 ...
Nay	H.R. 3087 (110th): A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of ... Oct 2, 2007. Passed 377/46.

Missed Votes

From May 1991 to Apr 2018, Johnson missed 1,185 of 17,642 roll call votes, which is 6.7%. 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
1991 Apr-Jun	97	1	1.0%	33^rd
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	68^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	4	2.5%	57^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	10	15.2%	95^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	20^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	9	4.6%	65^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	63^rd
1993 Jan-Mar	127	9	7.1%	84^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	32^nd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	5	3.0%	70^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	2	1.5%	48^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	16^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	61^st
1994 Jul-Sep	142	3	2.1%	42^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	72^nd
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	18^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	63^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	49^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	2	1.1%	33^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	55^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	7	3.8%	68^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	5	3.1%	61^st
1997 Jan-Mar	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	11	6.3%	88^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	19	8.2%	92^nd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	13	8.0%	90^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	51^st
1998 Apr-Jun	185	30	16.2%	95^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	7	3.5%	67^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	3	4.1%	67^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	53^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	7	3.4%	77^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	14	9.6%	89^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	64^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	11	4.0%	69^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	71^st
2000 Oct-Dec	101	7	6.9%	48^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	71^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	5	3.7%	72^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	26^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	9	5.9%	80^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	66^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	11	5.4%	79^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	62^nd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	7	11.5%	89^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	39^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	19	9.8%	91^st
2003 Oct-Dec	151	3	2.0%	32^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	61^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	26	11.8%	94^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	26^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	56^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	38^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	8	2.9%	60^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	44^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	12	7.4%	86^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	71^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	53	19.2%	99^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	31	19.5%	97^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	4	14.8%	87^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	23	10.8%	97^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	6	1.5%	49^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	121	38.2%	98^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	26	9.9%	90^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	57^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	9	2.8%	51^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	8	3.9%	64^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	22	7.3%	89^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	44^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	36	14.6%	96^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	6	3.1%	54^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	38^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	14	9.3%	90^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	18	18.2%	92^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	56	19.9%	99^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	2	1.0%	37^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	13	4.3%	76^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	16	31.4%	100^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	79^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	15	7.0%	86^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	6	4.4%	74^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	25	16.9%	96^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	82^nd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	49^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	12	8.3%	92^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	53^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	28	15.8%	97^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	36	17.6%	96^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	45	19.4%	98^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	65	47.8%	99^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	46	23.1%	96^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	23	13.8%	96^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	7	5.4%	75^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^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

Sam Johnson is pronounced:

sam // JON-sin

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
I i	pin
J j	jam
M m	man
N n	not
O o	top
S s	sit

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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