Brian Babin
(TX-36)
- 2019 Score:
- 77
- lifetime:
- 80
- Rank:
- 113
- District:
- 36
Votes
2018 61%
| Title | Description | Club Position | Rep. Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR2 | Farm bill with no conservative reforms | N | Y |
| HR6760 | Tax Cuts 2.0 - make the Trump tax cuts permanent | Y | Y |
| HR6757 | Tax Cuts 2.0 - expand IRAs and create Universal Savings Accounts | Y | Y |
| HR6157 | Bloated $855B Cromnibus | N | Y |
| HR5420 | Nationalize 89 acres to expand FDR national historic site | N | Y |
| HR6199 | Expands Health Savings Accounts | Y | Y |
| SB1182 | Extends National Flood Insurance Program | N | Y |
| HR184 | Repeals the medical device tax | Y | Y |
| HR6147 | Cut $46.5 million from the National Endowment on the Arts and Humanities | Y | Y |
| HR6147 | Prohibit funds for the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program | Y | Y |
| HR6147 | Prohibit DC from enforcing Obamacare's individual mandate | Y | Y |
| HR6147 | Prohibit DC from seizing property to enforce Obamacare's individual mandate | Y | Y |
| HR5895 | Cut funding by 1% | Y | Y |
| HR5895 | Cut funding by $1.5 billion | Y | Y |
| HR5895 | Holman Act for Mark Gabriel, the Western Area Power Administrator | Y | Y |
| HR5895 | Eliminate funding for the Advanced Research Project Agency | Y | N |
| HR3 | Trump's $14.8 billion rescissions package | Y | Y |
| HR5515 | Require dinnerware at DoD to be domestically sourced (Buy American) | N | N |
| HR5515 | Require stainless steel flatware at DoD to be domestically sourced (Buy American) | N | N |
| HR2 | Repeals the EPA's Waters of the U.S. rule | Y | Y |
| HR2 | Farm bill with weak work requirement reforms - no other reforms | N | Y |
| HR2 | Repeal the biomass and bioenergy subsidy programs | Y | N |
| HR2 | Phase out farm subsidies by the year 2030 | Y | N |
| HR2 | Reform the sugar program | Y | N |
| HR4 | Prohibit funds for Davis-Bacon wage requirements | Y | Y |
| HR1625 | FY18 continuing resolution thru Sept 30, 2018 | N | N |
| HR620 | Require individuals to ask establishments to comply with ADA before filing a lawsuit | Y | Y |
| HR1892 | Trump-Schumer Bipartisan Budget Act. CR thru 3/23/2018. $90B for disaster relief. Debt ceiling suspended until 3/1/2019 | N | Y |
2017 86%
| Title | Description | Club Position | Rep. Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discharge petition to force a vote on a bill to repeal the 2010 health care law known as "Obamacare" | Y | N | |
| H R 4667 | Passage of the bill to provide $81 billion in supplemental spending for disaster relief | N | Y |
| H R 1 | Final passage of the House and Senate compromise on the tax cut bill | Y | Y |
| H R 3979 | Passage of the bill to extend the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's volunteer program at a cost of $2 million a year | N | N |
| H R 1 | Passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to lower individual and corporate tax rates and limit certain deductions | Y | Y |
| H RES 569 | Passage of a bill to provide $36.5 billion for disaster relief and cancel $16 billion of flood insurance debt | N | Y |
| H R 3354 | Amendment to cut National Labor Relations Board salaries and expenses by $99 million | Y | Y |
| H R 3354 | Amendment to cut the EPA budget by $1.8 million | Y | Y |
| H R 10 | Passage of the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 to repeal many provisions in the Dodd-Frank law | Y | Y |
| H R 601 | Final passage of a bill with $15.2 billion for disaster relief and that suspends the debt limit until Dec. 8, 2017 | N | Y |
| H R 3354 | Amendment to reduce EPA funding by $10.2 million | Y | Y |
| H R 3354 | Amendment to reduce spending by 2% for the Department of Housing and Urban Development | Y | Y |
| H R 3354 | Amendment to cut $1.1 billion in grants for Amtrak | Y | Y |
| H R 3354 | Amendment that includes a reduction of mass transit maintenance grants by $474 million | Y | Y |
| H R 3354 | Amendment to reduce subsidies by $150 million for air service to small communities | Y | Y |
| H RES 502 | Final adoption of a bill and agreement to a Senate amendment to add $7.9 billion for hurricane disaster relief | N | Y |
| H R 26 | Passage of "REINS" Act to require congressional approval before major rules can take effect | Y | Y |
| H CON RES | Substitute amendment to the budget resolution to adopt the Republican Study Committee proposal to cut spending and balance the budget | Y | Y |
| H J RES 36 | Passage of a resolution to reject a regulation to reduce methane flaring | Y | Y |
| H R 3219 | Amendment to cut discretionary spending by 1% in the energy and water provisions of the appropriations bill | Y | Y |
| H R 3219 | Amendment to bar funds to be used to enforce Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements | Y | Y |
| H R 2883 | Motion to add to a bill a requirement that only USA-made iron and steel products be used in border-crossing facilites | N | N |
| H R 1259 | Passage of a bill to bolster the ability of the Veterans Dept to fire employees for poor performance | Y | Y |
| S CON RES | Passage of a budget resolution with instructions to repeal much of the 2010 healthcare law known as "Obamacare" | Y | Y |
2016 89%
