Rep. Albio Sires’s 2016 Report Card
Representative
from New Jersey's 8th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Sires’s record during the 114th Congress (Jan 6, 2015-Jan 3, 2017) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Aug 24, 2017. The statistics were updated on Jan 20, 2017 and Aug 24, 2017 to improve how we counted enacted laws. Originally published on Jan 7, 2017.
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 Sires’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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Got bicameral support on the 3rd fewest bills compared to New Jersey Delegation (tied with 2 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1053: To establish a regulatory framework … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (16th percentile); House Democrats (18th percentile); All Representatives (18th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got the 4th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to New Jersey DelegationSires’s bills and resolutions had 139 cosponsors in the 114th Congress. 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 Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (33rd percentile); House Democrats (35th percentile); All Representatives (36th percentile). |
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Ranked the 4th bottom/follower compared to New Jersey DelegationOur 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 the 114th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Sires’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 4th least often compared to New Jersey Delegation (tied with 3 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Sires introduced 2 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 536: Supporting freedom of the press …; H.R. 2241: Global Health Innovation Act of … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (54th percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); All Representatives (49th percentile). |
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Introduced the 40th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 9 others)Sires introduced 10 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Democrats (20th percentile); All Representatives (22nd percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 47th most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 314 bills that Sires cosponsored, 38% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (85th percentile); House Democrats (76th percentile); All Representatives (89th 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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Was 55th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)Sires missed 6.3% of votes (84 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Sires’s Profile » Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); All Representatives (87th 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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Laws EnactedSires introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 114th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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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Powerful Cosponsors4 of Sires’s bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress 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.Res. 536: Supporting freedom of the press …; H.R. 199: Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvement …; H.R. 267: Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers …; H.R. 2241: Global Health Innovation Act of … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (56th percentile); House Democrats (56th percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Sires’s 10 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (52nd percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (52nd percentile). |
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Committee PositionsSires 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 Sires’s Profile » Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredSires cosponsored 314 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 Jersey Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (59th percentile); House Democrats (34th percentile); All Representatives (63rd 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 the 114th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Sires’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (42nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (41st percentile); House Democrats (71st percentile); All Representatives (31st percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Sires supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Sires 1 point, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Sires cosponsored H.R. 20: Government By the People Act … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Democrats (4th percentile); All Representatives (31st 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 the 114th Congress) 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.
