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U.S. Representative — Oklahoma's 2nd District

Josh Brecheen

Republican · Oklahoma

Republican U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (31 on record)

  • H.R.7974 — To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure real-time public access to Federal award information. (Introduced, Mar 18, 2026)
  • H.R.7169 — UBER Act (Introduced, Jan 21, 2026)
  • H.R.4021 — Patriotism Not Pride Act (Introduced, Jun 17, 2025)
  • H.R.3330 — Energy Freedom Act (Introduced, May 13, 2025)
  • H.R.2819 — DRIVE Act (Introduced, Apr 10, 2025)
    Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act or the DRIVE Act This bill prohibits the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from issuing any rule or regulation to require vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds and are…
  • H.R.2407 — SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025 (Introduced, Mar 27, 2025)
    SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025 This bill amends how U.S. poverty levels are determined and modifies Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and enforcement provisions. The Bureau of the Census must (1) collect specified data regarding the receipt of federal benefits…
  • H.R.1451 — Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025 (Introduced, Feb 21, 2025)
    Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025 This bill creates a trust account, funds the account, and establishes a distribution process to settle certain claims between the federal government and the Quapaw Nation (a tribe in Oklahoma). Specifically, the bill establishes the Quapaw Bear Settlement Trust…
  • H.R.1370 — USA FIRST Act (Introduced, Feb 14, 2025)
    Unobligated Spending Adjustment to Focus Investment on Relief and Support for Taxpayers Act or the USA FIRST Act This bill transfers unobligated funds previously appropriated to the U.S. Agency for International Development to the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) for general disaster relief for major…

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9868 — Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.1137 — No Kill Switches in Cars Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
  • H.R.8756 — CRUSADE Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
  • H.R.8341 — DEPORT Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8374 — Equal Treatment for Farmers Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.4700 — PRIME Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.4668 — End the Vaccine Carveout Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.902 — RECOGNIZING Judea and Samaria Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2025)

Voting analysis

Josh Brecheen sits among the House Republicans most willing to vote against the conference, and like several of his colleagues in that group the disagreement is concentrated in the annual defense bill rather than spread across the party's agenda.

19.1%
Votes against the Republican majority
209
Roll calls where a party majority formed
7 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first

Amendments lost, then a vote against the bill

He supported a series of amendments the majority declined to adopt, opposed one it did adopt, and voted against the defense authorization on final passage. Separately he opposed passage of another measure his party carried, and pressed amendments on the State Department spending bill that also failed. The through-line is a member losing internal arguments and recording the loss rather than falling in behind the result.

The 10 most recent of 40 roll calls where Josh Brecheen voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
On Passage · roll call 278
Jul 22, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 274
Jul 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 264
Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 263
Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258
Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 257
Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 256
Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 255
Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.4541
EARLY Act Reauthorization
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 250
Jul 20, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 244
Jul 15, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)

Compared with Oklahoma's Republicans

Oklahoma's House delegation is entirely Republican and votes with the conference at a rate typical of the party. Brecheen departs at roughly three times the delegation average.

Among the 5 Republicans in the Oklahoma delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.3%. Josh Brecheen is above that average at 19.1%.

What he legislates on

Health leads his classified filings, followed by government operations and agriculture — a mix that reflects a largely rural district. His output is modest in volume compared with the chamber's heaviest filers, but one of his sponsored bills has been signed into law, an outcome most members never achieve in a given Congress.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Josh Brecheen's cluster into: Health (6), Government Operations and Politics (4), Agriculture and Food (3), Economics and Public Finance (2), International Affairs (2), Taxation (2).

46
Bills sponsored
480
Bills cosponsored

Of the 31 most recent of those, 30 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

He is in the cohort between newcomer and veteran, with no change of party recorded. His absences run somewhat above the chamber median, a figure describing presence alone.

First elected in 2023, now serving across 2 terms. Josh Brecheen falls in the mid cohort.

5.0%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
11
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Josh Brecheen has 46 bills sponsored, 480 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Homeland Security
  • House Committee on the Budget
  • House Committee on Homeland Security: Border Security and Enforcement
  • House Committee on Homeland Security: Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability (Chairman)

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