Rep. David “Phil” Roe’s 2014 Report Card
Representative
from Tennessee's 1st District
Republican
Served Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2021
These statistics cover Roe’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 Roe’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 their bills out of committee the most often compared to Tennessee DelegationMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Roe introduced 4 bills in the 113th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 503: National Desert Storm and Desert …; H.R. 1120: Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management …; H.R. 2094: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine …; H.R. 4321: Employee Privacy Protection Act Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (89th percentile); House Republicans (77th percentile); Safe House Seats (87th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). |
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Was 2nd most present in votes compared to Tennessee DelegationRoe missed 1.0% of votes (12 of 1,204 votes) in the 113th Congress. View Roe’s Profile » Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (11th percentile); Safe House Seats (19th percentile); All Representatives (19th 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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Ranked 4th most politically right 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 113th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Roe’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (78th percentile); House Republicans (98th percentile); Safe House Seats (99th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 8th most bills compared to House RepublicansRoe cosponsored 375 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 Tennessee Delegation (78th percentile); House Republicans (97th percentile); Safe House Seats (86th percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile). |
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Ranked the 24th top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Roe’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (78th percentile); House Republicans (90th percentile); Safe House Seats (94th percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 29th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 17 others)7 of Roe’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. 351: Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare …; H.R. 503: National Desert Storm and Desert …; H.R. 1120: Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management …; H.R. 2094: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine …; H.R. 2346: Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R. 3121: American Health Care Reform Act …; H.R. 4321: Employee Privacy Protection Act Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (78th percentile); House Republicans (90th percentile); Safe House Seats (88th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Got the 43rd most cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesRoe’s bills and resolutions had 619 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 Tennessee Delegation (78th percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); Safe House Seats (90th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 62nd least often compared to All RepresentativesOf the 375 bills that Roe cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (56th percentile); House Republicans (26th percentile); Safe House Seats (15th percentile); All Representatives (14th 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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Laws EnactedRoe introduced 1 bill 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. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 2094: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine … Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (67th percentile); House Republicans (58th percentile); Safe House Seats (65th percentile); All Representatives (65th 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 IntroducedRoe introduced 13 bills and resolutions in the 113th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (44th percentile); House Republicans (50th percentile); Safe House Seats (47th percentile); All Representatives (46th 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.R. 351: Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare …; H.R. 2094: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine … Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (44th percentile); House Republicans (51st percentile); Safe House Seats (47th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsRoe tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 31% of Roe’s 13 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 113th Congress. Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (32nd percentile); Safe House Seats (44th percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsRoe 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 Roe’s Profile » Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (67th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (40th percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Roe supported any of 12 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Roe 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Tennessee Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (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 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.
