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Rep. Chrissy Houlahan’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from Pennsylvania's 6th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025

These statistics cover Houlahan’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare her 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 Houlahan’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 Pennsylvania Delegation

Houlahan missed 0.2% of votes (2 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Houlahan’s Profile »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (10th percentile); All Representatives (5th 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.
 

Got the 4th most cosponsors on their bills compared to Pennsylvania Delegation

Houlahan’s bills and resolutions had 371 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (78th percentile); House Freshmen (77th percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); All Representatives (61st percentile).

 

Ranked the 16th top leader compared to House Freshmen

Our 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 Houlahan’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (78th percentile); House Freshmen (83rd percentile); House Democrats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile).

 

Ranked 34th most politically right compared to House Democrats

Our 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 Houlahan’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (39th percentile); House Freshmen (40th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); All Representatives (47th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 50th most often compared to House Democrats

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 431 bills that Houlahan cosponsored, 13% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (35th percentile); House Democrats (79th percentile); All Representatives (43rd percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
 

Got bicameral support on the 53rd fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 34 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 3 of Houlahan’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: H.R. 3839: Research Advancing to Market Production …; H.R. 7911: Global Learning Loss Assessment Act …; H.R. 8220: Global Learning Loss Assessment Act …

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (39th percentile); House Freshmen (41st percentile); House Democrats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.
 

Got influential cosponsors the 104th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 59 others)

2 of Houlahan’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. 2941: Servicewomen’s Health Transition Training Act …; H.R. 4722: Support UNFPA Funding Act

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (25th percentile); House Democrats (7th percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Houlahan introduced 1 bill 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. 7931: PIRCS Act

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (44th percentile); House Freshmen (41st percentile); House Democrats (25th percentile); All Representatives (37th 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.
 

Bills Introduced

Houlahan introduced 23 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (56th percentile); House Freshmen (54th percentile); House Democrats (34th percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile).

 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Houlahan introduced 1 bill in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 7931: PIRCS Act

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (28th percentile); House Freshmen (14th percentile); House Democrats (4th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile).

 

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 13 of Houlahan’s 23 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Houlahan caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (67th percentile); House Freshmen (66th percentile); House Democrats (47th percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
 

Committee Positions

Houlahan 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 Houlahan’s Profile »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Bills Cosponsored

Houlahan cosponsored 431 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (56th percentile); House Freshmen (60th percentile); House Democrats (32nd percentile); All Representatives (61st 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.