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Rep. Steve Stockman

Former Representative for Texas’s 36th District

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Stockman was the representative for Texas’s 36th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2013 to 2014.

He was previously the representative for Texas’s 9th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 1996.

Misconduct

Stockman was convicted of fraud in 2018 related to personal and other improper use of campaign funds. In 2014 the House began an investigation into conspiring to accept contributions to his congressional campaign committee from individuals who were employed by his congressional office. Stockman lost the 2014 Senate primary and did not win re-election to his House seat. On December 22, 2020, Stockman was pardoned by President Trump.

Mar. 13, 2014 House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the Committee on Ethics further review the allegation
Jun. 11, 2014 House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and the member's response.
2014 Stockman lost the Senate primary and did not win reelection to his House seat.
Jan. 2, 2015 House Committee on Ethics reported that the end of the member's term ended the committee's jurisdiction.
Apr. 12, 2018 Convicted of 23 felonies.
Dec. 22, 2020 Pardoned by President Trump.
Photo of Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX36, 2013-2014]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Stockman.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Stockman is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 Stockman sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Stockman was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

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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 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Stockman sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (23%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) International Affairs (21%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Stockman voted Not Voting

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 ...

Stockman voted Nay

Stockman voted No

Stockman voted Nay

Stockman voted Nay

Stockman voted Nay

Stockman voted No

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Dec 2014, Stockman missed 149 of 2,544 roll call votes, which is 5.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2014. 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.

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Primary Sources

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