Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s 2019 Report Card

Introduced the 3^rd fewest bills compared to Virginia Delegation (tied with 1 other)

Spanberger introduced 11 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (18^th percentile); House Freshmen (54^th percentile); House Democrats (21^st percentile); All Representatives (41^st percentile).

Ranked 8^th most politically right compared to House Democrats

Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Spanberger’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (55^th percentile); House Freshmen (59^th percentile); House Democrats (97^th percentile); All Representatives (54^th percentile).

Joined bipartisan bills the 9^th most often compared to House Democrats

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 370 bills that Spanberger cosponsored, 24% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (55^th percentile); House Freshmen (59^th percentile); House Democrats (96^th percentile); All Representatives (55^th percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Got bicameral support on the 7^th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 6 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 4 of Spanberger’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: H.R. 1177: Stop the Shutdowns Transferring Unnecessary …; H.R. 2881: Secure 5G and Beyond Act …; H.R. 3588: End National Defense Network Abuse …; H.R. 4850: Biologic Patent Transparency Act

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (64^th percentile); House Freshmen (86^th percentile); House Democrats (67^th percentile); All Representatives (76^th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 11^th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 3 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 9 of Spanberger’s 11 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Spanberger caucused with in 2019.

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (55^th percentile); House Freshmen (85^th percentile); House Democrats (55^th percentile); All Representatives (69^th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.

Cosponsored the 14^th most bills compared to House Freshmen

Spanberger cosponsored 370 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (82^nd percentile); House Freshmen (85^th percentile); House Democrats (64^th percentile); All Representatives (80^th percentile).

Got the 41^st fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)

Spanberger’s bills and resolutions had 92 cosponsors in 2019. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills »

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (27^th percentile); House Freshmen (53^rd percentile); House Democrats (17^th percentile); All Representatives (35^th percentile).

Ranked the 46^th bottom/follower compared to House Democrats

Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Spanberger’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (27^th percentile); House Freshmen (59^th percentile); House Democrats (19^th percentile); All Representatives (38^th percentile).

Was 47^th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 19 others)

Spanberger missed 0.3% of votes (2 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Spanberger’s Profile »

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (18^th percentile); House Freshmen (17^th percentile); All Representatives (11^th percentile).

The Speaker of the House, per current House rules, is not required to vote in “ordinary legislative proceedings” and is never recorded as missing a vote, and may not be included in the comparison with other representatives if not voting. The delegates from the five island territories and the District of Columbia are not eligible to vote in most roll call votes and so may not appear here if not elligible for any vote during the time period of these statistics.

Got influential cosponsors the 51^st least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 48 others)

2 of Spanberger’s bills and resolutions in 2019 had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.

Those bills were: H.R. 2881: Secure 5G and Beyond Act …; H.J.Res. 64: Providing for congressional disapproval of …

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (27^th percentile); House Freshmen (51^st percentile); House Democrats (21^st percentile); All Representatives (40^th percentile).

Laws Enacted

Spanberger introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

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The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill.

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Spanberger introduced 2 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 2115: Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts …; H.R. 2881: Secure 5G and Beyond Act …

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (36^th percentile); House Freshmen (52^nd percentile); House Democrats (26^th percentile); All Representatives (46^th percentile).

Committee Positions

Spanberger held a leadership position on 0 committees and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Spanberger’s Profile »

Compare to all Virginia Delegation (55^th percentile); House Freshmen (66^th percentile); House Democrats (40^th percentile); All Representatives (42^nd percentile).