Pete Sessions

U.S. Representative · TX-17 · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.16· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 130 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Sessions’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 19
  2. Action in committee 5
  3. Action beyond committee 5
  4. Passed chamber 2
  5. Became law 0

19 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 17 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Sessions’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Sessions.

Sessions in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
100/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 2 missed of 674

Voted on 672 of 674 roll calls; missed 2. Higher than 88% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 87 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 471 votes that split the parties. Higher than 56% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
13/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 67% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.58

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Sessions’s bills that made it out of committee or further

All bills

5 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Sessions’s effectiveness score.

How we count words
  • H.R. 8312 Fraud Prevention and Accountability ActAssigns fraud prevention functions to Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service and establishes an Office of Inspector General for Fraud. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Passed a chamber Jun 11, 2026Substantive5.3k words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 5125 District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025Terminates the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission and transfers appointment powers to the President. AI-readLaw · Passed a chamber Sep 18, 2025Substantive272 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 8290 China Exchange Rate Accountability Act of 2026Requires accountability measures for China's currency exchange rate practices. AI-readInternational Affairs · Out of committee Jun 18, 2026Substantive466 words Out of committee
  • H.R. 3420 Words Matter Act of 2025Changes federal health terminology and definitions related to biological sex and gender. AI-readHealth · Out of committee Mar 26, 2026Substantive1.7k words Out of committee
  • H.R. 2277 FACT ActModifies federal agency fact-checking and information disclosure requirements. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Out of committee Mar 25, 2025Substantive331 words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.