Federal · U.S. House
Pete Sessions
U.S. Representative · TX-17 · Party: Republican
468 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.
Office
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- TX-17
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 1997
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Pete Sessions's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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H.Res. 1370
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8997) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025; and (H.R. 8998) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025.
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H.Res. 1370
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8997) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025; and (H.R. 8998) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025.
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S. 3249
To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, as the “Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic”
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H.J.Res. 109
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to “Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121”
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding
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H.J.Res. 165
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance”
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H.Res. 1344
Finding that Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, is in contempt of the House of Representatives for disobeying a certain subpoena
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H.Res. 1344
Finding that Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, is in contempt of the House of Representatives for disobeying a certain subpoena
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H.Res. 1344
Finding that Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, is in contempt of the House of Representatives for disobeying a certain subpoena
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H.Res. 1341
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 8281, Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act; H.R. 8772, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025; H.R. 7700, Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act; H.R. 7637, Refrigerator Freedom Act; and the joint resolution H.J. Res. 165
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H.Res. 1341
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 8281, Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act; H.R. 8772, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025; H.R. 7700, Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act; H.R. 7637, Refrigerator Freedom Act; and the joint resolution H.J. Res. 165
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H.R. 5441
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act
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H.R. 897
Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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Raised · 2025–2026
$1,050,237
Spent $557,216 · Cash on hand $933,956 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by Pete Sessions's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$3,8480%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$494,90547%
- PACs and other political committees$516,17649%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$100%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$35,2983%
For comparison, the average of the 426 House members with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $2,380,998; PACs 36% of money raised; small donors 10%; cash on hand $1,617,763.
Top PACs
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR PAC$15,000
- AIPAC-PAC$11,706
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, PAC$11,520
- UBS AMERICAS INC PAC$10,000
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
- ERNST & YOUNG PAC$10,000
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY PAC$10,000
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC$8,500
The 10 largest of $516,176 from PACs and other political committees (49% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
- TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC$54
None reported.
Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Finance, insurance and banking$127,251
- Agriculture and food$75,400
- Health care$38,750
- Other members' leadership PACs and campaigns$38,500
- Issue and advocacy groups$34,750
- Energy and utilities$25,000
- Lawyers and lobbyists$24,000
- Labor unions$19,000
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 54% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- BANKERS LIFE$7,500
- SUGAR & SPICE BAKERY$7,500
- US ENERGY STREAM, INC.$7,500
- REVIVE CARE$7,000
- EASY POST$6,500
- STARWOOD CAFE$5,750
- UPBOUND GROUP$5,000
- GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP$3,250
- THE ROYER LAW FIRM, PLLC$3,000
- HANCE SCARBOROUGH, LLP$2,000
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (Pete Sessions at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 5, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
Issues
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