Rep. Billy Long’s 2018 Report Card
Representative
from Missouri's 7th District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Long’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 20, 2019.
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 Long’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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Held the fewest committee positions compared to Missouri Delegation (tied with 1 other)Long 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. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Long’s Profile » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 2nd fewest bills compared to Missouri DelegationLong cosponsored 180 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 (12th percentile); House Republicans (39th percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 2nd least often compared to Missouri Delegation (tied with 1 other)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Long introduced 1 bill in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1894: To facilitate construction of a … Compare to all Missouri Delegation (12th percentile); House Republicans (3rd percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Introduced the 3rd fewest bills compared to Missouri DelegationLong introduced 12 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (25th percentile); House Republicans (28th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 3rd least often compared to Missouri Delegation (tied with 2 others)3 of Long’s bills and resolutions in the 115th 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.R. 2641: Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for …; H.R. 4575: Access to Independent Health Insurance …; H.R. 5275: Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions … Compare to all Missouri Delegation (25th percentile); House Republicans (46th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Wrote the 3rd fewest laws compared to Missouri Delegation (tied with 3 others)Long introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th 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. 1894: To facilitate construction of a … Compare to all Missouri Delegation (25th percentile); House Republicans (22nd percentile); All Representatives (34th 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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Was 40th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Long missed 9.4% of votes (114 of 1,210 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Long’s Profile » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (88th percentile); All Representatives (90th 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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Joined bipartisan bills the 46th least often compared to All RepresentativesOf the 180 bills that Long cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Missouri Delegation (12th percentile); House Republicans (18th percentile); All Representatives (10th 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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Ranked 74th most politically right 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 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Long’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Missouri Delegation (38th percentile); House Republicans (69th percentile); All Representatives (83rd 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. 1894: To facilitate construction of a …; H.R. 3767: Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty …; H.R. 4828: CURD Act Compare to all Missouri Delegation (62nd percentile); House Republicans (58th percentile); All Representatives (54th 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 Long’s 12 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Long caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Missouri Delegation (38th percentile); House Republicans (35th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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CosponsorsLong’s bills and resolutions had 237 cosponsors in the 115th 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 Missouri Delegation (38th percentile); House Republicans (60th percentile); All Representatives (53rd 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 the 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Long’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Missouri Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Long supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Long 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Missouri Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 the 115th Congress) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
