Rep. Carlos Curbelo’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Florida's 26th District
Republican
Served Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2019
These year-end statistics cover Curbelo’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.
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 Curbelo’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 4th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 2 others)Curbelo introduced 12 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (52nd percentile); Competitive House Seats (71st percentile); House Freshmen (91st percentile); House Republicans (61st percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 4th most often compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 3 others)4 of Curbelo’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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. 1386: SESO Act; H.R. 3665: To authorize appropriations for the …; H.R. 3756: WIFIA Improvement Act; H.R. 4284: Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act … Compare to all Florida Delegation (74th percentile); Competitive House Seats (87th percentile); House Freshmen (84th percentile); House Republicans (75th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Got the 8th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House FreshmenCurbelo’s bills and resolutions had 181 cosponsors in 2015. 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 Florida Delegation (48th percentile); Competitive House Seats (71st percentile); House Freshmen (88th percentile); House Republicans (64th percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 9th highest % of bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 75% of Curbelo’s 12 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015. Compare to all House Freshmen (75th percentile); Florida Delegation (93rd percentile); Competitive House Seats (85th percentile); House Republicans (91st percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Ranked the 11th top leader compared to House FreshmenOur 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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Curbelo’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Florida Delegation (41st percentile); Competitive House Seats (62nd percentile); House Freshmen (83rd percentile); House Republicans (47th percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile). |
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Was 13th most absent in votes compared to House Freshmen (tied with 1 other)Curbelo missed 2.3% of votes (16 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Curbelo’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (48th percentile); Competitive House Seats (71st percentile); House Freshmen (77th percentile); All Representatives (58th 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 30th most often compared to House RepublicansIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 190 bills that Curbelo cosponsored, 21% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (41st percentile); Competitive House Seats (44th percentile); House Freshmen (63rd percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (55th 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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Cosponsored the 57th most bills compared to House RepublicansCurbelo cosponsored 190 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 Florida Delegation (56th percentile); Competitive House Seats (60th percentile); House Freshmen (77th percentile); House Republicans (77th percentile); All Representatives (58th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedCurbelo introduced 0 bills that became law in 2015. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). A bill or joint resolution is considered enacted if it or an exactly identical bill to it is enacted as law. We only consider bills that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Curbelo introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (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 Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (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 PositionsCurbelo 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 Curbelo’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (44th percentile); Competitive House Seats (53rd percentile); House Freshmen (56th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile). |
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Ideology ScoreOur 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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Curbelo’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Florida Delegation (59th percentile); Competitive House Seats (58th percentile); House Freshmen (53rd percentile); House Republicans (28th percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Curbelo supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Curbelo 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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 2015) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
