Rep. Greg Pence’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Indiana's 6th District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Pence’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 Pence’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 8th fewest bills compared to House FreshmenPence cosponsored 134 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 Indiana Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (7th percentile); House Republicans (16th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 23rd most often compared to House FreshmenIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 134 bills that Pence cosponsored, 36% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (76th percentile); House Republicans (34th percentile); All Representatives (69th 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 bicameral support on the 23rd fewest bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 16 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 2460: Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act; H.R. 5137: To amend title 40, United … Compare to all Indiana Delegation (56th percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); House Republicans (42nd percentile); All Representatives (25th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Introduced the 51st fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 14 others)Pence introduced 9 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (16th percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); All Representatives (11th percentile). |
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Got the 109th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Pence’s bills and resolutions had 118 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 Indiana Delegation (44th percentile); House Freshmen (29th percentile); House Republicans (43rd percentile); All Representatives (25th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedPence introduced 0 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. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Pence introduced 0 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Pence’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. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Pence’s 9 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Pence caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (56th percentile); House Freshmen (39th percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsPence 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 Pence’s Profile » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Missed VotesPence missed 2.1% of votes (20 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Pence’s Profile » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (44th percentile); House Freshmen (70th percentile); All Representatives (49th 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.
