Late last year, Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and Don Davis (NC-1) joined 213 Republicans to vote in favor of the legislation, which was introduced by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3492/text
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The Advocate wrote a good article about Greene’s bill, which includes quotes from a pediatrics professor, officials from the Human Rights Campaign and Trevor Project, and the parent of a transgender teenager.
(Although the headline writer, for the headline that appears after you click the link, could have done a better job making clear that only three Democrats voted for the bill)
https://www.advocate.com/politics/mtg-trans-youth-care-ban
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207 Democrats and four Republicans voted against the bill.
Three Democrats and three Republicans did not vote on the measure.
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The House approved the bill, 216 to 211, on Dec. 17, 2025.
https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-1/351
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The Senate has not voted on the bill.
congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3492/all-actions
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That wasn’t the only time Gonzalez has voted against trans rights.
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Early last year, Gonzalez and Cuellar voted in favor of a bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in female school athletic programs, nationwide.
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The bill would implement this policy by declaring it to be a violation of Title IX for a school that receives federal funding, which includes both K-12 and colleges and universities, to allow a transgender woman or girl to participate in athletic programs designated for women or girls.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/28
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Gonzalez and Cuellar, the only Democrats who voted for the bill, joined 216 Republicans to advance the legislation.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202512
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206 Democrats voted against the bill.
Six Democrats and three Republicans did not vote on the legislation.
One Democrat, Don Davis, voted Present.
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The House passed the bill, 218 to 206, on Jan. 14, 2025.
The Senate has not voted on the bill.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/28/all-actions
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This table compares how Vicente Gonzalez, Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and Jared Golden voted on proposed federal transgender sports bans in 2023 and 2025.
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About two years earlier, on April 20, 2023, the House considered a bill that would have done the same thing.
Gonzalez did not vote on that bill.
So Gonzalez went from not voting on a federal transgender sports ban, in April 2023, to voting in favor of one, in Jan. 2025.
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Cuellar voted against a federal transgender sports ban in 2023, but voted in favor of one in 2025.
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Don Davis did not vote on the sports ban in 2023, and he voted Present in 2025.
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I discussed the Kansas Transgender Sports Ban in an editorial I wrote in 2024.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2024/09/kansas-republicans-approve-trans-sports.html
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John Oliver discussed the Republican obsession with transgender athletes during a great segment on his program LastWeekTonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flSS1tjoxf0
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During an interview with the Texas Tribune in Nov. 2024, Gonzalez said his ability to understand the social conservatism of his district, and knowing when to break from the Democratic party, helped him keep his seat in Congress.
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"I told the entire caucus, don’t ever try to whip me again, because I know my district better than anybody in this room,” Gonzalez said.
"Having me 97% of the time is better than having my opponent 100% of the time. We need to give that leeway, especially to frontline members. Nobody knows our districts better than us.”
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I dislike that Gonzalez has voted against trans rights in Congress.
Now that we’ve discussed the troubling parts of Gonzalez’s record, let’s examine the times he has voted the right way on important issues, including the times he’s voted in favor of LGBT rights, which we will explore next.
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You can read this ongoing thread as an article on my blog, Meticulous Musings.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2026/02/vicente-gonzalez.html
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Section: Votes in favor of LGBT Rights
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Gonzalez voted in favor of the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5
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#LGBT #Gay #Trans #Bisexual #Lesbian #Nonbinary #Politics #US #USPol
221 Democrats, including Gonzalez, and three Republicans, voted in favor of the bill.
206 Republicans voted against the legislation.
2 Republicans did not vote on the bill.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202139
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The House passed the bill, 224 to 206, on February 25, 2021.
The bill did not receive a vote in the Senate.
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This table shows how Vicente Gonzalez, Henry Cuellar, and Jared Golden voted on key issues in 2021 and 2022.
During this time, Democrats held majorities in the US House and US Senate under President Joe Biden.
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Gonzalez also voted in favor of a bill that protects same-sex marriage.
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Congress passed, and President Biden signed, the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022.
Currently, the right to same sex marriage is protected nationwide under the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-556
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#GayMarriage #Marriage #Rights #LGBT #Queer #US #USA #Politics #GayRights #Lesbian #Bisexual
Liberals feared the US Supreme Court might overturn its decisions protecting gay marriage after the court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The Respect for Marriage Act was passed due to these concerns.
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The Respect for Marriage Act requires states to recognize same-sex marriages conducted in other states, and requires the federal government to recognize the legitimacy of same-sex marriages conducted by states that allow them.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404
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219 Democrats, including Gonzalez, and 39 Republicans, showed their support for same-sex marriage, by voting for the Respect for Marriage Act.
169 Republicans voted against the bill.
Four Republicans did not vote on the legislation, and one Republican voted Present.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022513
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The House passed the bill, 258 to 169, on Dec. 8, 2022.
After both the House and Senate approved the bill, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law.
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Gonzalez also voted in favor of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have overturned state abortion bans by establishing a right to abortion under federal law.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8296
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219 Democrats, including Gonzalez, voted in favor of the legislation.
209 Republicans, and one Democrat, Henry Cuellar, voted against the bill.
Two Republicans did not vote on the legislation.
