Rep. Debbie Lesko’s 2018 Report Card
Representative
from Arizona's 8th District
Republican
Serving May 7, 2018 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Lesko’s record during the 115th Congress (May 7, 2018-Jan 3, 2019) and compare her to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 20, 2019.
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 Lesko’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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Introduced the fewest bills compared to Arizona DelegationLesko introduced 3 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (10th percentile); House Republicans (3rd percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to Arizona DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 0 of Lesko’s 3 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Lesko caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Cosponsored the fewest bills compared to Arizona DelegationLesko cosponsored 96 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 Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (12th percentile); House Republicans (6th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Arizona DelegationOf the 96 bills that Lesko cosponsored, 3% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (3rd percentile); House Republicans (2nd percentile); All Representatives (1st 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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Got the fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Arizona DelegationLesko’s bills and resolutions had 51 cosponsors in the 115th 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 Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (27th percentile); House Republicans (13th percentile); All Representatives (12th percentile). |
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Supported government transparency the least often compared to Arizona DelegationGovTrack looked at whether Lesko supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Lesko 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 2nd least often compared to Arizona DelegationMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Lesko introduced 1 bill in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 6400: United States Ports of Entry … Compare to all Arizona Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (18th percentile); House Republicans (3rd percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Was 2nd most present in votes compared to Arizona DelegationLesko missed 0.6% of votes (2 of 333 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Lesko’s Profile » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (27th percentile); All Representatives (13th 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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Got influential cosponsors the 2nd least often compared to Arizona Delegation (tied with 1 other)1 of Lesko’s bills and resolutions in the 115th 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. 6400: United States Ports of Entry … Compare to all Arizona Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (22nd percentile); House Republicans (13th percentile); All Representatives (11th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedLesko introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th 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. 6400: United States Ports of Entry … Compare to all Arizona Delegation (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (37th percentile); House Republicans (22nd percentile); All Representatives (34th 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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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsLesko 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 Lesko’s Profile » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (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 115th Congress) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
