Silvestre Reyes
Democrat
TX
Representative, 16th District
Last year in office: 2013
Silvestre Reyes is a former Democratic U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th Congressional District. Reyes first took office in Congress in 1997 and left office in 2013.
Silvestre Reyes: Voting Record & Political Positions
Silvestre Reyes's Voting Record at a Glance
- Legislative effectiveness: sponsored 67 bills and sponsored or cosponsored 1732, 124 of which were enacted into law.
Top Issues Silvestre Reyes Votes On
- Defense Spending
- Taxation
- Health Insurance
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- Climate Change
How Silvestre Reyes Voted on Recent Bills
- Nay on “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013” (2012-12-21) — Failed
- Yea on “"Fiscal cliff" bill” (2013-01-02) — Failed
- Yea on “Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Nay on “To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction.” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Yea on “Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012” (2012-08-02) — Failed
- Yea on “To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.” (2012-08-01) — Passed