Rep. Ann Wagner’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Missouri's 2nd District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Wagner’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare her 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 Wagner’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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Wrote the 2nd most laws compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)Wagner introduced 3 bills that became law in 2015. 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. 322: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 323: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 324: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Missouri Delegation (88th percentile); House Sophomores (99th percentile); House Republicans (98th percentile); Safe House Seats (99th percentile); All Representatives (99th 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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Supported government transparency the 3rd least often compared to Missouri Delegation (tied with 2 others)GovTrack looked at whether Wagner supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Wagner 1 point, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Wagner cosponsored H.R. 690: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act … Compare to all Missouri Delegation (25th percentile); House Sophomores (33rd percentile); House Republicans (69th percentile); Safe House Seats (41st percentile); All Representatives (43rd percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 3rd fewest bills compared to Missouri Delegation (tied with 3 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 285: SAVE Act of 2015 Compare to all Missouri Delegation (25th percentile); House Sophomores (26th percentile); House Republicans (28th percentile); Safe House Seats (29th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 9th least often compared to House SophomoresOf the 153 bills that Wagner cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (63rd percentile); House Sophomores (11th percentile); House Republicans (43rd percentile); Safe House Seats (26th 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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Got their bills out of committee the 10th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 5 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Wagner introduced 7 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 285: SAVE Act of 2015; H.R. 322: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 323: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 324: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 1090: Retail Investor Protection Act; H.R. 1723: Small Company Simple Registration Act …; H.R. 2357: Accelerating Access to Capital Act … Compare to all Missouri Delegation (75th percentile); House Sophomores (97th percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); Safe House Seats (96th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 17th fewest bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Wagner cosponsored 153 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 Missouri Delegation (38th percentile); House Sophomores (22nd percentile); House Republicans (53rd percentile); Safe House Seats (38th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile). |
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Was 22nd most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Wagner missed 8.8% of votes (62 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Wagner’s Profile » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (75th percentile); House Sophomores (93rd percentile); Safe House Seats (94th percentile); All Representatives (95th 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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Introduced the 19th fewest bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 7 others)Wagner introduced 8 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (50th percentile); House Sophomores (25th percentile); House Republicans (37th percentile); Safe House Seats (34th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors1 of Wagner’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. 1090: Retail Investor Protection Act Compare to all Missouri Delegation (13th percentile); House Sophomores (16th percentile); House Republicans (22nd percentile); Safe House Seats (20th percentile); All Representatives (21st percentile). |
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Committee PositionsWagner 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 Wagner’s Profile » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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CosponsorsWagner’s bills and resolutions had 115 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 Missouri Delegation (50th percentile); House Sophomores (41st percentile); House Republicans (45th percentile); Safe House Seats (45th percentile); All Representatives (46th 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.
