The 116th United States Congress began on January 9, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (235-200), and Republicans held the majority in the U.S. Senate (53-47). Donald Trump (R) was the president and Mike Pence (R) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021
Vote
Bill and description
Status
Nay
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020 (H.R. 1044) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives seeking to increase the cap on employment-based visas, establish certain rules governing such visas, and impose some additional requirements on employers hiring holders of such visas. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended.[30]
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Louie Gohmert Jr.
@replouiegohmert
Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and former judge who was the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea Party movement. Wikipedia*
On the C-SPAN Networks: Louie Gohmert Jr. has 1,159 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2004 Convention as a U.S. Representative Candidate for Texas. The year with the most videos was 2009 with 102 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2019 with an average of 16,544 views per program. Most appearances with Steve King (20), Jim Jordan (12), Andy Biggs (10). Most common tags: Conservatives, Federal Budget, Republican Party.
Appearances by Title:
Previously
U.S. Representative, R-TX 1stJanuary 4, 2005 - January 2, 2023Videos: 1,157U.S. Representative Candidate, R-TXc. August 31, 2004 - c. November 2, 2004Videos: 2
Recent Appearances
House Session, Part 2
The House voted 225-201 to approve a Senate-passed $1.7 trillion spending pa
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Louie Gohmert
American politician (born 1953)
Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. (; born August 18, 1953)[1] is an American attorney, politician,[2] and former judge who was the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea Party movement. In January 2015, he unsuccessfully challengedJohn Boehner for Speaker of the House of Representatives.[3] In November 2021, he announced his candidacy in the 2022 Texas Attorney General election.[4] He failed to advance to the Republican primary runoff, finishing fourth with 17% of the vote.[5] His political positions are often considered far-right.
Early life and education
Gohmert was born in Pittsburg, Texas, the son of German Texan architect Louis Buller Gohmert[6] and his first wife[7] Erma Sue (née Brooks). He was raised in Mount Pleasant, Texas, where he graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1971.[8]
Gohmert enrolled in Texas A&M University, receiving a U.S. Army