Rep. Eliot Engel’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from New York's 16th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2021
These statistics cover Engel’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 Engel’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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Got influential cosponsors the most often compared to All Representatives37 of Engel’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.Res. 75: Strongly condemning the January 2019 …; H.Res. 127: Expressing the sense of the …; H.Res. 156: Calling for accountability and justice …; H.Res. 220: Recognizing the interdependence of diplomacy, …; H.Res. 221: Reaffirming the importance of upholding …; H.Res. 222: Emphasizing the importance of alliances …; H.Res. 273: Reaffirming the United States commitment …; H.Res. 372: Expressing concern for the United …; H.Res. 517: Supporting the Global Fund to …; H.Res. 625: Opposing the decision to end …; H.Res. 958: Condemning the practice of politically …; H.Res. 996: Expressing the sense of Congress …; H.Res. 1033: Condemning acts by the People’s …; H.Res. 1110: Supporting the announcements of the …; H.R. 31: Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act …; H.R. 451: Don’t Break Up the T-Band …; H.R. 647: Palliative Care and Hospice Education …; H.R. 1580: Global Fragility Act of 2019; H.R. 1706: No Assistance for Assad Act; H.R. 2116: Global Fragility Act; H.R. 2529: Richard G. Lugar and Ellen …; H.R. 2615: United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement …; H.R. 3109: GEDI Act; H.R. 3190: Burma Unified through Rigorous Military …; H.R. 3194: NATO Defense Financing Act; H.R. 3352: Department of State Authorization Act …; H.R. 4519: Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act …; H.R. 4695: PACT Act; H.R. 4995: Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act …; H.R. 5230: Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma …; H.R. 6094: Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and …; H.R. 7028: National Commission on U.S. Counterterrorism …; H.R. 7519: Rewards for Providing Information on …; H.R. 7682: Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and …; H.Con.Res. 34: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.Con.Res. 98: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.J.Res. 77: Opposing the decision to end … Compare to all New York Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Democrats (100th percentile); All Representatives (100th percentile). |
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Ranked the top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Engel’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New York Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Democrats (100th percentile); All Representatives (100th percentile). |
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Got the 2nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesEngel’s bills and resolutions had 2,279 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 New York Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Democrats (99th percentile); All Representatives (100th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd most bills compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 50 of Engel’s 74 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Engel caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all New York Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Democrats (99th percentile); All Representatives (100th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Introduced the 3rd most bills compared to All RepresentativesEngel introduced 74 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all New York Delegation (93rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); House Democrats (99th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 3rd most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Engel introduced 25 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 75: Strongly condemning the January 2019 …; H.Res. 127: Expressing the sense of the …; H.Res. 156: Calling for accountability and justice …; H.Res. 220: Recognizing the interdependence of diplomacy, …; H.Res. 221: Reaffirming the importance of upholding …; H.Res. 222: Emphasizing the importance of alliances …; H.Res. 273: Reaffirming the United States commitment …; H.Res. 372: Expressing concern for the United …; H.Res. 517: Supporting the Global Fund to …; H.Res. 958: Condemning the practice of politically …; H.Res. 996: Expressing the sense of Congress …; H.Res. 1033: Condemning acts by the People’s …; H.R. 31: Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act …; H.R. 451: Don’t Break Up the T-Band …; H.R. 501: Poison Center Network Enhancement Act …; H.R. 647: Palliative Care and Hospice Education …; H.R. 2116: Global Fragility Act; H.R. 2615: United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement …; H.R. 3190: Burma Unified through Rigorous Military …; H.R. 3352: Department of State Authorization Act …; H.R. 3501: Safeguard our Elections and Combat …; H.R. 4695: PACT Act; H.R. 4995: Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act …; H.R. 7682: Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and …; H.J.Res. 77: Opposing the decision to end … Compare to all New York Delegation (89th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); House Democrats (98th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 12th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 5 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 127: Expressing the sense of the …; H.Res. 356: Expressing support for designation of …; H.Res. 957: Expressing support for the designation …; H.R. 451: Don’t Break Up the T-Band …; H.R. 2949: North Korea Policy Oversight Act …; H.R. 3389: Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for …; H.R. 4019: Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2019; H.R. 4178: REFUND Act of 2019; H.R. 4519: Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act …; H.R. 4691: Safe Gun Storage Act of …; H.R. 6218: Preserving Patient Access to Home …; H.R. 6971: Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of …; H.Con.Res. 34: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.Con.Res. 98: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.J.Res. 77: Opposing the decision to end … Compare to all New York Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (93rd percentile); House Democrats (94th percentile); All Representatives (96th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Ranked 63rd most politically left compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Engel’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New York Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (18th percentile); House Democrats (26th percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 102nd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Engel cosponsored 554 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 New York Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (74th percentile); House Democrats (58th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedEngel 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. 7682: Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and … Compare to all New York Delegation (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (38th 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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Committee PositionsEngel 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 Engel’s Profile » Compare to all New York Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (78th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 554 bills that Engel cosponsored, 9% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all New York Delegation (48th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Democrats (51st percentile); All Representatives (28th 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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Missed VotesEngel missed 1.5% of votes (14 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Engel’s Profile » Compare to all New York Delegation (48th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (26th percentile); All Representatives (35th 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. |
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.
