Rep. Anthony Gonzalez’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Ohio's 16th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Gonzalez’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 Gonzalez’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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Joined bipartisan bills the 3rd most often compared to House FreshmenIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 165 bills that Gonzalez cosponsored, 58% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); House Freshmen (97th percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (91st 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 3rd most often compared to Ohio DelegationMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Gonzalez introduced 3 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1424: Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial …; H.R. 2613: Advancing Innovation to Assist Law …; H.R. 4355: Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); House Freshmen (71st percentile); House Republicans (86th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 5th fewest bills compared to Ohio DelegationGonzalez cosponsored 165 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 Ohio Delegation (25th percentile); House Freshmen (29th percentile); House Republicans (64th percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile). |
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Was 47th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 19 others)Gonzalez missed 0.3% of votes (2 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Gonzalez’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (19th percentile); House Freshmen (17th 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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Introduced the 65th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 20 others)Gonzalez introduced 6 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (19th percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); House Republicans (28th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGonzalez 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 Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (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 Cosponsors2 of Gonzalez’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. 4355: Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial …; H.R. 4875: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (31st percentile); House Freshmen (51st percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (40th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 5376: END Child Exploitation Act Compare to all Ohio Delegation (12th percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); House Republicans (30th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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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 Gonzalez’s 6 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Gonzalez caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (60th percentile); House Republicans (70th percentile); All Representatives (49th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsGonzalez 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 Gonzalez’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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CosponsorsGonzalez’s bills and resolutions had 60 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 Ohio Delegation (31st percentile); House Freshmen (37th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (26th 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.
