Rep. Sam Johnson

District:: Texas - District 3
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
1991-2015	Representative, Texas's 3^rd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Johnson is a far-right Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Johnson’s bills have had a total of 568 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

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

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Committee Membership

Sam Johnson sits on the following committees:

Joint Committee on Taxation

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From May 1991 to Mar 2014, Johnson missed 900 of 15,030 roll call votes, which is 6.0%. 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
1991 Apr-Jun	97	1	1.0%	32^nd
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	61^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	4	2.5%	59^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	10	15.2%	93^rd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	22^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	9	4.6%	69^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	66^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	9	7.1%	85^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	31^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	5	3.0%	66^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	2	1.5%	47^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	18^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	60^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	3	2.1%	42^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	70^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	16^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	64^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	46^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	2	1.1%	32^nd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	62^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	7	3.8%	68^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	5	3.1%	60^th
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%	93^rd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	13	8.0%	87^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	48^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	30	16.2%	96^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	7	3.5%	66^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%	54^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	7	3.4%	78^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	14	9.6%	88^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	62^nd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	11	4.0%	68^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%	68^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	5	3.7%	69^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	23^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	9	5.9%	83^rd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	66^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	11	5.4%	77^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	60^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	7	11.5%	86^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	37^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	19	9.8%	91^st
2003 Oct-Dec	151	3	2.0%	37^th
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%	28^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	57^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	37^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	8	2.9%	60^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	42^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	12	7.4%	86^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	70^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	53	19.2%	100^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	31	19.5%	98^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	4	14.8%	88^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	23	10.8%	96^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	6	1.5%	48^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	121	38.2%	99^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	26	9.9%	90^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	54^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	9	2.8%	50^th
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%	88^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	43^rd
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%	39^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%	35^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%	66^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	16	31.4%	99^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	78^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%	72^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	133	25	18.8%	96^th