Rep. Bill Posey’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Florida's 8th District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Posey’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 Posey’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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Ranked 3rd most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur 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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Posey’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Florida Delegation (89th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); House Republicans (90th percentile); All Representatives (96th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 7th fewest bills compared to Florida Delegation (tied with 6 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 2318: FIRM IT Act of 2019 Compare to all Florida Delegation (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (14th 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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Cosponsored the 15th most bills compared to House RepublicansPosey cosponsored 249 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 Florida Delegation (52nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile). |
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Introduced the 22nd most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)Posey introduced 19 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (74th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (74th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 28th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 16 others)3 of Posey’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. 479: SAFE for America Act; H.R. 988: NEAR Act of 2019; H.R. 4733: Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of … Compare to all Florida Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Republicans (78th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 36th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 18 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Posey introduced 1 bill in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 988: NEAR Act of 2019 Compare to all Florida Delegation (26th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Republicans (41st percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedPosey 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 Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Posey’s 19 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Posey caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Florida Delegation (37th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (40th 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 PositionsPosey 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 Posey’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 249 bills that Posey cosponsored, 39% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (70th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (72nd percentile); House Republicans (36th percentile); All Representatives (70th 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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CosponsorsPosey’s bills and resolutions had 85 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 Florida Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (27th percentile); House Republicans (54th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Posey’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Florida Delegation (37th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (27th percentile); House Republicans (56th percentile); All Representatives (34th percentile). |
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Missed VotesPosey missed 2.7% of votes (19 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Posey’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (66th percentile); All Representatives (65th 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 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.
