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Related: About this forumRep. Randy Weber, the Most Useless Texas Republican in Washington, DC
Democrats in Washington DC cannot always get legislation they support passed because the Republicans control the House and Senate, but there is no explanation or excuse for the complete and extreme ineffectiveness of Texas Republicans:
Rep. Randy K. Weber
14th District
Effectiveness Score: 0%
Total Sponsored Bills: 10
Bills Passed Committee: 0
Serving Since: 2013
The "Unlucky 13" Runners Up for Least Useful Texas Republican:
Sam Johnson, 3rd District (95% ineffective)
Kenny Marchant, 24th District (95% ineffective)
Louie Gohmert, 1st District (95% ineffective)
Mac Thornberry, 13th District (94% ineffective)
Ted Poe, 2nd District (93% ineffective)
Pete Sessions, 32nd District (92% ineffective)
Pete Olson, 22nd District (92% ineffective)
Jeb Hensarling, 5th District (91% ineffective)
Michael Burgess, 26th District (90% ineffective)
Kevin Brady, 8th District (89% ineffective)
John Abney Culberson, 7th District (88% ineffective)
Roger Williams, 25th District (88% ineffective)
Blake Farenthold, 27th District (87% ineffective)
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Rep. Randy Weber, the Most Useless Texas Republican in Washington, DC (Original Post)
Attorney in Texas
Aug 2015
OP
High praise indeed to beat out Gohmert who would benefit from hospitalization.
gordianot
Aug 2015
#1
hospitalization, incarceration, mental institutionalization -- all good options on the table
Attorney in Texas
Aug 2015
#2
gordianot
(15,232 posts)1. High praise indeed to beat out Gohmert who would benefit from hospitalization.
Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)2. hospitalization, incarceration, mental institutionalization -- all good options on the table
TexasTowelie
(111,911 posts)3. The only reason why any of the other Republicans
are more effective than Weber is because they have been representatives for a longer period of time and they managed to get a commemorative bill to rename a post office passed through committee.