Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 8 bills that became law (105th–112th 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
- YeaOn 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 1560 To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine…Aug 10, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-157.
- H.R. 6359 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.Aug 7, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6055 FAST Act of 2012Jul 11, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
- H.R. 4119 Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012Jun 5, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-127.
- H.R. 3279 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services…Apr 16, 2012 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 233 (106th) To designate the Federal building located at 700 East San Antonio Street in El Paso, Texas, as the "Richard C. White Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 2053 (111th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 525 Magoffin Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the "Albert Armendariz, Sr., United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 2701 (111th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010Became law
- H.R. 860 (109th) To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District, El Paso County…Became law
- H.R. 1116 (105th) To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District and the Fabens…Became law
- H.R. 6304 (110th) FISA Amendments Act of 2008Became law
- H.Res. 519 (110th) Honoring the life and accomplishments of renowned artist Tom Lea on the 100th anniversary of his birth.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3598 (105th) To designate the Federal building located at 700 East San Antonio Street in El Paso, Texas, as the "Richard C. White Federal Building".Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Reyes has won
Rep. Reyes has won 8 U.S. House elections (1996–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 21.5 to 81.0 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 16th district done while Rep. Reyes served?
2005 to 2011 in TX-16: typical household income was up 12% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.6 points.
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 16th district during Reyes’s time representing it (1997 to 2013). 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-16 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.