Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s 2022 Report Card

Held the most committee positions compared to Colorado Delegation

Perlmutter held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Perlmutter’s Profile »

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (86^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76^th percentile); House Democrats (81^st percentile); All Representatives (84^th percentile).

Got bicameral support on the fewest bills compared to Colorado Delegation (tied with 1 other)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 2 of Perlmutter’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. 3318: Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing …; H.R. 8577: GREEN Appraisals Act of 2022

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (0^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (16^th percentile); House Democrats (9^th percentile); All Representatives (22^nd percentile).

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

Got the 2^nd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Colorado Delegation

Perlmutter’s bills and resolutions had 209 cosponsors in the 117th 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 Colorado Delegation (14^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (34^th percentile); House Democrats (19^th percentile); All Representatives (37^th percentile).

Ranked 2^nd most politically left compared to Colorado Delegation

Our 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 117th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Perlmutter’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (14^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45^th percentile); House Democrats (67^th percentile); All Representatives (34^th percentile).

Was 2^nd most present in votes compared to Colorado Delegation (tied with 1 other)

Perlmutter missed 0.5% of votes (5 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Perlmutter’s Profile »

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (14^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19^th percentile); All Representatives (24^th 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.

Got influential cosponsors the 25^th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 25 others)

1 of Perlmutter’s bills and resolutions in the 117th 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. 1996: SAFE Banking Act of 2021

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (14^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (12^th percentile); House Democrats (5^th percentile); All Representatives (13^th percentile).

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 39^th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 11 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Perlmutter’s 18 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Perlmutter caucused with in the 117th Congress.

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (29^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (29^th percentile); House Democrats (17^th percentile); All Representatives (35^th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.

Introduced the 48^th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 5 others)

Perlmutter introduced 18 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (29^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (34^th percentile); House Democrats (21^st percentile); All Representatives (34^th percentile).

Cosponsored the 54^th fewest bills compared to House Democrats

Perlmutter cosponsored 343 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 Colorado Delegation (29^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (48^th percentile); House Democrats (24^th percentile); All Representatives (51^st percentile).

Got their bills out of committee the 75^th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 17 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Perlmutter introduced 6 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.Res. 380: Providing for consideration of the …; H.Res. 860: Providing for consideration of the …; H.Res. 1017: Providing for consideration of the …; H.Res. 1361: Providing for consideration of the …; H.R. 1996: SAFE Banking Act of 2021; H.R. 6325: For the relief of Melecio …

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (57^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (71^st percentile); House Democrats (64^th percentile); All Representatives (79^th percentile).

Laws Enacted

Perlmutter introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th 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. 6325: For the relief of Melecio …

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43^rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (28^th percentile); House Democrats (18^th percentile); All Representatives (35^th 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.

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 343 bills that Perlmutter cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (29^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45^th percentile); House Democrats (62^nd percentile); All Representatives (35^th percentile).

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

Leadership Score

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 117th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Perlmutter’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43^rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45^th percentile); House Democrats (29^th percentile); All Representatives (52^nd percentile).