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Blake Farenthold

Former

Republican · TX-27 · U.S. House

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.85
Healthcare
R+0.63
Immigration & Border
R+0.97
Guns
R+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.98
Environment & Energy
R+0.89
Crime & Policing
R+0.59
Defense & Veterans
R+0.87
Economy & Labor
R+0.92
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.64
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.69
Education
R+0.61
Government & Democracy
R+0.92
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+1.00

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Blake Farenthold's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Blake Farenthold (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Farenthold's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

NAY
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Healthcare, Environment & Energy, Immigration & Border, Education, Crime & Policing, Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy, Guns, Civil Rights & Social, Judicial & Executive Nominations, Abortion & Reproductive Rights
NAY
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Healthcare, Environment & Energy, Immigration & Border, Education, Crime & Policing, Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy, Guns, Civil Rights & Social, Judicial & Executive Nominations, Abortion & Reproductive Rights
YEA
Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
NAY
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Healthcare, Environment & Energy, Immigration & Border, Education, Crime & Policing, Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy, Guns, Civil Rights & Social, Judicial & Executive Nominations, Abortion & Reproductive Rights
YEA
Strengthening Aviation Security Act of 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor
NAY
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Healthcare, Environment & Energy, Immigration & Border, Education, Crime & Policing, Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy, Guns, Civil Rights & Social, Judicial & Executive Nominations, Abortion & Reproductive Rights
YEA
Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
2018-03-21 · Passed · Healthcare
YEA
Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
2018-03-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
2018-03-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017
2018-03-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor

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