# Brian Babin

Brian Babin is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Texas’s 36th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Texas’s 36th district
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: B001291
- FEC candidate IDs: H6TX02079

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/B001291 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

8.1% of Babin’s statements use an extreme label, 2.7 times the House Republican average of 3.0%.

## What Babin says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,303 classified statements: 1,051 posts on X, 118 Congressional Record speeches, 93 newsletters, 41 press releases. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Babin | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.5% | 2.1% | 35 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 15.5% | 15.1% | 90 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 62.3% | 67.7% | 172 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.2% | 8.9% | 175 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 33.8% | 37.4% | 136 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 8.1% | 3.0% | 13 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 23% (House Republicans 13%); Armed Forces and National Security 20% (House Republicans 24%); Science, Technology, Communications 18% (House Republicans 7.2%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (House Republicans 19%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (House Republicans 19%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.25 (standard error 0.01), from 1,773 donors and 6,227 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 99.1% (97.1%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 268. 5.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 186 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10241: I–47 Future Interstate Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10241
- H.R. 9829: ORTHO Act (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9829
- H.R. 9505: Bonnie Eloise Rush Milam Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9505
- H.R. 9341: AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9341
- H.R. 9119: To provide a prohibition on certain reductions to MQ-9 aircraft units, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9119
- H.R. 7813: NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7813
- H.R. 7273: NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7273
- H.R. 4055: Dialysis-Related Amyloidosis Treatment Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-06-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4055
- H.R. 3705: Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act (in committee, 2025-06-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3705
- H.R. 3706: SUSHI Act (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3706

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.2M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 1.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 39% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2114765075743457283
- 2026-10-25 · Newsletter · American Energy Runs Through Houston · labels: policy discussion
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2113724518107578653
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2113314886604485057
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2112921021015531969
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2112583305493454910
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2112679147780665420
- 2026-10-18 · Newsletter · Coffee with the Congressman in Lumberton · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2110820079189271028
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/2109656123548545158

## Links

- Official site: https://babin.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepBrianBabin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBrianBabin
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001291

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/B001291