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Rep. Albio Sires’s 2020 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 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.

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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Introduced the fewest bills compared to New Jersey Delegation

Sires introduced 17 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Democrats (15th percentile); All Representatives (36th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd fewest bills compared to New Jersey Delegation

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 8 of Sires’s 17 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Sires caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (8th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (40th percentile); House Democrats (23rd percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile).

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

Was 2nd most absent in votes compared to New Jersey Delegation

Sires missed 5.0% of votes (48 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Sires’s Profile »

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (79th percentile); All Representatives (81st 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 2nd least often compared to New Jersey Delegation (tied with 1 other)

2 of Sires’s bills and resolutions in the 116th 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. 546: Disapproving the Russian Federation’s inclusion …; H.Res. 754: Expressing the sense of the …

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (8th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Democrats (7th percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile).

 

Ranked 4th most politically left compared to New Jersey Delegation

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 the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Sires’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (35th percentile); House Democrats (51st percentile); All Representatives (28th percentile).

 

Got the 32nd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House Democrats

Sires’s bills and resolutions had 153 cosponsors in the 116th 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 (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Democrats (13th percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile).

 

Ranked the 33rd 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Sires’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (34th percentile); House Democrats (14th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 43rd most bills compared to All Representatives

Sires cosponsored 727 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 (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (88th percentile); House Democrats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile).

 

Got their bills out of committee the 59th least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 31 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Sires introduced 3 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.Res. 546: Disapproving the Russian Federation’s inclusion …; H.Res. 754: Expressing the sense of the …; H.R. 543: To require the Federal Railroad …

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (47th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Sires introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th 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.
 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 5 of Sires’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.Res. 136: Affirming that the Government of …; H.R. 1800: Local Solutions to End Homelessness …; H.R. 4848: Better Education and Skills Training …; H.R. 8682: Equal Access to Information Act …; H.R. 8716: Advancing Competitiveness, Transparency, and Security …

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (62nd percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Sires 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 (42nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile).

 

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 727 bills that Sires cosponsored, 9% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Democrats (51st percentile); All Representatives (28th percentile).

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

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 116th Congress) 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.