Menefee, Christian D.
D TX-18 house
Official profile: https://www.congress.gov/member/christian-d-menefee/M001245
Congress bioguide ID: M001245
Issue positions (current Congress)
Nearest impartial position on each issue, inferred from Yea/Nay votes and each bill's stance map (what a Yea vs Nay advances). This is not a Support/Oppose score for the issue topic. Unmapped counts are real votes that still lack a catalog mapping — not non-votes. See Methodology.
Social Security & Medicare
Nearest position: Protect current benefit structure
Confidence: medium · 7 mapped votes
- 7 → protect-benefits-status ★
Education
Nearest position: Local control / limit federal role
Confidence: high · 21 mapped votes
- 7 → local-control-limit-federal ★
- 5 → federal-standards-equity
- 5 → workforce-higher-ed-focus
- 3 → status-quo-reject-change
- 1 → transparency-parental-rights
Inflation & Cost of Living
Nearest position: Tied: Macro restraint (fiscal/monetary framing) · Sector-specific cost drivers
Confidence: high · 14 mapped votes · 4 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 7 → macro-tight-policy ★
- 7 → sector-specific-costs ★
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 4 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Gun Policy
Nearest position: Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: high · 19 mapped votes · 6 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 9 → status-quo-reject-change ★
- 6 → stronger-federal-limits
- 4 → protect-lawful-ownership
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 6 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Voting & Elections
Nearest position: Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: low · 2 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 2 → status-quo-reject-change ★
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Nearest position: Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: high · 22 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 8 → status-quo-reject-change ★
- 5 → reform-sentencing-reentry
- 5 → targeted-tech-interdiction
- 4 → tougher-penalties-enforcement
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Public Lands & Wildlife
Nearest position: Conservation and preservation first
Confidence: medium · 7 mapped votes
- 5 → conservation-preservation-first ★
- 1 → access-multiple-use
- 1 → status-quo-reject-change
Veterans Affairs
Nearest position: Constrain benefits scope or cost
Confidence: high · 18 mapped votes
- 7 → constrain-benefits-scope-cost ★
- 5 → status-quo-reject-change
- 3 → expand-benefits-access
- 2 → care-quality-capacity
- 1 → accountability-integrity
Housing
Nearest position: Supply and barrier reduction
Confidence: medium · 8 mapped votes · 1 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 3 → supply-zoning-barriers ★
- 2 → finance-credit-markets
- 2 → status-quo-reject-change
- 1 → demand-side-assistance
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 1 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Regulation & Agency Oversight
Nearest position: Broader regulatory burden reduction
Confidence: high · 54 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 17 → deregulatory-burden-reduction ★
- 16 → preserve-agency-rules
- 16 → process-transparency-reporting
- 3 → limit-new-reporting-mandates
- 1 → disapprove-nullify-rules
- 1 → status-quo-reject-change
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Taxes & Government Spending
Nearest position: Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: high · 83 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 31 → status-quo-reject-change ★
- 21 → lower-taxes-constrain-spend
- 18 → revenue-for-programs
- 10 → targeted-incentives
- 3 → process-fiscal-rules
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Healthcare
Nearest position: Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: high · 27 mapped votes · 3 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 16 → status-quo-reject-change ★
- 10 → public-health-capacity
- 1 → coverage-expansion
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 3 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Congressional Procedure
Nearest position: Protect minority rights and open deliberation
Confidence: high · 18 mapped votes
- 13 → protect-minority-deliberation ★
- 5 → adopt-majority-agenda-rules
Foreign Policy & Sanctions
Nearest position: Restraint and limited overseas commitments
Confidence: high · 38 mapped votes
- 23 → restraint-limit-commitments ★
- 12 → engagement-diplomacy-aid
- 2 → sanctions-pressure
- 1 → democracy-human-rights-abroad
Abortion & Reproductive Policy
Nearest position: Federal protections for access
Confidence: medium · 7 mapped votes · 1 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 5 → protect-access ★
- 2 → restrict-federal-role
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 1 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Immigration & Border
Nearest position: Minimal federal restriction / open-movement emphasis
Confidence: high · 21 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 6 → minimal-restriction ★
- 5 → enforcement-deterrence
- 5 → incremental-status-quo
- 3 → legal-pathways-asylum
- 2 → status-quo-reject-change
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Energy & Climate
Nearest position: Status quo / reject this change
Confidence: high · 44 mapped votes · 2 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 19 → status-quo-reject-change ★
- 17 → accelerate-clean-transition
- 3 → reliability-affordability
- 3 → expand-domestic-production
- 2 → permitting-infrastructure
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 2 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Defense & National Security
Nearest position: Reduce defense outlays or scope
Confidence: high · 43 mapped votes · 7 unmapped (cast, not linked to a position)
- 16 → reduce-defense-outlays ★
- 10 → status-quo-reject-change
- 10 → homeland-border-security-ops
- 7 → force-structure-readiness
Unmapped by reason (catalog / mapping gaps — not non-votes):
- 7 — Issue tagged but stance map has no entry for this issue
Labor & Employment
Nearest position: Stronger worker protections and standards
Confidence: medium · 3 mapped votes
- 2 → stronger-worker-protections ★
- 1 → status-quo-reject-change
Issue positions (tenure / cumulative)
| Issue | Nearest position | Mapped | Unmapped (cast) | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Local control / limit federal role | 21 | 0 | high |
| Public Lands & Wildlife | Conservation and preservation first | 7 | 0 | medium |
| Veterans Affairs | Constrain benefits scope or cost | 18 | 0 | high |
| Inflation & Cost of Living | Macro restraint (fiscal/monetary framing) · Sector-specific cost drivers | 14 | 4 | high |
| Congressional Procedure | Protect minority rights and open deliberation | 18 | 0 | high |
| Healthcare | Status quo / reject this change | 27 | 3 | high |
| Defense & National Security | Reduce defense outlays or scope | 43 | 7 | high |
| Foreign Policy & Sanctions | Restraint and limited overseas commitments | 38 | 0 | high |
| Energy & Climate | Status quo / reject this change | 44 | 2 | high |
| Housing | Supply and barrier reduction | 8 | 1 | medium |
| Gun Policy | Status quo / reject this change | 19 | 6 | high |
| Regulation & Agency Oversight | Broader regulatory burden reduction | 54 | 2 | high |
| Social Security & Medicare | Protect current benefit structure | 7 | 0 | medium |
| Labor & Employment | Stronger worker protections and standards | 3 | 0 | medium |
| Criminal Justice & Public Safety | Status quo / reject this change | 22 | 2 | high |
| Voting & Elections | Status quo / reject this change | 2 | 2 | low |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Status quo / reject this change | 83 | 2 | high |
| Abortion & Reproductive Policy | Federal protections for access | 7 | 1 | medium |
| Immigration & Border | Minimal federal restriction / open-movement emphasis | 21 | 2 | high |
Vote history
| Position | Roll | Question | Official |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not Voting | house #74 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #72 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #71 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #77 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #73 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #78 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #76 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #75 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Yea | house #81 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #112 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #110 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #113 · Bill | On Motion to Discharge | Roll call |
| Nay | house #79 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Yea | house #85 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #83 · Bill | On Motion to Refer | Roll call |
| Nay | house #84 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Roll call |
| Yea | house #86 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #87 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #109 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #114 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #118 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #119 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #116 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #117 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #111 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #80 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #82 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #115 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #124 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #121 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #120 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #123 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #122 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Yea | house #126 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #127 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #129 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #125 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #134 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #135 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Yea | house #128 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #131 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #133 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #136 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #51 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #130 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #52 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #53 · Bill | On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments | Roll call |
