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Rep. Gilbert Cisneros’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from California's 39th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

These statistics cover Cisneros’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 Cisneros’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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Cosponsored the 3rd most bills compared to House Freshmen

Cisneros cosponsored 836 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 California Delegation (90th percentile); House Freshmen (97th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile).

 

Got influential cosponsors the 6th least often compared to California Delegation (tied with 5 others)

2 of Cisneros’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. 2942: HEALTH Act; H.R. 4748: Justice for ALS Veterans Act …

Compare to all California Delegation (10th percentile); House Freshmen (25th percentile); House Democrats (7th percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile).

 

Got the 10th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House Democrats

Cisneros’s bills and resolutions had 58 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 California Delegation (8th percentile); House Freshmen (18th percentile); House Democrats (4th percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile).

 

Ranked the 12th bottom/follower compared to House Democrats

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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Cisneros’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all California Delegation (8th percentile); House Freshmen (22nd percentile); House Democrats (5th percentile); All Representatives (16th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 13th most often compared to California Delegation

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 836 bills that Cisneros cosponsored, 12% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (75th percentile); House Freshmen (29th percentile); House Democrats (71st percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile).

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

Introduced the 32nd fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 4 others)

Cisneros introduced 16 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (20th percentile); House Freshmen (39th percentile); House Democrats (13th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile).

 

Was 45th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 17 others)

Cisneros missed 0.4% of votes (4 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Cisneros’s Profile »

Compare to all California Delegation (14th percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); All Representatives (10th 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.
 

Got bicameral support on the 53rd fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 34 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 3 of Cisneros’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. 4748: Justice for ALS Veterans Act …; H.R. 5282: Military Family Parole in Place …; H.R. 6667: End Military-Connected Child Abuse and …

Compare to all California Delegation (25th percentile); House Freshmen (41st percentile); House Democrats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile).

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

Laws Enacted

Cisneros introduced 3 bills 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. 2942: HEALTH Act; H.R. 6528: VA RAISES Act; H.R. 8415: Restoring Education Access for Student …

Compare to all California Delegation (73rd percentile); House Freshmen (81st percentile); House Democrats (76th percentile); All Representatives (84th 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.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Cisneros introduced 5 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 2942: HEALTH Act; H.R. 2943: Providing Benefits Information in Spanish …; H.R. 6528: VA RAISES Act; H.R. 7163: VA FOIA Reform Act of …; H.R. 8415: Restoring Education Access for Student …

Compare to all California Delegation (55th percentile); House Freshmen (74th percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile).

 

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 9 of Cisneros’s 16 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Cisneros caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all California Delegation (34th percentile); House Freshmen (53rd percentile); House Democrats (30th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
 

Committee Positions

Cisneros 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 Cisneros’s Profile »

Compare to all California Delegation (27th percentile); House Freshmen (68th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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.