Rep. Eric “Rick” Crawford’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Arkansas's 1st District
Republican
Serving Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Crawford’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 Crawford’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 9th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur 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 Crawford’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile). |
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Was 20th most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ YearsCrawford missed 8.1% of votes (77 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Crawford’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (89th 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. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 21st least often compared to House RepublicansOf the 225 bills that Crawford cosponsored, 24% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (59th percentile); House Republicans (10th percentile); All Representatives (57th 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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Held the 23rd most committee positions compared to House Republicans (tied with 5 others)Crawford 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 Crawford’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (71st percentile); House Republicans (86th percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 32nd most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 17 others)4 of Crawford’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.R. 4717: Swap Trading Improvement Act; H.R. 5175: Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of …; H.R. 7679: To amend the Commodity Credit …; H.R. 7680: Reinforcing Utility Restoration After Losses … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (43rd percentile); House Republicans (75th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 33rd least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 24 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Crawford introduced 1 bill in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1123: Divisional Realignment for the Eastern … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (17th percentile); House Republicans (29th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile). |
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Ranked the 85th bottom/follower 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 Crawford’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (35th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 75th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 25 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 4 of Crawford’s 18 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Crawford caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (18th percentile); House Republicans (30th percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got the 97th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)Crawford’s bills and resolutions had 107 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 Serving 10+ Years (24th percentile); House Republicans (39th percentile); All Representatives (22nd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedCrawford 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. 1123: Divisional Realignment for the Eastern … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (38th percentile); House Republicans (51st 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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Bills IntroducedCrawford introduced 18 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (41st percentile); House Republicans (66th percentile); All Representatives (40th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 7904: Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (9th percentile); House Republicans (14th percentile); All Representatives (9th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Bills CosponsoredCrawford cosponsored 225 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 Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Republicans (58th percentile); All Representatives (29th 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 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.
