Representative · Texas's 27th district
Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud is a Republican representative for Texas's 27th district, in Congress since 2018. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 10, and cast 453 of 467 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jul 10, 2018
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
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 | 1.5%10 of 675 · rank 263 of 439 | 97%453 of 467 · rank 301 of 439 | 290 became law | 3%6 of 204 |
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 1.3%16 of 1,222 · rank 296 of 442 | 99%839 of 846 · rank 71 of 442 | 171 became law | 4%7 of 197 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 3.3%33 of 997 · rank 60 of 443 | 99%541 of 549 · rank 176 of 443 | 220 became law | 6%14 of 252 |
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+0.69+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.
- Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
- Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–224· Against party
- Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–224· Against party
- Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
- Jun 11, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 198–218· Against party
- May 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Failed 204–216· Against party
- May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
- Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14· Against party
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
- 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.
68 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced6697%
- Passed one chamber11.5%
- Became law11.5%
Policy areas
- Government Operations and Politics13
- Health7
- Armed Forces and National Security6
- Economics and Public Finance5
- Immigration5
- Congress4
- Crime and Law Enforcement4
- Emergency Management4
Latest activity
- H.R. 10327 Cost Estimates Improvement ActIntroduced· Economics and Public Finance· Sep 10, 2026
- H.R. 10047 Depot Data Transparency ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 6, 2026
- H.R. 10046 DEPOTS ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 6, 2026
- H.R. 10017 Permanent CBDC Ban ActIntroduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Aug 3, 2026
- 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 design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.Introduced· Congress· Jul 20, 2026
- H.R. 9345 Medicaid Equal Standards ActIntroduced· Health· Jun 18, 2026
- 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 design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.Introduced· Congress· Jun 15, 2026
- H.R. 8652 YODAIntroduced· Commerce· May 4, 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 27th 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
- $193.8M
- Per resident
- $249
- Rank in Texas
- 30 of 38
- Contract actions
- 899
- New awards: 401
By fiscal year
- 553.8MFY2017
- 494.8MFY2018
- 273.7MFY2019
- 535.2MFY2020
- 482.8MFY2021
- 419.9MFY2022
- 456.4MFY2023
- 487.1MFY2024
- 248.8MFY2025
- 193.8MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$47.8M25%Department of Defense
- Defense Contract Management Agency$36.5M19%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$35.6M18%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$20.3M10%Department of Defense
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$14.1M7.3%Department of Homeland Security
- Agricultural Marketing Service$7.5M3.9%Department of Agriculture
- Public Buildings Service$5.7M2.9%General Services Administration
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection$4.8M2.5%Department of Homeland Security
Top recipients
- V2X AEROSPACE LLC$36.5M19%1 award
- CAE USA, INC.$14.7M7.6%1 award
- 2 awards
- ORION MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$13M6.7%4 awards
- LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC$11.7M6.1%1 award
- VALIANT TECHNICAL SERVICES INC.$10.9M5.6%1 award
- WATERMAN TRANSPORT INC$9.2M4.8%2 awards
- SPECPRO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC$7.5M3.9%1 award
- MAVERICK CONSTRUCTORS, LLC$5.8M3.0%1 award
- WESTSTAR FOOD CO LLC$4.2M2.2%9 awards
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
- $1.1M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $271.1K
- From committees
- $219.3K
- 82 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $34.5K
- 15 PACs · 16% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac | $10K | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization | $6.6M |
| phillips 66phillips 66 pac | $6,000 | PHILLIPS 66 COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $656M |
| the geo group, inc.the geo group, inc. political action committee | $2,500 | THE GEO GROUP, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $952.1M |
| x-bow launch systems inc.x-bow launch systems inc. pac (x-bow pac) | $2,500 | X-BOW LAUNCH SYSTEMS INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $6.3M |
| tyson foods inc.tyson foods inc political action committee (typac) | $2,000 | TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $226.3M |
| lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee | $2,000 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $13.3B |
| exxon mobil corporationexxon mobil corporation political action committee (exxonmobil pac) | $1,500 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $1,000 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| fluor corporationfluor corporation political action committee (fluor pac) | $1,000 | FLUOR-BWXT PORTSMOUTH LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | -$1.7M |
| chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation | $1,000 | CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $713.4K |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.1M | $219.3K | $34.5K15 PACs · 16% of committee money |
| 2024 | $798.4K | $197.3K | $30K14 PACs · 15% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $286.4K | $22.5K11 PACs · 8% 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 27th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
- House · Texas's 27th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Texas's 27th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Texas's 27th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Texas's 27th districtJul 10, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- cloud.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-7742
- Office
- 304 Cannon 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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.