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Rubén Hinojosa

Former

Democrat · TX-15 · 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
D+0.36
Healthcare
D+0.58
Immigration & Border
R+1.00
Guns
D+0.95
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.90
Environment & Energy
D+0.80
Crime & Policing
R+0.38
Defense & Veterans
D+0.18
Economy & Labor
D+0.27
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.71
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.68
Education
D+0.67
Government & Democracy
D+0.68
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+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

Rubén Hinojosa'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

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

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Hinojosa'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

YEA
Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016
2016-12-08 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
2016-12-08 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act
2016-12-07 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
TREAT Astronauts Act
2016-12-07 · Passed · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
TREAT Astronauts Act
2016-12-07 · Passed · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016
2016-12-07 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016
2016-12-07 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing
YEA
TREAT Astronauts Act
2016-12-07 · Passed · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that access to digital communications tools and connectivity is necessary to prepare youth in the United States to compete in the 21st century economy.
2016-12-06 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
YEA
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that access to digital communications tools and connectivity is necessary to prepare youth in the United States to compete in the 21st century economy.
2016-12-06 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
NAY
Providing amounts for further expenses of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
2016-12-01 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2943) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
2016-12-01 · Passed · Defense & Veterans

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