Rep. Daniel Webster’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Florida's 10th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2017
These year-end statistics cover Webster’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 Webster’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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Joined bipartisan bills the 5th least often compared to Florida DelegationOf the 117 bills that Webster cosponsored, 12% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (15th percentile); Competitive House Seats (20th percentile); House Republicans (64th percentile); All Representatives (36th 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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Was 9th most absent in votes compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 2 others)Webster missed 3.0% of votes (21 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Webster’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (56th percentile); Competitive House Seats (80th percentile); All Representatives (69th 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 10th fewest bills compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 1 other)Webster cosponsored 117 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 (19th percentile); Competitive House Seats (16th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); All Representatives (21st percentile). |
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Got the 17th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesWebster’s bills and resolutions had 3 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 (4th percentile); Competitive House Seats (5th percentile); House Republicans (4th percentile); All Representatives (4th percentile). |
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Introduced the 21st fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 15 others)Webster introduced 3 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (5th percentile); House Republicans (5th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedWebster 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 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. Webster 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 Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Webster’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. Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (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 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 PositionsWebster 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 Webster’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Webster supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Webster 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 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.
