U.S. House · Texas, District 36
Rep. Brian Babin
Where they sit
Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).
Brian Babin's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured
This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.
With their party and with the President
How this is measured →Higher than 166 of 219 House Republicans.
Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.
Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Brian Babin. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.
How this is measuredHighest of all 219 House Republicans.
Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.
Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Brian Babin. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.
How this is measuredWhere they broke ranks
Votes where Brian Babin went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.
Every vote
Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Brian Babin voted, how their party voted and the President's position.
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.
Votes most like
Rep. Mike Johnson
Voted the same way 99% of the time
Rep. Randy K. Weber, Sr.
Voted the same way 98% of the time
Rep. Brad Finstad
Voted the same way 98% of the time
Rep. Henry Cuellar
Closest member of the other party · Voted the same way 53% of the time
Your district
Texas's delegation →How this district voted for president in 2024
Texas redrew its House map. The new lines take effect in January 2027. Under the new lines, District 36 voted 62% Trump and 37% Harris in 2024.
Contact
- Phone
- 202-225-1555
- Office
- 2236 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4336
Issue by issue
How often Brian Babin votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.
Brian Babin sides with their party least often on Agriculture and Food (88%).
Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Arts, Culture, Religion (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote).
Brian Babin votes with the President about equally often on every issue.
Fewer than 5 votes where the President took a position, so not charted: Armed Forces and National Security (3 votes), Education (3 votes), Law (3 votes), Commerce (2 votes), Animals (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (2 votes), Congress (1 vote), Labor and Employment (1 vote), Agriculture and Food (1 vote), Health (1 vote), Families (1 vote), Taxation (1 vote), Transportation and Public Works (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Arts, Culture, Religion (1 vote), Housing and Community Development (1 vote).
Bipartisan bills led
0 passed their chamber · 0 became law
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H.R. 9341 · AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines ActSponsor · Introduced June 18, 2026 · Government Operations and PoliticsIntroduced
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H.R. 9119 · To provide a prohibition on certain reductions to MQ-9 aircraft units, and for other purposes.Sponsor · Introduced June 3, 2026 · Armed Forces and National SecurityIntroduced
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H.R. 7813 · NOAA Weather Radio Modernization ActSponsor · Introduced March 5, 2026 · Science, Technology, CommunicationsIntroduced
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H.R. 7273 · NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026Sponsor · Introduced Jan. 30, 2026 · Science, Technology, CommunicationsIntroduced
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H.R. 3705 · Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting ActSponsor · Introduced June 4, 2025 · Transportation and Public WorksIntroduced
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H.R. 2028 · REDI ActSponsor · Introduced March 11, 2025 · EducationIntroduced
Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections