# Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Doggett is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Texas’s 37th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Texas’s 37th district
- Serving since: 1995-01-04
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: D000399
- FEC candidate IDs: H4TX10028

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/D000399 (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

23% of Doggett’s statements contain a personal attack, 3.4 times the House Democrat average of 6.6%.

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

2,062 classified statements: 1,911 posts on X, 79 press releases, 46 Congressional Record speeches, 26 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Doggett | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 22.6% | 6.6% | 1 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 44.0% | 27.5% | 8 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 79.9% | 73.2% | 37 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.8% | 9.8% | 196 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 9.9% | 22.7% | 208 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 6.0% | 1.9% | 8 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 23% (House Democrats 26%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (House Democrats 20%); International Affairs 18% (House Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 16% (House Democrats 16%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.03 (standard error 0.01), from 1,491 donors and 7,428 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 99.5% (96.4%). 15 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

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

Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 444. 3.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 97 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10548: To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its… (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10548
- H.R. 10258: PROOF Act (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10258
- H.Res. 1470: Expressing support for the designation of July 2026 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month". (in committee, 2026-08-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1470
- H.R. 9672: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9672
- H.R. 9544: Save MEDICARE Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9544
- H.R. 8744: TREE Act (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8744
- H.R. 8100: Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8100
- H.R. 7493: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7493
- H.R. 7094: No Aid for Russian Energy Act (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7094
- H.R. 7095: Ending Importation of Laundered Russian Oil Act (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7095

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $471.3K (House Democrats median $2.0M). 17% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 79% 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/RepLloydDoggett/status/2114709874546479471
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2114748952071274953
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2114822697209499706
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2114060504578896185
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2113631868247814387
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2113666823220502816
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2113699193525280929
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2113735166245917093
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2113292644742811851
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/2112909878293393916

## Links

- Official site: https://doggett.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lloyddoggett
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/replloyddoggett
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/doggett
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000399

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/D000399