Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from New York's 13th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Espaillat’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
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 Espaillat’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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Ranked most politically left compared to House SophomoresOur 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 Espaillat’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New York Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (3rd percentile); All Representatives (2nd percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to New York DelegationOf the 559 bills that Espaillat cosponsored, 5% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all New York Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (4th percentile); House Democrats (6th percentile); All Representatives (3rd 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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Introduced the 2nd most bills compared to House SophomoresEspaillat introduced 34 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all New York Delegation (81st percentile); House Sophomores (96th percentile); House Democrats (91st percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile). |
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Was 2nd most present in votes compared to New York Delegation (tied with 2 others)Espaillat missed 0.3% of votes (2 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Espaillat’s Profile » Compare to all New York Delegation (4th percentile); House Sophomores (13th percentile); All Representatives (11th 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 their bills out of committee the 3rd least often compared to New York Delegation (tied with 2 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Espaillat introduced 1 bill in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 4387: To establish Growth Accelerator Fund … Compare to all New York Delegation (8th percentile); House Sophomores (20th percentile); House Democrats (12th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 4th fewest bills compared to New York Delegation (tied with 4 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 4108: Jumpstart on College Act Compare to all New York Delegation (12th percentile); House Sophomores (18th percentile); House Democrats (10th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got the 7th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House SophomoresEspaillat’s bills and resolutions had 417 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 New York Delegation (50th percentile); House Sophomores (87th percentile); House Democrats (66th percentile); All Representatives (80th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 7th fewest bills compared to New York Delegation (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Espaillat’s 34 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Espaillat caucused with in 2019. Compare to all New York Delegation (23rd percentile); House Sophomores (64th percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (57th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Ranked the 11th top leader compared to House SophomoresOur 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 Espaillat’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New York Delegation (42nd percentile); House Sophomores (80th percentile); House Democrats (56th percentile); All Representatives (73rd percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 23rd most bills compared to All RepresentativesEspaillat cosponsored 559 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 New York Delegation (92nd percentile); House Sophomores (91st percentile); House Democrats (91st percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 32nd most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 12 others)7 of Espaillat’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. 1011: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act; H.R. 1012: REUNITE Act; H.R. 1013: ICE and CBP Body Camera …; H.R. 1266: Ghost Guns Are Guns Act; H.R. 3870: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 4022: Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act …; H.R. 4109: To codify the Small Business … Compare to all New York Delegation (69th percentile); House Sophomores (95th percentile); House Democrats (83rd percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedEspaillat 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. Compare to all New York Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). 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. |
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Committee PositionsEspaillat 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 Espaillat’s Profile » Compare to all New York Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (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 2019) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
