Rep. Bob Gibbs’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Ohio's 7th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Gibbs’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.
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 Gibbs’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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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd fewest bills compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 3 of Gibbs’s 17 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Gibbs caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (14th percentile); House Republicans (20th percentile); All Representatives (12th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got bicameral support on the 2nd fewest bills compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 2 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 4111: Combating Meth and Cocaine Act Compare to all Ohio Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (9th percentile); House Republicans (14th percentile); All Representatives (9th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Ranked 4th 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Gibbs’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); House Republicans (91st percentile); All Representatives (96th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 36th least often compared to House RepublicansOf the 274 bills that Gibbs cosponsored, 28% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (60th percentile); House Republicans (18th percentile); All Representatives (61st 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 influential cosponsors the 59th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 44 others)1 of Gibbs’s bills and resolutions in the 116th 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. 7457: Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (13th percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Ranked the 102nd bottom/follower compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Gibbs’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (24th percentile); House Republicans (42nd percentile); All Representatives (23rd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGibbs introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th Congress. 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); 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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Bills IntroducedGibbs introduced 17 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Republicans (61st percentile); All Representatives (36th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Gibbs introduced 0 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsGibbs 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 Gibbs’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredGibbs cosponsored 274 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 (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (37th percentile); House Republicans (71st percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). |
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CosponsorsGibbs’s bills and resolutions had 126 cosponsors in the 116th 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 Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (28th percentile); House Republicans (46th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Missed VotesGibbs missed 3.8% of votes (36 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Gibbs’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (69th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (69th percentile); All Representatives (71st 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 116th Congress) 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.
