Federal · U.S. House
Pete Sessions
U.S. Representative · TX-17 · Party: Republican
468 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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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. 1316
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes
On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended
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H.Res. 1316
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes
On Ordering the Previous Question
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H.R. 2789
American Cooperation with Our Neighbors Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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H.R. 7152
Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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H.Res. 901
Expressing support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, 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
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