Joaquin Castro (Democrat) represents the 20th district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. This page tracks every roll-call vote, every bill they’ve sponsored, and every news article we’ve matched to their record.
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Representative — Texas, District 20
Democrat (since 2025)
IncumbentJoaquin Castro is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013.
The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio.
He currently serves on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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| Committee | Type | Receipts | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL — PRE-GENERAL | TOTAL | $592K | 2026-10-14 |
| Individual contributions | IND | $424K | 2026-10-14 |
| PAC contributions | PAC | $168K | 2026-10-14 |
Source: openFEC
No STOCK Act disclosures on file in the past 180 days.
| Date | Bill | Question | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | HR9340 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-16 | HR9497 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-16 | S2403 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-16 | HR5334 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-16 | HR9576 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-16 | HR10326 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-16 | HJRES213 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HR2978 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HR8278 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HR4646 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HR2140 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HR9500 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HJRES210 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HCONRES93 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HRES1486 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HRES1530 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-15 | HRES1530 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-14 | HR4219 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-14 | HR3276 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-03 | HR4795 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-02 | HJRES1 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-09-02 | HR1501 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-01 | HR6500 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-01 | HRES1499 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-01 | HRES1499 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-01 | HRES1498 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-09-01 | HR9436 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-09-01 | HR9436 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-09-01 | HRES1490 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-08-31 | S307 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-08-31 | S32 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-23 | HCONRES89 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-23 | HR8884 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-22 | HR7008 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-22 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Agreed to |
| 2026-07-22 | HR8800 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-22 | HR7008 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-07-22 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-22 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Agreed to |
| 2026-07-22 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-22 | HR8800 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-07-22 | HCONRES113 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-21 | HRES1438 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR1118 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-21 | HRES1438 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Agreed to |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Agreed to |
| 2026-07-21 | HR6955 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR6955 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR9770 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Agreed to |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Agreed to |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-21 | HR8800 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Agreed to |
| 2026-07-20 | HR4541 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-20 | HR8823 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-16 | HR5362 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-16 | HR9237 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-07-15 | HR8595 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-15 | HR8595 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-07-15 | HR8595 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-15 | HR8595 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-15 | HR8595 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-07-15 | HR8595 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-07-15 | HR8595 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-14 | HRES1423 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-14 | HRES1423 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-14 | HR139 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-14 | HR1181 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-07-14 | HR1181 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-07-13 | HR3106 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-07-13 | HR8897 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-06-30 | HRES1398 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-06-30 | HRES1398 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Failed |
| 2026-06-30 | HCONRES108 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-06-30 | HRES1399 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-06-29 | HR7757 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Not Voting | Passed |
| 2026-06-29 | HR7128 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Not Voting | Passed |
| 2026-06-25 | HR2478 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-06-24 | HR7401 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-06-24 | HR915 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-06-23 | S629 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-06-23 | HR6644 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| 2026-06-11 | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Nay | Failed | |
| 2026-06-11 | HRES1335 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-06-10 | HR7892 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-06-10 | HR8312 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-06-10 | HR8464 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Failed |
| 2026-06-10 | HR8464 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-06-09 | HRES1345 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| 2026-06-09 | HRES1345 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Bill | Title | Latest Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR406 | Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | 2023-03-27 |
| HR8463 | Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | 2022-10-11 |
| HRES892 | Calling on the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to release Paul Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds. | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | 2022-07-14 |
| HJRes46 | Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019. | The Chair announced that the bill and accompanying veto message were referred to the Committee on Transportation and Inf | 2019-03-26 |
Legal experts say an immigration officer’s release from a Texas jail despite a request to return him to Minnesota for prosecution could create a dangerous precedent. Christian Castro was released early Thursday from a detention center in Brownsville after Tex…
Christian Castro has been released from a jail in Texas after a federal judge denied Minnesota’s request to keep him in custody.
Minnesota officials believe Castro could flee to Mexico, citing calls he made from jail to a woman in Mexico, talking "about marrying her and buying a house in Mexico when he is released," according to the lawsuit.
ICE agent Christian Castro was arrested after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in a Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting.
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday said GOP lawmakers are manufacturing a “regime change” in Cuba amid the Trump administration’s oil blockade and charges against former President Raúl Castro. “We’re seeing Republicans manufacture a reason for another regime change war in
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