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Rep. Edward “Ed” Royce’s 2015 Report Card

Representative from California's 39th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019

These year-end statistics cover Royce’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.

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 Royce’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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Ranked the top leader compared to California Delegation

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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Royce’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (85th percentile); California Delegation (98th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (88th percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); Safe House Seats (90th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the highest % of bills compared to California Delegation

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 61% of Royce’s 23 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015.

Compare to all California Delegation (96th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (91st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); House Republicans (82nd percentile); Safe House Seats (91st percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile).

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

Got influential cosponsors the 3rd most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)

12 of Royce’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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. 402: Expressing the sense of the …; H.Res. 524: Condemning in the strongest terms …; H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs …; H.R. 574: Pay Back the Taxpayers Act …; H.R. 757: North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act …; H.R. 1654: To authorize the direct provision …; H.R. 2297: Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act …; H.R. 2323: United States International Communications Reform …; H.R. 2494: Global Anti-Poaching Act; H.R. 2845: AGOA Enhancement Act of 2015; H.R. 2847: Electrify Africa Act of 2015; H.J.Res. 63: Providing for the approval of …

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (94th percentile); California Delegation (98th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (97th percentile); House Republicans (99th percentile); Safe House Seats (99th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile).

 

Got their bills out of committee the 7th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Royce introduced 8 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 400: Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs …; H.R. 757: North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act …; H.R. 1654: To authorize the direct provision …; H.R. 2243: Equity in Government Compensation Act …; H.R. 2323: United States International Communications Reform …; H.R. 2494: Global Anti-Poaching Act; H.R. 2845: AGOA Enhancement Act of 2015; H.R. 3738: Office of Financial Research Accountability …

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (89th percentile); California Delegation (98th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (96th percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); Safe House Seats (98th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 9th fewest bills compared to California Delegation

Royce cosponsored 113 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 House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (21st percentile); California Delegation (15th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (29th percentile); Safe House Seats (20th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 13th most often compared to House Republicans

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 113 bills that Royce cosponsored, 25% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (46th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Republicans (95th percentile); Safe House Seats (67th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile).

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

Ranked 20th most politically left compared to House Republicans

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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Royce’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (42nd percentile); California Delegation (77th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (59th percentile); House Republicans (8th percentile); Safe House Seats (49th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile).

 

Got the 30th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives

Royce’s bills and resolutions had 503 cosponsors in 2015. 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 House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (89th percentile); California Delegation (91st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (90th percentile); House Republicans (93rd percentile); Safe House Seats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).

 

Introduced the 36th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)

Royce introduced 23 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills »

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (77th percentile); California Delegation (91st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (85th percentile); House Republicans (91st percentile); Safe House Seats (91st percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Royce introduced 1 bill that became law in 2015. 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. 2297: Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act …

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (70th percentile); California Delegation (91st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (78th percentile); House Republicans (79th percentile); Safe House Seats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (82nd 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.
 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 2 of Royce’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. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity …; H.J.Res. 63: Providing for the approval of …

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (40th percentile); California Delegation (70th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (49th percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); Safe House Seats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Royce 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 Royce’s Profile »

Compare to all California Delegation (91st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (71st percentile); House Republicans (87th percentile); Safe House Seats (87th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile).

 

Missed Votes

Royce missed 1.4% of votes (10 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Royce’s Profile »

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (50th percentile); California Delegation (47th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); Safe House Seats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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.
 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Royce supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Royce 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Compare to all House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (0th percentile); California Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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 2015) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.