# Michael Cloud

Michael Cloud is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Texas’s 27th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Texas’s 27th district
- Serving since: 2018-07-10
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: C001115
- FEC candidate IDs: H8TX27049

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001115 (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

84% of Cloud’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Texas, in the top 5% of House Republicans.

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

931 classified statements: 818 posts on X, 52 newsletters, 35 press releases, 26 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cloud | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.8% | 2.1% | 56 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 25.5% | 15.1% | 16 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 60.9% | 67.7% | 177 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.6% | 8.9% | 187 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 23.9% | 37.4% | 190 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 4.4% | 3.0% | 56 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 33% (House Republicans 19%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (House Republicans 19%); Armed Forces and National Security 19% (House Republicans 24%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (House Republicans 6.3%); Immigration 17% (House Republicans 13%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.44 (standard error 0.01), from 1,739 donors and 3,968 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 97.0% (97.1%). 83 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 204. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 211 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10327: Cost Estimates Improvement Act (in committee, 2026-09-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10327
- H.R. 10046: DEPOTS Act (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10046
- H.R. 10047: Depot Data Transparency Act (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10047
- H.R. 10017: Permanent CBDC Ban Act (in committee, 2026-08-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10017
- H.Res. 1439: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional… (in committee, 2026-07-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1439
- H.R. 9345: Medicaid Equal Standards Act (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9345
- H.Res. 1369: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional… (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1369
- H.R. 8652: YODA (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8652
- H.R. 7421: SAFE Olympic Sports Act (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7421
- H.R. 5814: Natural Gas Export Expansion Act (in committee, 2025-10-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5814

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.2M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 39% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 84% 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 · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2114771809824289166
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2114793641218814213
- 2026-10-26 · Press release · RELEASE: Congressman Cloud Introduces the Ending Patient Runaround Act · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://cloud.house.gov/posts/congressman-michael-cloud-introduces-the-ending-patient-runaround-act
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2113697259087151279
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2112336892163465668
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2112508652158337149
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2112583700219056595
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2112264631968260474
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2111515885026390087
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/2110887595697664240

## Links

- Official site: https://cloud.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepCloudTX
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepCloudTX
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repcloudtx
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RepCloudTX
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001115

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001115