Pete Sessions

U.S. Representative · TX-17 · Republican

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

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.

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

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

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%

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%

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%

+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.

LiberalConservative

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

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.