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The bill did not receive a vote in the Senate.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8296/all-actions
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I read the text of an earlier version of the Women’s Health Protection Act on Primary Sources, a video series where I discussed the laws, legislation, and Supreme Court decisions behind important public policy stories.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2021/09/womens-health-protection-act.html
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The series featured four videos on abortion rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q874c5-HHmw&list=PLA9Lr48dFA2gDpEIWuREqux4dnDonzrBZ
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The series also included a video on the eviction moratorium during the COVID pandemic.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2021/10/supreme-court-overturns-federal.html
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Gonzalez voted in favor of the Right to Contraception Act, a bill that would protect access to contraception.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373
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220 Democrats, including Gonzalez, and eight Republicans, voted in favor of the bill.
195 Republicans voted against the legislation.
Six Republicans did not vote on the bill, and two Republicans voted Present.
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The legislation did not receive a vote in the Senate.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8373/all-actions
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To recap, in July 2022, Gonzalez voted in favor of reproductive rights by voting in favor of abortion rights and access to contraception.
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This ongoing thread, about Texas Democrat Vicente Gonzalez, can be read as an article on my blog, Meticulous Musings.
https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2026/02/vicente-gonzalez.html
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#Texas #Politics #Primary #Elections #Abortion #Contraception #LGBT
Section: Votes to Impeach Trump
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Gonzalez voted to impeach President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection to attack Congress to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/24
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222 Democrats, including Gonzalez, and 10 Republicans, voted to impeach Trump.
197 Republicans voted against impeaching Trump.
Four Republicans did not vote on the resolution.
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VOTE QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution, DESCRIPTION: Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
57 Senators voted to convict Trump on Feb. 13, 2021, after his Senate Trial, and 43 Senators voted against.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00059.htm
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The Senate did not reach the 67 votes necessary, to achieve the 2/3 majority required, to convict Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Gonzalez voted in favor of impeaching President Trump, for both Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress, on Dec. 18, 2019, during Trump’s first impeachment, for withholding military aid to Ukraine to pressure the country to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden, which would benefit Trump in the 2020 presidential campaign.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/755/text
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The Senate did not convict Trump, after his first impeachment trial, for either Abuse of Power or Obstruction of Congress.
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This table shows how Vicente Gonzalez, Henry Cuellar, and Jared Golden voted on each Article of Impeachment during Trump’s First Impeachment in 2019.
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Section: Votes for Biden's Economic Agenda
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Gonzalez voted for the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the Inflation Reduction Act.
These laws were key elements of President Joe Biden’s Economic Agenda.
Each of these laws were passed by Congress and signed by President Biden.
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Gonzalez voted for the American Rescue Plan.
The law extended unemployment benefits, provided emergency rental assistance, expanded food stamp benefits, expanded the child tax credit, and provided funding to cities and states to replace tax revenue lost due to the pandemic, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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The law also provided $1,400 checks to Americans making $75,000 or less per year.
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Starting in March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provided Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,200 per adult for eligible individuals and $500 per qualifying child under age 17. The payments were reduced for individuals with adjusted gross income (AGI) greater than $75,000 ($150,000 for married couples filing a joint return). For a family of four, these Economic Impact Payments provided up to $3,400 of direct financial relief.The COVID-related Tax Relief Act of 2020, enacted in late December 2020, authorized additional payments of up to $600 per adult for eligible individuals and up to $600 for each qualifying child under age 17. The AGI thresholds at which the payments began to be reduced were identical to those under the CARES Act.The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (American Rescue Plan), enacted in early March 2021, provided Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 for eligible individuals or $2,800 for married couples filing jointly, plus $1,400 for each qualifying dependent, including adult dependents.For this third round of Economic Impact Payments, the American Rescue Plan requires an additional “plus-up” payment, which is based on information (such as a recently filed 2020 tax return) that the IRS receives after making the initial payment to the eligible individual.In addition, the American Rescue Plan increases direct financial relief to American families by providing $1,400 payments for all qualifying dependents of a family, rather than just qualifying children under age 17. Normally, a taxpayer will qualify for the full amount of Economic Impact Payment if they have AGI of up to $75,000 for singles and married persons filing a separate return, up to $112,500 for heads of household, and up to $150,000 for married couples filing joint returns and surviving spouses. Payment amounts are reduced for eligible individuals with AGI above those levels.The Treasury Department and the IRS continue to expand outreach to millions of homeless, rural poor, and other disadvantaged Americans to ensure that they receive Economic Impact Payments. This includes new and continued relationships with homeless shelters, legal aid clinics, and providing Economic Impact Payment information in more than 35 languages. Check the Status of Your Economic Impact PaymentTo check the status of your Economic Impact Payment, please visit the IRS Get my Payment pageTo check if you qualify for the Economic Impact Payment this round, Were you eligible to receive an Economic Impact Payment in 2020, but never received it? You can find information about claiming the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit with your tax return to get the relief payments you’re owed. Get more info on the Recovery Rebate Credit.Find updates from the IRS on Economic Impact Payments here.Find Economic Impact Payment updates for Social Security, SSDI, Railroad Retirement, and Veterans’ Affairs beneficiaries here.Read more on Avoiding Economic Impact Payment Scams.
220 Democrats, including Gonzalez, voted in favor of the legislation.
210 Republicans, and one Democrat, Jared Golden (Maine-2), voted against the bill.
One Republican, Thomas Tiffany (WI-7), did not vote on the legislation.
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The House approved the bill, 220 to 211, on March 10, 2021.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172
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