Rep. Cedric Richmond’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Louisiana's 2nd District
Democrat
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 15, 2021
These statistics cover Richmond’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 Richmond’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 most bills compared to Louisiana DelegationRichmond introduced 22 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (51st percentile); House Democrats (31st percentile); All Representatives (52nd percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the most often compared to Louisiana DelegationMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Richmond introduced 5 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 202: Inspector General Access Act of …; H.R. 3256: Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities …; H.R. 4432: Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones …; H.R. 5309: CROWN Act of 2020; H.R. 5823: State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement … Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (66th percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the most often compared to Louisiana Delegation6 of Richmond’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. 1737: American Housing and Economic Mobility …; H.R. 3256: Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities …; H.R. 3484: DHS Rotational Cybersecurity Program Act …; H.R. 3497: Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting …; H.R. 5309: CROWN Act of 2020; H.R. 5823: State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement … Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (64th percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Louisiana DelegationOf the 360 bills that Richmond cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (29th percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (23rd 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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Ranked most politically left compared to Louisiana DelegationOur 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 Richmond’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (26th percentile); House Democrats (37th percentile); All Representatives (20th percentile). |
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Ranked the top leader compared to Louisiana DelegationOur 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 Richmond’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (53rd percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile). |
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Was 15th most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ YearsRichmond missed 8.6% of votes (82 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Richmond’s Profile » Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (92nd percentile); All Representatives (90th 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 38th fewest bills compared to House DemocratsRichmond cosponsored 360 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 Louisiana Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (48th percentile); House Democrats (16th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 45th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 10 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Richmond’s 22 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Richmond caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (37th percentile); House Democrats (19th percentile); All Representatives (35th 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 60th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 11 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 202: Inspector General Access Act of …; H.R. 1737: American Housing and Economic Mobility …; H.R. 2463: Choose Medicare Act; H.R. 2563: Beyond the Box for Higher …; H.R. 3483: Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin …; H.R. 3497: Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting …; H.R. 5309: CROWN Act of 2020; H.R. 7488: Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination … Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (80th percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Laws EnactedRichmond 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 Louisiana Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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 PositionsRichmond 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 Richmond’s Profile » Compare to all Louisiana Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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CosponsorsRichmond’s bills and resolutions had 333 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 Louisiana Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (49th percentile); House Democrats (36th percentile); All Representatives (57th 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 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.
