Rep. David Trone’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Maryland's 6th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Trone’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 Trone’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 absent in votes compared to Maryland DelegationTrone missed 2.5% of votes (24 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Trone’s Profile » Compare to all Maryland Delegation (88th percentile); House Freshmen (75th percentile); All Representatives (55th 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 House FreshmenTrone cosponsored 860 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 Maryland Delegation (75th percentile); House Freshmen (98th percentile); House Democrats (92nd percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 9th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 3 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 18 of Trone’s 28 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Trone caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Maryland Delegation (71st percentile); House Freshmen (87th percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (83rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got bicameral support on the 15th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 8 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 5572: Family Support Services for Addiction …; H.R. 5909: Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry …; H.R. 6626: Girls LEAD Act; H.R. 6694: COPS Counseling Act; H.R. 8026: Strengthening Social Connections Act of …; H.R. 8194: To authorize the President to … Compare to all Maryland Delegation (62nd percentile); House Freshmen (76th percentile); House Democrats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (74th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Introduced the 22nd most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 1 other)Trone introduced 28 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Maryland Delegation (62nd percentile); House Freshmen (76th percentile); House Democrats (51st percentile); All Representatives (67th percentile). |
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Ranked 25th most politically left compared to House FreshmenOur 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 Trone’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Maryland Delegation (38th percentile); House Freshmen (25th percentile); House Democrats (68th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedTrone introduced 1 bill 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. 5909: Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry … Compare to all Maryland Delegation (38th percentile); House Freshmen (41st percentile); House Democrats (25th percentile); All Representatives (37th 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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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Trone introduced 4 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 2466: State Opioid Response Grant Authorization …; H.R. 5572: Family Support Services for Addiction …; H.R. 5909: Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry …; H.R. 7990: FENTANYL Results Act Compare to all Maryland Delegation (38th percentile); House Freshmen (62nd percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors4 of Trone’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. 6843: Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency …; H.R. 7191: Workforce Justice Act of 2020; H.R. 7990: FENTANYL Results Act; H.R. 8194: To authorize the President to … Compare to all Maryland Delegation (50th percentile); House Freshmen (58th percentile); House Democrats (28th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsTrone 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 Trone’s Profile » Compare to all Maryland Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 860 bills that Trone cosponsored, 12% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Maryland Delegation (62nd percentile); House Freshmen (30th percentile); House Democrats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (40th 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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CosponsorsTrone’s bills and resolutions had 309 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 Maryland Delegation (50th percentile); House Freshmen (69th percentile); House Democrats (32nd percentile); All Representatives (55th 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 Trone’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Maryland Delegation (50th percentile); House Freshmen (66th percentile); House Democrats (29th percentile); All Representatives (52nd 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.
