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John Ratcliffe

Former

Republican · TX-4 · U.S. House

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

Reported net worth

2019
$6.6M
Most recent filing (2019)
Assets
$2.3M$10.8M
Liabilities
$0$0
Net worth
$2.3M$10.8M

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.74
Healthcare
R+0.64
Immigration & Border
R+0.96
Guns
R+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.98
Environment & Energy
R+0.81
Crime & Policing
R+0.68
Defense & Veterans
R+0.70
Economy & Labor
R+0.88
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.61
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.17
Education
R+0.51
Government & Democracy
R+0.89
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

John Ratcliffe'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

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightRatcliffe

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Ratcliffe'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
Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H.Res. 935) establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2020-04-23 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H.Res. 935) establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2020-04-23 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Operations Towards Modernization Resolution
2020-03-10 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019
2020-03-04 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
2020-03-04 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Healthcare, Economy & Labor
YEA
Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
2020-03-02 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor
YEA
Ensuring Chinese Debt Transparency Act of 2020
2020-03-02 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
YEA
Ensuring Chinese Debt Transparency Act of 2020
2020-03-02 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
NAY
Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020
2020-02-28 · Passed · Healthcare, Economy & Labor
YEA
Gold Star Mothers Families National Monument Extension Act
2020-02-28 · Passed
NAY
Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020
2020-02-28 · Passed · Healthcare, Economy & Labor
YEA
Emmett Till Antilynching Act
2020-02-26 · Passed · Civil Rights & Social, Crime & Policing

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