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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s 2018 Report Card

Representative from Texas's 30th District
Democrat
Served Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 2023

These statistics cover Johnson’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-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 Johnson’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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Cosponsored the 2nd most bills compared to Texas Delegation

Johnson cosponsored 387 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 Texas Delegation (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (67th percentile); House Democrats (44th percentile); All Representatives (73rd percentile).

 

Ranked 3rd most politically left compared to Texas 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 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Johnson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (25th percentile); House Democrats (41st percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile).

 

Was 3rd most absent in votes compared to Texas Delegation

Johnson missed 8.4% of votes (102 of 1,210 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Johnson’s Profile »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); All Representatives (88th 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 bicameral support on the 36th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 19 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 6 of Johnson’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.Res. 371: Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, …; H.Res. 527: Expressing support for designation of …; H.Res. 889: Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, …; H.Res. 1061: Expressing support for designation of …; H.R. 1651: National Nurse Act of 2017; H.R. 2653: STEM Opportunities Act of 2017

Compare to all Texas Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (83rd percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile).

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

Laws Enacted

Johnson introduced 0 bills 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.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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.
 

Bills Introduced

Johnson introduced 18 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (58th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Democrats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile).

 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Johnson introduced 0 bills in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Powerful Cosponsors

5 of Johnson’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.Res. 273: Supporting the principles and goals …; H.R. 703: Apollo I Memorial Act; H.R. 2653: STEM Opportunities Act of 2017; H.R. 3681: ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2017; H.R. 6200: Transportation Workforce Modernization Act

Compare to all Texas Delegation (61st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (61st percentile); All Representatives (69th percentile).

 

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 9 of Johnson’s 18 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Johnson caucused with in the 115th Congress.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (69th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (61st percentile); House Democrats (60th percentile); All Representatives (58th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Johnson held a leadership position on 1 committee and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Johnson’s Profile »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (77th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (89th percentile).

 

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 387 bills that Johnson cosponsored, 23% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (69th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (52nd percentile); House Democrats (29th percentile); All Representatives (58th percentile).

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

Cosponsors

Johnson’s bills and resolutions had 360 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 Texas Delegation (72nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (61st percentile); House Democrats (64th percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile).

 

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 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Johnson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (53rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (57th percentile); House Democrats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Johnson supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Johnson 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (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.