Congressional Statistics
These statistics were generated based on the data GovTrack has collected. Because GovTrack collects its data automatically from various sources, the data may contain errors, and these statistics may not be fully accurate. Stats are updated weekly.
Bill Sponsorship and SuccessSuccessful BillsThese representatives have brought to the floor the greatest number of bills that were later enacted. (View All Representatives)
Mean:
4.37;
Standard Deviation:
3.78.
Unsuccessful BillsThese prolific representatives have introduced the highest number of bills that never made it out of committee. (View All Representatives)
Mean:
63.21;
Standard Deviation:
59.25.
Leader-Follower ScoresThese representatives have the highest leader-follower scores in this session of Congress. (View All Representatives)
To compute a leader-follower score for a Member of Congress, call him X, we make a table that lists all other Members of Congress. Each row has the number bills sponsored by X and cosponsored by the other Member of Congress divided by the number of bills sponsored by the other Member of Congress and cosponsored by X. This is a measure of who is following who. The higher the number, the more times others are cosponsoring X's bills without X returning the favor. We then take the mean of (the logorithms of) these ratios. Only sponsorship in the current two-year Congress is considered. Thanks to Joe Barillari for the idea.
Mean:
-0.03;
Standard Deviation:
0.12.
CosponsorshipThese representatives have cosponsored the greatest number of bills. (View All Representatives)
Mean:
1,154.7;
Standard Deviation:
879.28.
| Other StatisticsThe Incumbency AdvantageCheck out how incumbents have become more and more popular over the last two centuries!  (This plots the percent of Members of Congress ending their term in any given year who were present in Congress the following year.) The Political SpectrumGovTrack's own political spectrum analysis is another perspective on the behavior of our legislators. The analysis uses each senator or representative's pattern of cosponsorship to place them near others with similar patterns of cosponsorship.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voting RecordMissed VotesThese representatives have the highest percentage of missed votes. (View All Representatives)
Mean:
0.03;
Standard Deviation:
0.02.
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