Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 7 bills that became law (113th–117th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 1520 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reengage with trading partners, particularly like-minded Allies with…Dec 14, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 9143 To prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to…Oct 7, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 8000 Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act of 2022Jun 9, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
- H.R. 7014 To suspend normal trade relations treatment for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and for other purposes.Mar 9, 2022 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each…
- H.R. 5834 Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2021Nov 3, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4923 (114th) American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016Became law
- H.R. 5356 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14231 TX-150 in Coldspring, Texas, as the "E. Marie Youngblood Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 6078 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 307 West Wheat Street in Woodville, Texas, as the "Chuck Fortenberry Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 1 (115th) An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.Became law
- H.R. 4002 (106th) Famine Prevention and Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 1845 (112th) Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012Became law
- H.J.Res. 42 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants.Became law
- H.R. 4232 (108th) To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4025 Feather Lakes Way in Kingwood, Texas, as the "Congressman Jack Fields Post…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Brady has won
Rep. Brady has won 13 U.S. House elections (1996–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.2 to 86.3 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Texas’s 8th district done while Rep. Brady served?
2012 to 2021 in TX-8: typical household income was up 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Texas’s 8th district during Brady’s time representing it (1997 to 2023). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. TX-8 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2023.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.