Rep. Bradley “Brad” Schneider’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Illinois's 10th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Schneider’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 Schneider’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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Was 4th most present in votes compared to Illinois Delegation (tied with 2 others)Schneider missed 0.7% of votes (7 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Schneider’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (17th percentile); All Representatives (20th 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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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 8th most bills compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 34 of Schneider’s 52 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Schneider caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (94th percentile); House Democrats (97th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Ranked the 10th 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Schneider’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (89th percentile); House Democrats (96th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile). |
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Got the 16th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesSchneider’s bills and resolutions had 1,504 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 Illinois Delegation (89th percentile); House Democrats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (96th percentile). |
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Introduced the 27th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)Schneider introduced 52 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (83rd percentile); House Democrats (89th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 34th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 8 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 619: Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief …; H.R. 939: SECURE Firearm Storage Act; H.R. 983: Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act; H.R. 1152: To require the Administrator of …; H.R. 1931: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of …; H.R. 2774: Primary Care Patient Protection Act …; H.R. 2895: Conrad State 30 and Physician …; H.R. 3414: Opioid Workforce Act of 2019; H.R. 4583: Medicare Extra Rx Higher Eligibility …; H.R. 6788: Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act Compare to all Illinois Delegation (67th percentile); House Democrats (84th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Cosponsored the 54th fewest bills compared to House DemocratsSchneider cosponsored 392 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 Illinois Delegation (33rd percentile); House Democrats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile). |
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Ranked 60th most politically right compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Schneider’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (56th percentile); House Democrats (75th percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 55th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 20 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Schneider introduced 7 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 246: Opposing efforts to delegitimize the …; H.R. 3414: Opioid Workforce Act of 2019; H.R. 3537: Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of …; H.R. 5602: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of …; H.R. 7496: COVID PREPARE Act of 2020; H.Con.Res. 31: Authorizing the use of Emancipation …; H.Con.Res. 87: Authorizing the use of Emancipation … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (83rd percentile); House Democrats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (83rd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 80th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 12 others)7 of Schneider’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.Res. 246: Opposing efforts to delegitimize the …; H.Res. 743: Expressing strong disapproval of the …; H.R. 1931: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of …; H.R. 2895: Conrad State 30 and Physician …; H.R. 3414: Opioid Workforce Act of 2019; H.R. 5602: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of …; H.R. 5608: STRANDED Act of 2020 Compare to all Illinois Delegation (56th percentile); House Democrats (65th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedSchneider 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 Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); House Democrats (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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Committee PositionsSchneider 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 Schneider’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 392 bills that Schneider cosponsored, 10% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (44th percentile); House Democrats (55th percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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.