| Title | Description | Club Position | Rep. Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| H R 985 | Pass bill to allow creation of a concrete promotion program in the Commerce Dep't | N | N |
| H R 5325 | Passage of FY17 omnibus continuing spending bill to Dec. 9, no offsets to Zika and block grant increases | N | N |
| H R 5278 | Amendment to remove provision temporarily allowing a lower minimum wage in Puerto Rico for young workers | N | N |
| S 1252 | Pass a bill to create a $3.8 billion program to promote global security and agricultural development | N | N |
| H R 5485 | Amendment to remove provision barring new IRS rules on "political activity" for advocacy nonprofits | N | N |
| H R 3762 | Pass bill to repeal much of ObamaCare | Y | Y |
| H R 5538 | Amendment to bar funds from being used to oppose an executive order on climate change | N | N |
| H R 5538 | Amendment to bar Davis-Bacon wage requirements that makes Interior Dep't spending less efficient | Y | Y |
| H J RES 88 | Override veto of bill to disapprove of Labor Department's "fiduciary rule" on retirement investment advice | Y | Y |
| H R 5525 | Vote on bill to end mobile phone subsidies | Y | A |
| H R 5293 | Amendment to block athletic shoe earmark | Y | Y |
| H R 5053 | Passage of bill to prohibit IRS from compiling database of nonprofit donors | Y | Y |
| H R 5325 | Amendment to cut 1% from most spending on Congress | Y | Y |
| H R 5055 | Amendment to cut $285 million from Energy Dep't fossil energy research programs | Y | N |
| H R 5055 | Amendment to cut $185 million from the Energy Dep't | Y | Y |
| H R 5055 | Amendment to cut $7 million from the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee program | Y | Y |
| H R 5055 | Amendment to cut $3.5 billion from the Energy Dep't. | Y | N |
| H R 4974 | Amendment to block executive order encouraging the use of only union labor in gov't contracts | Y | Y |
| H R 4909 | Amendment to require defense department to use the cheapest form of energy | Y | Y |
| H R 4901 | Pass bill to continue DC school choice programs | Y | Y |
| H J RES 88 | Pass bill to disapprove of Labor Department's "fiduciary rule" on retirement investment advice | Y | Y |
| S J RES 22 | Pass bill to disapprove of the EPA's "Waters of the U.S." regulation | Y | Y |
| H R 1644 | Amendment to reallocate funds from abandoned mine program to economically distressed communities | N | N |
2015 85%
| Title | Description | Club Position | Rep. Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three point penalty for those members who signed the discharge petition to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank | N | N | |
| H R 2029 | Passage of FY16 omnibus spending bill with higher spending caps | N | N |
| H R 1314 | Passage of a bill to increase the debt ceiling and spending caps | N | N |
| H R 597 | Passage of the bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, a major corporate welfare program | N | N |
| H R 10 | Pass the bill to reauthorize the DC school voucher program | Y | Y |
| H R 758 | Passage of bill to require that the loser pays for frivolous lawsuits | Y | Y |
| H R 702 | Passage of the bill to end the ban on crude oil exports | Y | Y |
| H R 2577 | Cut transportation and housing spending bill by 1% | Y | Y |
| H R 5 | Allow parents to opt their students out of the No Child Left Behind program | Y | Y |
| H R 5 | Provide flexible block grants for education instead of the No Child Left Behind program | Y | Y |
| H R 2822 | Cut Interior-Environment spending bill by 1% | Y | Y |
| H R 22 | Amendment to state the sense of Congress to give the states maximum authority over transportation spending | Y | Y |
| H R 22 | Amendment to bar Davis-Bacon wage requirements that would make transportation spending less efficient | Y | Y |
| H R 749 | AMTRAK reauthorization | N | Y |
| H R 596 | Repeal ObamaCare | Y | Y |
| H R 22 | Pass the transportation spending bill, which also includes reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and an increase in crop insurance subsidies | N | Y |
| H R 22 | Amendment to create a Tourism Committee in the Transportation Department | N | N |
| S J RES 23 | Passage of a resolution to disapprove the EPA's power plant emissions rule | Y | Y |
| H R 427 | Passage of "REINS" Act to require congressional approval before major rules can take effect | Y | Y |
| H R 3038 | Add $8.1 billion to highway spending and extend transportation security fees | N | Y |
| H R 6 | Reauthorize NIH and FDA with bloated and new spending | N | N |
| H R 6 | Allow Congress to control spending on the NIH Innovation Fund on a yearly basis | Y | Y |
| H R 2146 | Passage of Trade Promotion Authority bill | Y | Y |
| H R 1314 | Agree to Senate amendment to spend money on a trade adjustment assistance program | N | N |
| H R 2028 | Eliminate funding for the energy efficiency and renewable energy programs | Y | Y |
| H R 2028 | Cut bloated energy & water spending bill by 11% | Y | Y |
| H R 1105 | Death tax repeal | Y | Y |
| H R 2 | Permanent "doc fix" with no offseting spending reductions, a $140 billion increase in debt | N | Y |
| H CON RES | Pass fiscally responsible Republican Study Cmte. Budget resolution | Y | Y |
Y = Yes Vote N = No Vote A = Absent for Vote