Rep. George Holding’s 2014 Report Card
Representative
from North Carolina's 13th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2017
These statistics cover Holding’s record during the 113th Congress (Jan 3, 2013-Jan 2, 2015) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 12, 2015. Although Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA1], Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY4], Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ10], and Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] served in the 112th Congress, they took office within the last two months of the 112th Congress and here are grouped with other freshmen for the 113th Congress.
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 Holding’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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Joined bipartisan bills the 2nd least often compared to North Carolina DelegationOf the 155 bills that Holding cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (8th percentile); House Freshmen (9th percentile); House Republicans (27th percentile); Safe House Seats (15th percentile); All Representatives (14th 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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Was 4th most present in votes compared to North Carolina DelegationHolding missed 1.3% of votes (16 of 1,204 votes) in the 113th Congress. View Holding’s Profile » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (23rd percentile); House Freshmen (40th percentile); Safe House Seats (28th percentile); All Representatives (29th 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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Got their bills out of committee the 4th most often compared to House Freshmen (tied with 4 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Holding introduced 3 bills in the 113th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 2804: Achieving Less Excess in Regulation …; H.R. 2922: To extend the authority of …; H.R. 5233: Trade Secrets Protection Act of … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (69th percentile); House Freshmen (90th percentile); House Republicans (63rd percentile); Safe House Seats (78th percentile); All Representatives (78th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 7th most often compared to House Freshmen (tied with 4 others)4 of Holding’s bills and resolutions in the 113th 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. 2804: Achieving Less Excess in Regulation …; H.R. 2922: To extend the authority of …; H.R. 4772: RESPECT Act; H.R. 5233: Trade Secrets Protection Act of … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (62nd percentile); House Freshmen (87th percentile); House Republicans (70th percentile); Safe House Seats (68th percentile); All Representatives (69th percentile). |
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Got the 34th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House RepublicansHolding’s bills and resolutions had 62 cosponsors in the 113th 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 North Carolina Delegation (31st percentile); House Freshmen (21st percentile); House Republicans (14th percentile); Safe House Seats (16th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 64th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Holding cosponsored 155 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 North Carolina Delegation (15th percentile); House Freshmen (14th percentile); House Republicans (22nd percentile); Safe House Seats (15th percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Introduced the 73rd fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 22 others)Holding introduced 7 bills and resolutions in the 113th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (31st percentile); House Freshmen (27th percentile); House Republicans (18th percentile); Safe House Seats (17th percentile); All Representatives (16th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedHolding introduced 1 bill that became law in the 113th 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. 2922: To extend the authority of … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (38th percentile); House Freshmen (68th percentile); House Republicans (58th percentile); Safe House Seats (65th percentile); All Representatives (65th 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. |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsHolding held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Holding’s Profile » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Holding supported any of 12 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Holding 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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 the 113th Congress) was the 113th Congress (freshmen) or 112th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
