Not only is President Trump using the government shutdown as an excuse to fire people, he is targeting departments and agencies based on whether he thinks it will be politically helpful for him—or harmful to others.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 7
Lizzie Fletcher
Source: Wikipedia • View full (CC BY-SA)
SoupScoreanalysis-first civic rating · view full breakdown
Loading…
Voting Record — 498
Yes36%
No61%
Present0%
Not Voting3%
Party align95%
Cross-party1%
SoupScore
District Map
Congressional District 7
U.S. Census Bureau boundary data.
Social & Web
External Resources
Lizzie Fletcher
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 7
SoupScore
Lizzie's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 11 sponsored · 59 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
Team #TX07 was glad to help our neighbors at the Bellaire City Library Friday. We're always looking to set up more pop-ups. Have a suggestion for a location? Let us know!
#TX07 neighbors can always call my office or visit fletcher.house.gov/casework for help.
Republicans' failure to renew the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits would be devastating for Houstonians' access to health care. That is why House Republicans should return to D.C. and work with Democrats to reopen the government and protect Americans' health care.
The Trump administration is using the government shutdown to dismantle our public health infrastructure.
The people laid off from the CDC are our first line of response for disease outbreaks. This will cost lives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
A helpful read to understand the importance of the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits and how Texans' access to health care will be disproportionately impacted if Republicans in Congress let them expire ⬇️
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
If Republicans let ACA tax credits expire, Americans in every state, including Texas, will be paying more for their health care. It doesn’t have to be this way.
I urge my Republican colleagues to return to DC and work with us to make health care more affordable. #TrumpShutUSDown
The law the White House is considering breaking here is one President Trump himself signed into law after the 2019 shutdown.
Our federal employees have been facing a nonstop barrage of intimidation from the Trump administration and it must stop. #TrumpShutUSDown
2. This fragile but vital progress offers a moment of relief and a path forward. Much work remains to secure lasting peace and stability in the region, and we must continue to engage and support those goals.
1. I welcome the Israel–Hamas agreement as an important step toward freeing hostages, saving lives, and delivering desperately needed aid to civilians in Gaza.
New: As many as 267,000 veterans who don't qualify for VA coverage and aren't old enough for Medicare yet are set to lose health care coverage without the ACA credits that Republicans refuse to renew. #TrumpShutUSDown
Team #TX07 visited neighborhoods across our community to celebrate Houston's National Night Out—an opportunity for all of us to get to know our neighbors and those who work to keep our communities safe.
The Trump admin has systematically but opaquely driven some of our best and brightest out of our government. Now, the shutdown has given us insight into the extent to which the administration has decimated agencies doing important work for us all. Read more here ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted byCongresswoman Lizzie Fletcher
Republicans are holding thousands of federal workers and their families hostage, using their jobs and paychecks as leverage to continue raising healthcare costs and kick millions of Americans off their insurance.
Cruel.
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
Two years ago, nearly 1,200 people died in Hamas' attack on Israel. Today, I join our community and the world in mourning and honoring the innocent lives lost, in calling for the safe return of the more than 45 remaining hostages, and in urging peace in the region.
I'm always glad to join Houston Matters on @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social—I and was grateful to discuss the importance of protecting Americans' health care while funding the government. We can do both.
Watch here ⬇️
Republicans sharing disinformation with voters has created a dangerous divide over the budget.
🔦 This sheds light on that.
Short answer: yes. This is why my Democratic colleagues and I were in Washington this week and why we're at the table, waiting for Republicans to join us in our effort to save Americans' health care.
2. I was grateful to visit with Legacy Community Health about what these changes will mean for the people who live and work here, and how we can work together to enact health policy that helps, not hurts, and the urgency of doing so at this moment.
1. President Trump and congressional Republicans' cuts to Medicaid and failure to extend the ACA's tax credits will hurt every American, reducing the quality and availability of health care services here in #TX07 and across the country.
SoupScore Breakdown
Loading analysis metrics…
Voting History498 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
498 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-16 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Motion to Reconsider | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-15 | H.R. 1717 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-15 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-15 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | S. 1596 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | H.R. 1770 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | H.R. 1709 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-07-02 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-02 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-27 | H. Res. 516 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 275 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 875 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-06-25 | H. Res. 519 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 537 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3422 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3394 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 1998 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | S. 331 (119th) | Final passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 884 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 2096 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 481 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 488 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H.R. 2035 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-06 | H.R. 2966 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Final passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H. Res. 458 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.