Lance Gooden

Representative · TX-5 · R

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the House since Jan 3, 2019

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Working relationships

How often this member works with colleagues across party lines, from bill sponsorships and recorded votes in this Congress. Bills are H.R., S., H.J.Res. and S.J.Res.; resolutions, post office namings, and Congressional Gold Medal and commemorative coin bills are left out. Independents are counted with the party they caucus with. These figures describe the public record; they do not measure effectiveness or ideology.

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Lance Gooden

Representative · TX-5 · R

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the House since Jan 3, 2019

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Portrait: U.S. Government Publishing Office, via unitedstates/images (public domain)

Working relationships

119th Congress, House.

Bills with other-party backing

43%

6 of 14 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

House median 33% · Republicans 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

10%

19 of 192 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Democrat.

House median 15% · Republicans 10%

Voting with own party

99%

On 471 party-line votes, voted with most Republicans 467 times.

House median 98% · Republicans 98%

Voting with the other party

On 527 contested votes, voted the same way as most Democrats 47 times.

House median 11% · Republicans 11%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Thomas P. TiffanyRWI-71 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Darrell IssaRCA-488 of theirs · 0 of this member's
Ben ClineRVA-65 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Monica De La CruzRTX-155 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Troy E. NehlsRTX-226 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Pat FallonRTX-45 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Brandon GillRTX-263 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Barry MooreRAL-12 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Jennifer A. KiggansRVA-24 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Chip RoyRTX-214 of theirs · 1 of this member's

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Jasmine CrockettDTX-304 of theirs · 0 of this member's
Eugene Simon VindmanDVA-71 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Ed CaseDHI-10 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Emanuel CleaverDMO-51 of theirs · 0 of this member's
Henry CuellarDTX-280 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Steve CohenDTN-9

Voting most alike

Contested roll calls (at least 10% of yea and nay votes on the losing side) on which both voted yea or nay, and how often they made the same choice. Colleagues who shared too few of these votes with this member are not ranked.

Most alike

Pat FallonRTX-498% · 513 of 521
Mike JohnsonRLA-498% · 422 of 432
Julia LetlowRLA-597% · 491 of 504
Lloyd SmuckerRPA-1197% · 500 of 515
Carol D. MillerRWV-197% · 493 of 508

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (2). Furthest along first.

Passed the HouseH.R. 7613ALERT Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Sam Graves · original backers: 23 D, 25 R · passed the House Apr 14, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 1540Falun Gong Protection Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Scott Perry · original backers: 1 D, 9 R · passed the House May 5, 2025

Each member's party on each date comes from congress-legislators term records. Party-line votes are roll calls on which most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides; procedural votes are included. The Vice President's tie-breaking votes and impeachment verdicts are not counted, and a bill enacted as part of another bill counts only at the stage it reached on its own. Medians include everyone who served in the chamber this Congress with enough records (5 sponsored bills, 10 cosponsorships, 25 votes). Computed Oct 23, 2026, 11:51 AM ET from Congress.gov and House and Senate roll calls.

119th Congress, House.

Bills with other-party backing

43%

6 of 14 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

House median 33% · Republicans 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

10%

19 of 192 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Democrat.

House median 15% · Republicans 10%

Voting with own party

99%

On 471 party-line votes, voted with most Republicans 467 times.

House median 98% · Republicans 98%

Voting with the other party

On 527 contested votes, voted the same way as most Democrats 47 times.

House median 11% · Republicans 11%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Thomas P. TiffanyRWI-71 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Darrell IssaRCA-488 of theirs · 0 of this member's
Ben ClineRVA-65 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Monica De La CruzRTX-155 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Troy E. NehlsRTX-226 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Pat FallonRTX-45 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Brandon GillRTX-263 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Barry MooreRAL-12 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Jennifer A. KiggansRVA-24 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Chip RoyRTX-214 of theirs · 1 of this member's

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Jasmine CrockettDTX-304 of theirs · 0 of this member's
Eugene Simon VindmanDVA-71 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Ed CaseDHI-10 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Emanuel CleaverDMO-51 of theirs · 0 of this member's
Henry CuellarDTX-280 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Steve CohenDTN-9

Voting most alike

Most alike

Pat FallonRTX-498% · 513 of 521
Mike JohnsonRLA-498% · 422 of 432
Julia LetlowRLA-597% · 491 of 504
Lloyd SmuckerRPA-1197% · 500 of 515
Carol D. MillerRWV-197% · 493 of 508

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (2). Furthest along first.

Passed the HouseH.R. 7613ALERT Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Sam Graves · original backers: 23 D, 25 R · passed the House Apr 14, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 1540Falun Gong Protection Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Scott Perry · original backers: 1 D, 9 R · passed the House May 5, 2025

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Closest collaborators

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Across the aisle (Democrats)

Voting most alike

Most alike

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Closest collaborators

All colleagues

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Voting most alike

Most alike

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Most alike among Democrats