| Yea | house #50 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #56 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #58 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #63 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Yea | house #54 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Not Voting | house #55 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #57 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #60 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #59 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Yea | house #68 · Bill | On Motion to Commit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #69 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #62 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #64 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #65 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #66 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #67 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #61 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #140 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #70 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #132 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #137 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #138 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #139 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #143 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #141 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #152 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #153 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #154 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #144 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #145 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #146 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #142 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #151 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #149 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #150 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment, as Modified | Roll call |
| Yea | house #148 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #161 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #147 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #155 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #156 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #159 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #157 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #100 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Yea | house #92 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #93 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #88 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #96 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #89 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #90 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #94 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #95 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #91 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #101 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #97 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #107 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #98 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #106 | On Motion to Adjourn | Roll call |
| Nay | house #99 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #104 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #102 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #105 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #103 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #108 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #166 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Roll call |
| Yea | house #167 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Roll call |
| Nay | house #158 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #160 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #164 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #165 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #171 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #172 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #173 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #177 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #174 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #175 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #162 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Roll call |
| Yea | house #181 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #163 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Yea | house #168 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #169 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #170 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #182 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #178 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #179 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #180 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #183 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #184 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #185 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #186 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #193 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #200 · Bill | On Motion to Discharge | Roll call |
| Yea | house #196 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #194 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Yea | house #176 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Roll call |
| Nay | house #195 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #197 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #198 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #202 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Yea | house #199 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #201 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #188 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #189 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Yea | house #192 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #190 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #191 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #187 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #203 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #207 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #206 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #204 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #205 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #215 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Nay | house #210 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Yea | house #208 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #209 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #230 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #211 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #212 · Bill | On Motion to Discharge | Roll call |
| Yea | house #234 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #221 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Nay | house #236 · Bill | On Ordering the Previous Question | Roll call |
| Nay | house #217 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #218 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #219 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #220 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #222 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #223 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #213 · Bill | On Motion to Commit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #214 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #224 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in Senate Adt to House Adt to Senate Adt | Roll call |
| Yea | house #227 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #228 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #225 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #226 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #231 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #235 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Nay | house #237 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #249 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #241 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #243 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #216 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Yea | house #229 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Roll call |
| Yea | house #248 · Bill | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Roll call |
| Yea | house #232 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #238 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #244 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #233 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Roll call |
| Yea | house #239 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #242 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Nay | house #240 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |
| Nay | house #245 · Bill | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Roll call |
| Yea | house #246 · Bill | On Motion to Recommit | Roll call |
| Nay | house #247 · Bill | On Passage | Roll call |