Rep. Albio Sires’s 2022 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 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.
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 DelegationSires introduced 12 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (17th percentile); House Democrats (8th percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd fewest bills compared to New Jersey DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Sires’s 12 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Sires caucused with in the 117th Congress. Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (8th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th 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. |
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Got the 2nd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to New Jersey DelegationSires’s bills and resolutions had 116 cosponsors in the 117th 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 (8th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (18th percentile); House Democrats (9th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). |
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Ranked the 2nd 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 117th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Sires’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (8th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (9th percentile); All Representatives (21st 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 4 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 408: Urging the Government of El …; H.R. 2946: RENACER Act; H.R. 8711: United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of …; H.R. 8813: AFFECT Human Rights in Venezuela … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (51st percentile); House Democrats (36th percentile); All Representatives (58th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 41st fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 24 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 1480: Promoting stronger economic relations between …; H.R. 2946: RENACER Act; H.R. 8711: United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Democrats (18th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Cosponsored the 70th most bills compared to All RepresentativesSires cosponsored 604 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 (80th percentile); House Democrats (71st percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Ranked 75th most politically left compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 117th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Sires’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Democrats (33rd percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 108th least often compared to All RepresentativesOf the 604 bills that Sires cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Democrats (44th percentile); All Representatives (25th 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 EnactedSires introduced 2 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 2946: RENACER Act; H.R. 8711: United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (54th percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (61st 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 117th 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. 408: Urging the Government of El …; H.Res. 998: Celebrating 200 years of United …; H.R. 2946: RENACER Act; H.R. 8711: United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of … Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (49th percentile); House Democrats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (56th 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 (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (26th percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (43rd percentile). |
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Missed VotesSires missed 1.5% of votes (15 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Sires’s Profile » Compare to all New Jersey Delegation (58th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (57th percentile); All Representatives (61st 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. |
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 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
