Rep. Chris Pappas’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from New Hampshire's 1st District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Pappas’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 Pappas’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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Ranked the 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Pappas’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Freshmen (99th percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile). |
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Got the 2nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to House FreshmenPappas’s bills and resolutions had 933 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 House Freshmen (98th percentile); House Democrats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Introduced the 7th most bills compared to House FreshmenPappas introduced 37 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all House Freshmen (93rd percentile); House Democrats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 13th most bills compared to House FreshmenPappas cosponsored 615 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 House Freshmen (86th percentile); House Democrats (70th percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 13th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 2 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 17 of Pappas’s 37 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Pappas caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all House Freshmen (84th percentile); House Democrats (69th percentile); All Representatives (80th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Was 14th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 6 others)Pappas missed 0.1% of votes (1 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Pappas’s Profile » Compare to all House Freshmen (7th percentile); All Representatives (3rd 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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Ranked 36th 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 Pappas’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Freshmen (38th percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 43rd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 16 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 644: Expressing support for the designation …; H.Res. 1205: Expressing support for the designation …; H.R. 1579: National POW/MIA Flag Act; H.R. 2195: PFAS Registry Act of 2019; H.R. 3582: To amend title 38, United …; H.R. 5036: Put Patients First Act; H.R. 5646: Bring Our Heroes Home Act; H.R. 5696: Connecting America’s Active Transportation System …; H.R. 6325: Supporting Charitable Institutions Act of … Compare to all House Freshmen (90th percentile); House Democrats (78th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got their bills out of committee the 59th least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 31 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Pappas introduced 3 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1579: National POW/MIA Flag Act; H.R. 4477: Reducing High Risk to Veterans …; H.R. 5245: SHIELD for Veterans Act Compare to all House Freshmen (52nd percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (47th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedPappas introduced 2 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. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 1579: National POW/MIA Flag Act; H.R. 4477: Reducing High Risk to Veterans … Compare to all House Freshmen (71st percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (67th 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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Powerful Cosponsors4 of Pappas’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. 1209: Expressing support for Supreme Court …; H.R. 4477: Reducing High Risk to Veterans …; H.R. 5539: Clean Water Standards for PFAS …; H.R. 6829: EMPIL-DOC Act Compare to all House Freshmen (58th percentile); House Democrats (28th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsPappas 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 Pappas’s Profile » Compare to all House Freshmen (68th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 615 bills that Pappas cosponsored, 12% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all House Freshmen (31st percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (40th 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.
