Rep. Brenda Jones’s 2018 Report Card
Representative
from Michigan's 13th District
Democrat
Served Nov 29, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019
These statistics cover Jones’s record during the 115th Congress (Nov 29, 2018-Jan 3, 2019) and compare her 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 Jones’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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Introduced the fewest bills compared to Michigan DelegationJones introduced 2 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (9th percentile); House Democrats (3rd percentile); All Representatives (2nd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to Michigan DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 0 of Jones’s 2 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Jones caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got the fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Michigan DelegationJones’s bills and resolutions had 2 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 Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (7th percentile); House Democrats (2nd percentile); All Representatives (1st percentile). |
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Was most present in votes compared to Michigan DelegationJones missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 78 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Jones’s Profile » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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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Supported government transparency the least often compared to Michigan DelegationGovTrack looked at whether Jones supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Jones 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 3rd fewest bills compared to All RepresentativesJones cosponsored 4 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 Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (1st percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedJones introduced 0 bills 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. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Jones introduced 0 bills in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Jones’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. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsJones 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 Jones’s Profile » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (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.
