About
Nehls, Troy Edwin a Representative from Texas; born in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wis., April 7, 1968; graduated from Dodgeland High School, Juneau, Wis., 1986; B.A., Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.; M.S., University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Tex.; Wisconsin Army National Guard; United States Army Reserve; police officer; deputy constable, Fort Bend County, Tex., 1998-2002, constable, 2005-2012; deputy sheriff, Fort Bend County, Tex., 2002-2004; sheriff, Fort Bend County, Tex., 2013-2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2021-present).
Official Biography · U.S. Congress.
Performance & Participation
Votes CastBottom 25%
93% — Voted in 597 of 645 roll call votes this congress.
Avg 97% · Most: 100% · Least: 18%
Vote IndependenceMiddle 50%
0.5% — Voted against their own party majority 3 of 562 times.
Avg 2.1% · Most independent: 23.7% · Most party-line: 0.0%
Cosponsors AttractedTop 25%
418 — Attracted 418 cosponsors across 31 bills.
Avg 300 · Most: 1,868 · Least: 0
Cosponsors Attracted Cross-AisleTop 25%
119 — Attracted 119 cosponsors across the aisle.
Avg 60 · Most: 1,291 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships GivenMiddle 50%
291 — 291 bills cosponsored.
Avg 304 · Most: 1,768 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships Given Cross-AisleMiddle 50%
17 — 17 bills cosponsored across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 803 · Least: 0
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