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Rep. Jacob “Jake” LaTurner’s 2022 Report Card

Representative from Kansas's 2nd District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2025

These statistics cover LaTurner’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.

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 LaTurner’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 influential cosponsors the 13th least often compared to House Freshmen (tied with 13 others)

1 of LaTurner’s bills and resolutions in the 117th 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. 6871: DHS Acquisition Reform Act

Compare to all House Freshmen (17th percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile).

 

Introduced the 30th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 6 others)

LaTurner introduced 7 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all House Freshmen (18th percentile); House Republicans (11th percentile); All Representatives (7th percentile).

 

Got the 49th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives

LaTurner’s bills and resolutions had 61 cosponsors in the 117th 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 House Freshmen (26th percentile); House Republicans (17th percentile); All Representatives (11th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 75th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 30 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 3 of LaTurner’s 7 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party LaTurner caucused with in the 117th Congress.

Compare to all House Freshmen (39th percentile); House Republicans (29th percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile).

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

Laws Enacted

LaTurner introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all 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.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. LaTurner introduced 1 bill in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 6871: DHS Acquisition Reform Act

Compare to all House Freshmen (18th percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile).

 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 3 of LaTurner’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. 904: Commending and congratulating the Coffeyville …; H.R. 5655: Kelsey Smith Act; H.R. 6271: Health Savings Act of 2021

Compare to all House Freshmen (50th percentile); House Republicans (52nd percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

LaTurner 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 LaTurner’s Profile »

Compare to all House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Bills Cosponsored

LaTurner cosponsored 292 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 House Freshmen (51st percentile); House Republicans (63rd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile).

 

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 292 bills that LaTurner cosponsored, 22% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all House Freshmen (65th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (67th percentile).

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

Missed Votes

LaTurner missed 1.1% of votes (11 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View LaTurner’s Profile »

Compare to all House Freshmen (61st percentile); All Representatives (51st 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 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.