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Rep. David Price’s 2014 Report Card

Representative from North Carolina's 4th District
Democrat
Served Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2023

These statistics cover Price’s record during the 113th Congress (Jan 3, 2013-Jan 2, 2015) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 12, 2015. Although Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA1], Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY4], Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ10], and Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] served in the 112th Congress, they took office within the last two months of the 112th Congress and here are grouped with other freshmen for the 113th Congress.

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 Price’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 North Carolina Delegation

Price missed 0.2% of votes (2 of 1,204 votes) in the 113th Congress. View Price’s Profile »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (1st percentile); Safe House Seats (3rd 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.
 

Supported government transparency the 2nd most often compared to North Carolina Delegation

GovTrack looked at whether Price supported any of 12 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Price 1 point, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Price cosponsored H.R. 2475: Ending Secret Law Act

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (85th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (80th percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); Safe House Seats (80th percentile); All Representatives (80th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 3rd most bills compared to North Carolina Delegation

Price cosponsored 306 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 North Carolina Delegation (77th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (68th percentile); House Democrats (50th percentile); Safe House Seats (71st percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile).

 

Got influential cosponsors the 3rd least often compared to North Carolina Delegation (tied with 2 others)

1 of Price’s bills and resolutions in the 113th 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. 270: Empowering Citizens Act

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (15th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (15th percentile); House Democrats (14th percentile); Safe House Seats (15th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile).

 

Ranked the 42nd bottom/follower compared to All Representatives

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 113th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Price’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (15th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (11th percentile); House Democrats (12th percentile); Safe House Seats (9th percentile); All Representatives (9th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 43rd most often compared to Serving 10+ Years

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 306 bills that Price cosponsored, 30% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76th percentile); House Democrats (44th percentile); Safe House Seats (76th percentile); All Representatives (73rd percentile).

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

Got the 65th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives

Price’s bills and resolutions had 54 cosponsors in the 113th 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 North Carolina Delegation (23rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (16th percentile); House Democrats (15th percentile); Safe House Seats (15th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 45th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 41 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 1 of Price’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. 5096: CEJA

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (46th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (18th percentile); House Democrats (21st percentile); Safe House Seats (23rd percentile); All Representatives (23rd percentile).

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

Laws Enacted

Price introduced 0 bills that became law in the 113th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (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.
 

Bills Introduced

Price introduced 11 bills and resolutions in the 113th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (46th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Democrats (32nd percentile); Safe House Seats (37th percentile); All Representatives (36th percentile).

 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Price introduced 0 bills in the 113th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Writing Bipartisan Bills

Price tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 27% of Price’s 11 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 113th Congress.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (34th percentile); House Democrats (41st percentile); Safe House Seats (37th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Price 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 Price’s Profile »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (46th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (20th percentile); House Democrats (45th percentile); Safe House Seats (40th percentile); All Representatives (41st 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 113th Congress) was the 113th Congress (freshmen) or 112th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.