Rep. Gene Green’s 2018 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 29th District
Democrat
Served Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 2019
These statistics cover Green’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019) and compare him 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 Green’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 their bills out of committee the 5th least often compared to Texas Delegation (tied with 2 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Green introduced 1 bill in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 5385: Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s … Compare to all Texas Delegation (11th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (17th percentile); House Democrats (26th percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 7th most bills compared to Texas DelegationGreen cosponsored 355 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 (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (34th percentile); All Representatives (67th percentile). |
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Ranked 14th most politically right compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Green’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (51st percentile); House Democrats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 20th most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 355 bills that Green cosponsored, 41% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (94th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (95th 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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Got influential cosponsors the 44th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 26 others)2 of Green’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.R. 5385: Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s …; H.J.Res. 65: Every Vote Counts Amendment Compare to all Texas Delegation (28th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGreen introduced 1 bill 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. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 5385: Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s … Compare to all Texas Delegation (31st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (34th 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 IntroducedGreen introduced 14 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Democrats (31st percentile); All Representatives (34th 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. 5385: Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s …; H.R. 5794: Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of … Compare to all Texas Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Democrats (34th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Green’s 14 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Green caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Texas Delegation (31st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsGreen held a leadership position on 0 committees and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Green’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Democrats (41st percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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CosponsorsGreen’s bills and resolutions had 164 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 (39th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Democrats (28th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 Green’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (39th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (42nd percentile); House Democrats (51st percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). |
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Missed VotesGreen missed 5.0% of votes (61 of 1,210 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Green’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (72nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (67th percentile); All Representatives (71st 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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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Green supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Green 3 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Green cosponsored H.R. 3462: Office of Government Ethics Independence …; H.R. 4396: ME TOO Congress Act; H.Res. 630: Requiring each Member, officer, and … Compare to all Texas Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (68th percentile); House Democrats (67th percentile); All Representatives (68th 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.
