Rep. Jackie Speier’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from California's 14th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Speier’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare her to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
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 Speier’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 All RepresentativesSpeier’s bills and resolutions had 1,616 cosponsors in 2019. 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 (98th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Democrats (100th percentile); All Representatives (100th percentile). |
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Ranked the 2nd top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Speier’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (98th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Democrats (99th percentile); All Representatives (100th percentile). |
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Introduced the 8th most bills compared to All RepresentativesSpeier introduced 42 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (97th percentile); House Democrats (97th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 8th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)12 of Speier’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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. 114: Expressing support for the designation …; H.Res. 233: Condemning the Government of the …; H.Res. 555: Expressing the sense of the …; H.R. 1032: To provide for the retention …; H.R. 1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold …; H.R. 2091: Access to Contraception for Servicemembers …; H.R. 2422: SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical …; H.R. 2517: United States Postal Service Shipping …; H.R. 2689: Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization …; H.R. 3882: Even Playing Field Act; H.J.Res. 38: Removing the deadline for the …; H.J.Res. 79: Removing the deadline for the … Compare to all California Delegation (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (94th percentile); House Democrats (96th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 15th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 6 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 18 of Speier’s 42 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Speier caucused with in 2019. Compare to all California Delegation (90th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (91st percentile); House Democrats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got bicameral support on the 20th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 7 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1032: To provide for the retention …; H.R. 1574: Closing the Law Enforcement Consent …; H.R. 2689: Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization …; H.R. 2896: SHIELD Act of 2019; H.R. 3485: Driver Fatigue Prevention Act; H.R. 3499: Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of …; H.R. 5026: Survivors’ Bill of Rights in …; H.J.Res. 79: Removing the deadline for the … Compare to all California Delegation (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); House Democrats (89th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Ranked 60th most politically left compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Speier’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Democrats (25th percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 91st least often compared to All RepresentativesOf the 365 bills that Speier cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (48th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (30th percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); All Representatives (21st 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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Cosponsored the 94th most bills compared to All RepresentativesSpeier cosponsored 365 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 (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73rd percentile); House Democrats (61st percentile); All Representatives (78th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedSpeier introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (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. Speier introduced 3 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1132: San Francisco Bay Restoration Act; H.R. 1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold …; H.J.Res. 79: Removing the deadline for the … Compare to all California Delegation (48th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (57th percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsSpeier 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 Speier’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (27th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (14th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Missed VotesSpeier missed 2.6% of votes (18 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Speier’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); All Representatives (62nd 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 2019) 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.
