Jodey C. Arrington, R-TX

Jodey C. Arrington is a Republican Representative from Texas's House District 19.

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Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• hjres21-119 - Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections".
• hjres22-119 - Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers".
• hjres23-119 - Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Employment Authorization Document Renewal Applicants".
• hconres14-119 - Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
• hconres15-119 - Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amendment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by a vote of We the People, and for other purposes.
• hres232-119 - Calling on the Government of Panama to expel officials and interests of the People's Republic of China and terminate Chinese management of key Panamanian ports.
• hres91-119 - Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on the Budget in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
• hres492-119 - Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the engrossment of H.R. 1.
• hres50-119 - Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who seized control of our southern border.
• hr1447-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to maintain the prohibition on allowing any deduction or credit associated with a trade or business involved in trafficking marijuana. (aka No Deductions for Marijuana Businesses Act)
• hr1-119 - An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (aka FEHB Protection Act of 2025)
• hr4483-119 - To require any State to reimburse the Federal Government for costs incurred when Federal military forces are deployed in response to civil disturbances or security threats caused by the State's refusal to cooperate with lawful Federal immigration enforcement.
• hr842-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests. (aka Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act)
• hr408-119 - To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.
• hr4834-119 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a criminal penalty for unauthorized access to Department of Defense facilities. (aka GATE CRASHERS Act)
• hr4833-119 - To require the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct planning and design activities for Tye Gate and Arnold Gate infrastructure improvements at Dyess Air Force Base, and for other purposes.
• hr1850-119 - To revise the authority provided to the President to impose export licensing requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil from the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Continuing Robust and Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act)
• hr574-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made, and for other purposes. (aka Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act)
• hr746-119 - To limit eligibility for Federal benefits for certain immigrants, and for other purposes. (aka America First Act)
• hr1650-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules. (aka Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025)
• hr3575-119 - To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the United States Trade Representative to impose remedial measures with respect to certain entities that evade or may attempt to evade duties imposed with respect to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes. (aka ANTE Act)
• hr840-119 - To provide that the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service titled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot" shall have no force or effect.
• hr3269-119 - To address patent thickets. (aka Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition Act)
• hr841-119 - To amend title 54, United States Code, to prohibit the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water from a private landowner using amounts made available under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
• hr1367-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the credit for new clean vehicles, and for other purposes. (aka Eliminate Lavish Incentives To Electric Vehicles Act)
• hr1775-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the criteria for designation of rural emergency hospitals. (aka Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act)
• hr839-119 - To prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.
• hr2533-119 - To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model to improve access to specialty health services for certain Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. (aka EASE Act of 2025)
• hr600-119 - To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization. (aka WHO is Accountable Act)
• hr255-119 - To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas, as the "General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic".
• hr2754-119 - To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review any purchase or lease of real estate near a military installation or military airspace in the United States by a foreign person connected to or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2025)
• hr652-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction under section 199A to apply to qualified BDC interest dividends in the same manner as qualified REIT dividends. (aka Small Business Investor Tax Parity Act of 2025)
• hr601-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers. (aka Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act)
• hr745-119 - To direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief of the United States Forest Service to conduct a study of onshore mineral values and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct a study of offshore mineral values. (aka Abundant American Resources Act of 2025)
• hr3134-119 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certain services furnished by freestanding emergency centers. (aka Emergency Care Improvement Act)
• hr2242-119 - To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to measure improper payments and establish goals for eliminating fraud and improper payments under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes. (aka Eliminating Fraud and Improper Payments in TANF Act)
• hr2810-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for private umbilical cord blood, or umbilical cord tissue, banking services as medical care expenses. (aka Family Cord Blood Banking Act)
• hr4780-119 - To identify and take action against international trade practices of high income countries that unfairly exploit innovation by deviating from market-based policies and unfairly exploit United States innovation, and for other purposes. (aka Use Sovereignty To reduce Rx Act)

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.