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Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s 2015 Report Card

Representative from Florida's 27th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019

These year-end statistics cover Ros-Lehtinen’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare her to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.

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 Ros-Lehtinen’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 the most cosponsors on their bills compared to Florida Delegation

Ros-Lehtinen’s bills and resolutions had 464 cosponsors in 2015. 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 Florida Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86th percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); Safe House Seats (91st percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile).

 

Ranked the top leader compared to Florida Delegation

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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Ros-Lehtinen’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (92nd percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); Safe House Seats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 2nd most often compared to House Republicans

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 148 bills that Ros-Lehtinen cosponsored, 36% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (89th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (85th percentile); House Republicans (99th percentile); Safe House Seats (88th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile).

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

Got influential cosponsors the 2nd most often compared to Florida Delegation

6 of Ros-Lehtinen’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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.Res. 220: Condemning the Government of Iran’s …; H.Res. 293: Expressing concern over anti-Israel and …; H.Res. 343: Expressing concern regarding persistent and …; H.R. 204: North Korea Sanctions and Diplomatic …; H.R. 803: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act; H.R. 907: United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (93rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86th percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); Safe House Seats (91st percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile).

 

Ranked 4th most politically left compared to House Republicans

Our 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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Ros-Lehtinen’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (37th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (54th percentile); House Republicans (1st percentile); Safe House Seats (46th percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile).

 

Was 6th most present in votes compared to Florida Delegation (tied with 1 other)

Ros-Lehtinen missed 1.0% of votes (7 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Ros-Lehtinen’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); Safe House Seats (29th percentile); All Representatives (30th 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 their bills out of committee the 51st most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 45 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Ros-Lehtinen introduced 2 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.Res. 293: Expressing concern over anti-Israel and …; H.R. 907: United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (72nd percentile); House Republicans (65th percentile); Safe House Seats (77th percentile); All Representatives (78th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Ros-Lehtinen introduced 0 bills that became law in 2015. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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.
 

Bills Introduced

Ros-Lehtinen introduced 10 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (41st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (39th percentile); House Republicans (50th percentile); Safe House Seats (46th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile).

 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 2 of Ros-Lehtinen’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.Res. 220: Condemning the Government of Iran’s …; H.R. 803: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Compare to all Florida Delegation (48th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (49th percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); Safe House Seats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Ros-Lehtinen 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 Ros-Lehtinen’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (17th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (36th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile).

 

Bills Cosponsored

Ros-Lehtinen cosponsored 148 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 Florida Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (38th percentile); House Republicans (51st percentile); Safe House Seats (36th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Ros-Lehtinen supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Ros-Lehtinen 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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 2015) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.