Rep. Danny Davis’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Illinois's 7th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Davis’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 Davis’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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Got influential cosponsors the 2nd least often compared to Illinois Delegation3 of Davis’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. 4768: Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal …; H.R. 7830: Fairness for Seniors and People …; H.R. 7947: Supporting Foster Youth and Families … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). |
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Wrote the 23rd most laws compared to All Representatives (tied with 9 others)Davis introduced 4 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. 1875: VITA Permanence Act of 2019; H.R. 2940: To extend the program of …; H.R. 3250: Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald …; H.R. 4980: Family First Transition Act Compare to all Illinois Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (91st percentile); House Democrats (89th percentile); All Representatives (93rd 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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Got bicameral support on the 26th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 7 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 556: ELEVATE Act of 2019; H.R. 2168: REAL Act of 2019; H.R. 2169: Rent Relief Act of 2019; H.R. 2965: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act …; H.R. 2966: Fostering Success in Higher Education …; H.R. 4518: ED ACCESS Act of 2019; H.R. 4865: Housing for Homeless Students Act …; H.R. 4980: Family First Transition Act; H.R. 6276: Retirement Parity for Student Loans …; H.R. 7419: Child Poverty Reduction Act of …; H.R. 8509: Jobs for Economic Recovery Act … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); House Democrats (87th percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 31st least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Of the 612 bills that Davis cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (11th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (8th percentile); House Democrats (13th percentile); All Representatives (7th 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 33rd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Davis introduced 50 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (88th percentile); House Democrats (87th percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile). |
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Ranked 44th most politically left compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Davis’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (11th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (13th percentile); House Democrats (18th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 49th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 4 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 20 of Davis’s 50 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Davis caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); House Democrats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Cosponsored the 72nd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Davis cosponsored 612 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 Illinois Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); House Democrats (70th percentile); All Representatives (83rd percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 76th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 17 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Davis introduced 6 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1875: VITA Permanence Act of 2019; H.R. 2940: To extend the program of …; H.R. 3250: Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald …; H.R. 3298: Child Care Quality and Access …; H.R. 3398: Pathways to Health Careers Act; H.R. 4980: Family First Transition Act Compare to all Illinois Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73rd percentile); House Democrats (66th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsDavis 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 Davis’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (39th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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CosponsorsDavis’s bills and resolutions had 473 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 Illinois Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (61st percentile); House Democrats (51st percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 Davis’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (56th percentile); House Democrats (47th percentile); All Representatives (67th percentile). |
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Missed VotesDavis missed 3.4% of votes (32 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Davis’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (61st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (65th percentile); All Representatives (67th 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. |
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.
