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Sen. Jacky Rosen’s 2019 Report Card

Junior Senator from Nevada
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025

These year-end statistics cover Rosen’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare her to other senators 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 Rosen’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 fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Senate Democrats

Rosen’s bills and resolutions had 70 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 Senate Freshmen (22nd percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (7th percentile).

 

Ranked the bottom/follower compared to Senate 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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Rosen’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (22nd percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (7th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the most bills compared to Senate Freshmen

Rosen cosponsored 340 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 Senate Freshmen (89th percentile); Senate Democrats (51st percentile); All Senators (77th percentile).

 

Got their bills out of committee the least often compared to Senate Freshmen (tied with 1 other)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Rosen introduced 1 bill in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: S. 737: Building Blocks of STEM Act

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

 

Got influential cosponsors the 2nd least often compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 2 others)

1 of Rosen’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: S. 2549: Small Business Child Care Investment …

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (44th percentile); Senate Democrats (2nd percentile); All Senators (9th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 2nd fewest bills compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 2 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 4 of Rosen’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the House. 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: S. 537: Hire Student Veterans Act; S. 721: Jobs, Not Waste Act of …; S. 1466: Cyber Ready Workforce Act; S.Res. 306: A resolution reaffirming the commitment …

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (22nd percentile); Senate Democrats (2nd percentile); All Senators (11th percentile).

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

Introduced the 8th fewest bills compared to All Senators (tied with 3 others)

Rosen introduced 15 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (22nd percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (7th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Rosen introduced 1 bill 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. View Enacted Bills »

Those bills were: S. 737: Building Blocks of STEM Act

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (33rd percentile); Senate Democrats (20th percentile); All Senators (20th 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.
 

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 14 of Rosen’s 15 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Rosen caucused with in 2019.

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (67th percentile); Senate Democrats (29th percentile); All Senators (40th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Rosen 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 Rosen’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

 

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 340 bills that Rosen cosponsored, 31% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (56th percentile); Senate Democrats (71st percentile); All Senators (62nd percentile).

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

Missed Votes

Rosen missed 0.7% of votes (3 of 428 votes) in 2019. View Rosen’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (33rd percentile); All Senators (30th 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 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.