Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Illinois's 16th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Kinzinger’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.
A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Kinzinger’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.
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Cosponsored the 5th fewest bills compared to Illinois DelegationKinzinger cosponsored 144 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 Illinois Delegation (22nd percentile); House Republicans (48th percentile); Safe House Seats (34th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile). |
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Was 5th most present in votes compared to Illinois Delegation (tied with 1 other)Kinzinger missed 1.0% of votes (7 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Kinzinger’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (22nd percentile); Safe House Seats (29th percentile); All Representatives (30th 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. |
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Got bicameral support on the 14th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 13 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 31: Condemning the terrorist attacks in …; H.R. 842: Huntington’s Disease Parity Act of …; H.R. 1301: Amateur Radio Parity Act of …; H.R. 1630: Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement …; H.R. 1818: Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support …; H.R. 2879: Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (94th percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); Safe House Seats (94th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Ranked the 32nd top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Kinzinger’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); Safe House Seats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile). |
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Got the 45th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesKinzinger’s bills and resolutions had 436 cosponsors in 2015. 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 Illinois Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (87th percentile); Safe House Seats (89th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 48th most often compared to House RepublicansIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 144 bills that Kinzinger cosponsored, 17% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (28th percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); Safe House Seats (50th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Laws EnactedKinzinger introduced 0 bills that became law in 2015. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). A bill or joint resolution is considered enacted if it or an exactly identical bill to it is enacted as law. We only consider bills that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. |
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Bills IntroducedKinzinger introduced 13 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (61st percentile); House Republicans (65th percentile); Safe House Seats (64th percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Kinzinger introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors3 of Kinzinger’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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. 1301: Amateur Radio Parity Act of …; H.R. 1818: Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support …; H.R. 2666: No Rate Regulation of Broadband … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (56th percentile); House Republicans (65th percentile); Safe House Seats (61st percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsKinzinger tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 46% of Kinzinger’s 13 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (67th percentile); House Republicans (53rd percentile); Safe House Seats (70th percentile); All Representatives (68th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsKinzinger held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Kinzinger’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Ideology ScoreOur 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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Kinzinger’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (67th percentile); House Republicans (37th percentile); Safe House Seats (63rd percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Kinzinger supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Kinzinger 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
Additional Notes
Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.
Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).
Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of 2015) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
