Rep. David Price’s 2020 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 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 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 DelegationPrice missed 0.7% of votes (7 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Price’s Profile » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (13th percentile); All Representatives (20th 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 2nd most bills compared to North Carolina DelegationPrice cosponsored 415 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 (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (57th percentile); House Democrats (27th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 3rd most often compared to North Carolina DelegationMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Price introduced 4 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 121: Expressing the profound sorrow of …; H.R. 267: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, …; H.R. 3163: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, …; H.R. 7616: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 3rd least often compared to North Carolina DelegationOf the 415 bills that Price cosponsored, 9% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (37th percentile); House Democrats (52nd percentile); All Representatives (29th 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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Ranked 3rd most politically left compared to North Carolina DelegationOur 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 Price’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Democrats (52nd percentile); All Representatives (28th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 16th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 8 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 4 of Price’s 15 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Price caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (18th percentile); House Democrats (6th percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Wrote the 17th most laws compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 14 others)Price introduced 3 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. 267: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, …; H.R. 3163: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, …; H.R. 7616: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (83rd percentile); House Democrats (76th percentile); All Representatives (84th 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 the 25th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 2 others)Price’s bills and resolutions had 130 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 North Carolina Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (29th percentile); House Democrats (10th percentile); All Representatives (27th percentile). |
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Introduced the 26th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 5 others)Price introduced 15 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Democrats (11th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile). |
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Ranked the 34th bottom/follower compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Price’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (34th percentile); House Democrats (14th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 41st least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 25 others)3 of Price’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. 1094: World Language Advancement and Readiness …; H.R. 2562: Advancing International and Foreign Language …; H.R. 8492: Count Every Vote Act of … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 227: Recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps …; H.R. 918: Spotlight Act; H.R. 2728: Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act; H.R. 6702: Pandemic Response and Opportunity Through … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (52nd percentile); House Democrats (37th percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsPrice 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 (42nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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.
