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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+0.84
Healthcare
R+0.75
Immigration & Border
R+0.95
Guns
R+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.98
Environment & Energy
R+0.82
Crime & Policing
R+0.73
Defense & Veterans
R+0.84
Economy & Labor
R+0.91
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.43
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.23
Education
R+0.59
Government & Democracy
R+0.87
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
YEA
Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018
2018-03-22 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
2018-03-21 · Passed · Healthcare
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4566) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide relief to nonbanks from certain stress test requirements under such Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5247) to authorize the use of eligible investigational drugs by eligible patients who have been diagnosed with a stage of a disease or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
2018-03-20 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Healthcare
YEA
Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017
2018-03-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4061) to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to improve the transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to improve the SIFI designation process, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4293) to reform the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review process, the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test process, and for other purposes.
2018-03-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act
2018-03-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
TAILOR Act of 2017
2018-03-14 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
STOP School Violence Act of 2018
2018-03-14 · Passed · Guns, Education, Crime & Policing
YEA
TAILOR Act of 2017
2018-03-14 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
2018-03-13 · Failed
YEA
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017
2018-03-13 · Passed · Environment & Energy

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