Representative · Texas's 37th district

Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Doggett is a Democratic representative for Texas's 37th district, in Congress since 1995. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 16, and cast 460 of 462 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 4, 1995
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.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6752.4%16 of 675 · rank 169 of 439100%460 of 462 · rank 62 of 439270 became law16%70 of 443
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2223.0%37 of 1,222 · rank 173 of 44299%824 of 831 · rank 80 of 442240 became law18%75 of 427
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.8%8 of 997 · rank 256 of 443100%566 of 567 · rank 48 of 443322 became law5%16 of 303

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 −1−0.40+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.

  1. H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  2. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
  3. H.R. 8038: 21st Century Peace through Strength ActYea
    Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 249–167· Against party
  4. H.R. 4691: Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2023Yea
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 278–141· Against party
  5. H.R. 6046: Standing Against Houthi Aggression ActYea
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 285–135· Against party
  6. H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  7. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  8. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. 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
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. 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".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. 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.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. 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".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. 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
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. 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

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

83 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced7995%
  2. Reported by committee11.2%
  3. Passed one chamber11.2%
  4. Became law22.4%

Policy areas

  1. Health29
  2. Taxation29
  3. Foreign Trade and International Finance6
  4. Environmental Protection5
  5. Social Welfare4
  6. Armed Forces and National Security2
  7. Government Operations and Politics2
  8. International Affairs2

Latest activity

  1. 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 environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 24, 2026
  2. H.R. 10258 PROOF Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 3, 2026
  3. H.Res. 1470 Expressing support for the designation of July 2026 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month".
    Introduced· Environmental Protection· Aug 3, 2026
  4. H.R. 9544 Save MEDICARE Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· Jul 17, 2026
  5. H.R. 9672 Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· Jul 14, 2026
  6. H.R. 8744 TREE Act
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· May 12, 2026
  7. H.R. 8100 Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act
    Introduced· Health· Mar 26, 2026
  8. H.R. 7493 Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2026
    Introduced· Taxation· Feb 11, 2026

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 37th 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
$441.2M
Per resident
$572
Rank in Texas
25 of 38
Contract actions
2,810
New awards: 1,208

By fiscal year

  1. 557.9MFY2017
  2. 732.5MFY2018
  3. 606.2MFY2019
  4. 706.1MFY2020
  5. 521.4MFY2021
  6. 599.4MFY2022
  7. 690.5MFY2023
  8. 669.4MFY2024
  9. 681.4MFY2025
  10. 441.2MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$118.9M27%
  2. Department of the Navy$88M20%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Air Force$75.9M17%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Army$29.4M6.7%
    Department of Defense
  5. Internal Revenue Service$19.6M4.4%
    Department of the Treasury
  6. Social Security Administration$11.7M2.7%
  7. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$10M2.3%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. Public Buildings Service$8.7M2.0%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$89.1M20%
    196 awards
  2. GSD&M LLC$70.6M16%
    10 awards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$43.8M9.9%
    204 awards
  4. THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$22.1M5.0%
    1 award
  5. TTEC GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$18.8M4.3%
    6 awards
  6. DELL MARKETING L.P.$15.4M3.5%
    88 awards
  7. SOFTRAMS LLC$13.8M3.1%
    1 award
  8. HID GLOBAL CORP$12.2M2.8%
    20 awards
  9. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$9.7M2.2%
    2 awards
  10. TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.$8.3M1.9%
    26 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
$471.3K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$6.4M
From committees
$142.8K
63 committees
From contractor PACs
$13.5K
10 PACs · 9% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
hdr, inc.hdr, inc. employee owners pac$2,500HDR, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization—
american psychiatric associationamerican psychiatric association political action committee$2,000AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$645K
samsung electronics america incsamsung electronics america inc political action committee$2,000SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$3.7M
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee$1,000AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization$78.5K
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$1,000UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac)$1,000GENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$652.9M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$1,000AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$1,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412
american college of emergency physiciansnational emergency medicine political action committee / american college of emergency physicians$1,000AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANSAI match · 100% · the same organization$92K
college of american pathologistscollege of american pathologists political action committee$1,000COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTSAI match · 99% · the same organization$18M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$471.3K$142.8K$13.5K10 PACs · 9% of committee money
2024$1.5M$448.8K$48.5K15 PACs · 11% of committee money
2022$1.4M$454.3K$42.5K11 PACs · 9% 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.

  1. House · Texas's 37th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Texas's 37th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Texas's 35th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Texas's 35th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Texas's 35th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Texas's 35th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Texas's 35th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Texas's 25th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Texas's 25th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Texas's 25th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · Texas's 25th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  12. House · Texas's 10th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  13. House · Texas's 10th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  14. House · Texas's 10th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  15. House · Texas's 10th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  16. House · Texas's 10th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
doggett.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4865
Office
2307 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.