Rep. Brad Wenstrup’s 2017 Report Card
Representative
from Ohio's 2nd District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Wenstrup’s record during the 2017 legislative year (Jan 3, 2017-Dec 31, 2017) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 6, 2018.
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 Wenstrup’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 their bills out of committee the most often compared to Ohio DelegationMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Wenstrup introduced 5 bills in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1058: VA Provider Equity Act; H.R. 1367: To improve the authority of …; H.R. 1662: To amend title 38, United …; H.R. 2257: Guard and Reservists Education Improvement …; H.J.Res. 27: Disapproving the action of the … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (94th percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile). |
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Held the 2nd most committee positions compared to Ohio DelegationWenstrup held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 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 Wenstrup’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (88th percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). |
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Wrote the 7th most laws compared to House Republicans (tied with 7 others)Wenstrup introduced 2 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2017. 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. 1367: To improve the authority of …; H.R. 2257: Guard and Reservists Education Improvement … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (94th percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); All Representatives (97th 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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Joined bipartisan bills the 29th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Of the 103 bills that Wenstrup cosponsored, 5% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (6th percentile); House Republicans (12th percentile); All Representatives (6th 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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Was 31st most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 30 others)Wenstrup missed 0.3% of votes (2 of 710 votes) in 2017. View Wenstrup’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (13th percentile); All Representatives (7th 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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Cosponsored the 67th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 5 others)Wenstrup cosponsored 103 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 (19th percentile); House Republicans (26th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile). |
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Ranked 100th 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 2017 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Wenstrup’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (63rd percentile); House Republicans (59th percentile); All Representatives (77th percentile). |
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Ranked the 104th top leader 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 2017 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Wenstrup’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); House Republicans (69th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Bills IntroducedWenstrup introduced 12 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (44th percentile); House Republicans (54th percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors1 of Wenstrup’s bills and resolutions in 2017 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. 1058: VA Provider Equity Act Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (20th percentile); All Representatives (19th 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. 4451: Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Programs Reauthorization …; H.J.Res. 27: Disapproving the action of the … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (56th percentile); House Republicans (52nd 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. 5 of Wenstrup’s 12 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); House Republicans (59th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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CosponsorsWenstrup’s bills and resolutions had 195 cosponsors in 2017. 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 (63rd percentile); House Republicans (68th percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Wenstrup supported any of 21 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Wenstrup 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Ohio 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 2017) 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.
