Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley’s 2022 Report Card
Senior
Senator
from Iowa
Republican
Serving Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 3, 2029
These statistics cover Grassley’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other senators also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.
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 Grassley’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 most present in votes compared to All Senators (tied with 1 other)Grassley missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 949 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Grassley’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 2nd most often compared to Senate RepublicansMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Grassley introduced 39 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S. 409: A bill to provide for …; S. 587: Securing Inspector General Independence Act …; S. 818: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act …; S. 831: EB–5 Reform and Integrity Act …; S. 935: Rural Health Clinic Protection Act; S. 977: NOPEC; S. 1388: Prescription Pricing for the People …; S. 1511: Protecting America’s First Responders Act …; S. 2428: False Claims Amendments Act of …; S. 2429: Administrative False Claims Act of …; S. 2679: Small Business Reorganization Technical Corrections …; S. 3316: A bill to provide for …; S. 3823: Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical …; S. 3949: Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection …; S. 4007: Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act …; S. 4235: A bill to amend the …; S. 4240: Justice for Victims of War …; S. 4254: Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying …; S. 4673: National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization …; S. 4719: Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act …; S. 4885: Kevin and Avonte’s Law Reauthorization …; S.Res. 92: A resolution designating March 5, …; S.Res. 200: A resolution condemning recent hate …; S.Res. 206: A resolution supporting the designation …; S.Res. 215: A resolution designating the week …; S.Res. 218: A resolution recognizing National Foster …; S.Res. 323: A resolution recognizing the 75th …; S.Res. 324: A resolution designating July 30, …; S.Res. 409: A resolution designating the week …; S.Res. 530: A resolution designating March 4, …; S.Res. 571: A resolution supporting the goals …; S.Res. 581: A resolution supporting the designation …; S.Res. 634: A resolution recognizing National Foster …; S.Res. 639: A resolution congratulating Ames Laboratory …; S.Res. 643: A resolution designating the week …; S.Res. 682: A resolution designating June 15, …; S.Res. 723: A resolution designating July 30, …; S.Res. 738: A resolution recognizing the importance …; S.Res. 848: A resolution designating the week … Compare to all Senate Republicans (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (92nd percentile); All Senators (94th percentile). |
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Held the 2nd most committee positions compared to Senate RepublicansGrassley held a leadership position on 2 committees and 0 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 Grassley’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Republicans (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (92nd percentile); All Senators (95th percentile). |
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Got the 2nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to Senate RepublicansGrassley’s bills and resolutions had 688 cosponsors in the 117th 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 Senate Republicans (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); All Senators (88th percentile). |
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Ranked the 2nd top leader compared to Senate RepublicansOur 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 117th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Grassley’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); All Senators (90th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 6th most bills compared to Senate Republicans (tied with 1 other)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: S. 71: Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act; S. 391: EAGLES Act of 2021; S. 831: EB–5 Reform and Integrity Act …; S. 840: Litigation Funding Transparency Act of …; S. 977: NOPEC; S. 1159: A bill to amend the …; S. 1247: Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and …; S. 1362: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas …; S. 1448: Net Price Calculator Improvement Act; S. 1452: Understanding the True Cost of …; S. 1511: Protecting America’s First Responders Act …; S. 1544: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care …; S. 1806: Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act …; S. 2055: IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act …; S. 2679: Small Business Reorganization Technical Corrections …; S. 3316: A bill to provide for …; S. 3334: National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act; S. 3542: Drone Act of 2022; S. 4007: Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act …; S. 4151: Stop Pills That Kill Act; S. 4235: A bill to amend the …; S. 4240: Justice for Victims of War …; S. 4254: Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying …; S. 4628: Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime …; S. 4885: Kevin and Avonte’s Law Reauthorization …; S. 5046: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act …; S.Res. 571: A resolution supporting the goals …; S.Res. 639: A resolution congratulating Ames Laboratory … Compare to all Senate Republicans (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (72nd percentile); All Senators (77th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 7th most bills compared to All SenatorsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 73 of Grassley’s 91 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Grassley caucused with in the 117th Congress. Compare to all Senate Republicans (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (90th percentile); All Senators (93rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 7th most often compared to All SenatorsIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 368 bills that Grassley cosponsored, 47% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (92nd percentile); All Senators (93rd 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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Introduced the 7th most bills compared to Senate RepublicansGrassley introduced 91 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (79th percentile); All Senators (81st percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 7th most often compared to Senate Republicans (tied with 2 others)9 of Grassley’s bills and resolutions in the 117th 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: S. 587: Securing Inspector General Independence Act …; S. 818: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act …; S. 1511: Protecting America’s First Responders Act …; S. 2055: IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act …; S. 2428: False Claims Amendments Act of …; S. 2429: Administrative False Claims Act of …; S. 3823: Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical …; S. 4240: Justice for Victims of War …; S. 4254: Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying … Compare to all Senate Republicans (82nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (64th percentile); All Senators (68th percentile). |
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Wrote the 10th most laws compared to All Senators (tied with 2 others)Grassley introduced 10 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: S. 409: A bill to provide for …; S. 587: Securing Inspector General Independence Act …; S. 831: EB–5 Reform and Integrity Act …; S. 935: Rural Health Clinic Protection Act; S. 1511: Protecting America’s First Responders Act …; S. 2679: Small Business Reorganization Technical Corrections …; S. 3316: A bill to provide for …; S. 3823: Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical …; S. 3949: Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection …; S. 4240: Justice for Victims of War … Compare to all Senate Republicans (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); All Senators (88th 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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Ranked 13th most politically left compared to Senate RepublicansOur 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 117th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Grassley’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (24th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70th percentile); All Senators (62nd percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredGrassley cosponsored 368 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 Senate Republicans (68th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (52nd percentile); All Senators (48th 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 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
