Promise Tracker › Christian D. Menefee
U.S. Representative, Texas 18th district · Democrat
Christian D. Menefee
23 statements indexed, set against 265 recorded votes.
265 recorded votes
- Voted for11844.5%
- Voted against13852.1%
- Did not vote93.4%
Turned up for 96.6% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Menefee voted 97 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the House, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Al Green more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with Brian K. Fitzpatrick. They agreed 48 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 3 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- February 2, 2026
- Terms served
- 1 term in the House
- Current term
- February 2, 2026 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- April 18, 1988
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Only three headings repeat in Menefee's indexed remarks, on a heading about American history, on an emissions bill and on a violent offenders bill. Everything else appears once, taking in a labor contracts bill.
The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.
- Another Blight on American History2
- Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for…2
- Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 20252
What Was Said, and What Was Done
23 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Christian D. Menefee’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-07-16TAKE CARE OF AMERICA'S VETERANS ACT“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose H.R. 9237, which, if we are being clear, cuts veterans' benefits. The President and my colleagues on the Republican side in Congress have no problem sending our men and women off to war, but the real measure of a nation is not just how it treats their servicemembers when they are on Active Duty.”
- 2026-06-09NO AID FOR GHOST STUDENTS ACT OF 2026“Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose H.R. 7892, the so-called No Aid for Ghost Students Act. Think about a first-generation student who is applying with a FAFSA for the first time.”
- 2026-06-09PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5408, FASTER LABOR CONTRACTS ACT“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Faster Labor Contracts Act. Mr. Speaker, I am just astonished to hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle argue that this bill was rushed when they failed to take it up in committee, when we all know that under their leadership, the committee has focused on attacking unions and attacking trans kids.”
- 2026-06-04PROTECT TRANS LIVES“Mr. Speaker, June is Pride Month, a month celebrating the contributions of the LGBTQ community, but it also must be a month of speaking hard truths. Texas has more anti-trans murders than any other State in the Nation.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.
- Voted for
- Voted against
Voting With Their Party
On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Christian D. Menefee voted on 175 and was with the Democrat majority on 175 of them.
175 party line votes cast
- With their party175100.0%
- Against their party00.0%
This member did not break with their party on any of them.
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Al GreenDemocrat · TX · agreed on 100.0% of 256 shared votes
- Joaquin CastroDemocrat · TX · agreed on 99.6% of 247 shared votes
- Robert MenendezDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 99.2% of 256 shared votes
- Laura FriedmanDemocrat · CA · agreed on 99.2% of 256 shared votes
- LaMonica McIverDemocrat · NJ · agreed on 99.2% of 254 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · PA · agreed on 47.5% of 255 shared votes
- James GallagherRepublican · CA · agreed on 39.1% of 92 shared votes
- Kevin KileyIndependent · CA · agreed on 36.9% of 252 shared votes
- Michael LawlerRepublican · NY · agreed on 36.1% of 252 shared votes
- Don BaconRepublican · NE · agreed on 35.2% of 256 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Christian D. Menefee as speaking in 22 items of business across 18 sitting days of this Congress.
Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.
- July 16, 2026TAKE CARE OF AMERICA'S VETERANS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 116
- June 30, 2026FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOMS; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 109
- June 9, 2026NO AID FOR GHOST STUDENTS ACT OF 2026; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 97
- June 9, 2026PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5408, FASTER LABOR CONTRACTS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 97
- June 4, 2026PROTECT TRANS LIVES; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 95
- May 19, 2026PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 85
- May 15, 2026SAFE FIREARM STORAGE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 83
- May 14, 2026KEEPING VIOLENT OFFENDERS OFF OUR STREETS ACT OF 2025; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 265 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Christian D. Menefee. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
- 16-Sep-2026S 2403Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9497Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9340Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H J RES 213Voted against (Nay) · On Passage
Elsewhere in the Record
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The other Texas representatives in this Congress: Pete Sessions and Sylvester Turner.
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