Representative · Texas's 36th district

Brian Babin

Brian Babin is a Republican representative for Texas's 36th district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 14, and cast 459 of 463 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 6, 2015
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	2.1%14 of 675 · rank 197 of 439	99%459 of 463 · rank 126 of 439	170 became law	2%4 of 266
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	3.1%38 of 1,222 · rank 168 of 442	100%833 of 835 · rank 4 of 442	130 became law	3%13 of 391
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	1.4%14 of 997 · rank 177 of 443	100%564 of 565 · rank 50 of 443	140 became law	7%39 of 587

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.71+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
H.R. 8772: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jul 11, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 128–289· Against party
H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActNay
Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
H.R. 1916: Ensuring Lasting Smiles ActYea
Apr 4, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 310–110· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
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 relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
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 Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Texas's 36th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $1.8B
Per resident: $2,277
Rank in Texas: 12 of 38
Contract actions: 3,861; New awards: 2,242

By fiscal year

1.1BFY2017
1.4BFY2018
1.3BFY2019
1.1BFY2020
1.4BFY2021
1.5BFY2022
1.5BFY2023
1.8BFY2024
1.5BFY2025
1.8BFY2026

Top buyers

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.5B83%
Department of the Army$103.7M5.8%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$94.1M5.2%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$34.4M1.9%
Department of Defense
Maritime Administration$27.4M1.5%
Department of Transportation
Agricultural Marketing Service$19.7M1.1%
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Coast Guard$4.1M0.2%
Department of Homeland Security
Departmental Offices$2.9M0.2%
Department of the Interior

Top recipients

THE BOEING COMPANY$368.2M20%
1 award
KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$255.6M14%
5 awards
AXIOM SPACE INC$212.8M12%
6 awards
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$140.5M7.8%
8 awards
INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC$97.4M5.4%
8 awards
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$82.9M4.6%
3 awards
WEEKS MARINE, INC.$61.7M3.4%
2 awards
TECHTRANS INTERNATIONAL INC$51.7M2.9%
4 awards
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$49.6M2.8%
49 awards
LEIDOS, INC.$33.8M1.9%
2 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $908.6K
From committees: $455.8K; 144 committees
From contractor PACs: $141.5K; 44 PACs · 31% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$10K	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$10K	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
blue origin, llcblue origin llc political action committee (blue origin pac)	$9,500	BLUE ORIGIN, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$1.1B
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$6,000	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$5,000	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee	$5,000	RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.9B
exxon mobil corporationexxon mobil corporation political action committee (exxonmobil pac)	$5,000	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
peraton corp.peraton corp. political action committee (a.k.a. 'peraton pac')	$5,000	PERATON INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	-$756.1K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1M	$455.8K	$141.5K44 PACs · 31% of committee money
2024	$1.2M	$555.7K	$122K40 PACs · 22% of committee money
2022	$1.1M	$418.6K	$124.9K34 PACs · 30% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Texas's 36th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Texas's 36th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Texas's 36th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Texas's 36th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Texas's 36th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Texas's 36th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: babin.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-1555
Office: 2236 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.