Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Washington's 3rd District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Herrera Beutler’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 Herrera Beutler’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 Washington DelegationHerrera Beutler’s bills and resolutions had 34 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 Washington Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (17th percentile); Safe House Seats (14th percentile); All Representatives (16th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 2nd fewest bills compared to Washington DelegationHerrera Beutler cosponsored 99 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 Washington Delegation (10th percentile); House Republicans (18th percentile); Safe House Seats (13th percentile); All Representatives (12th percentile). |
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Introduced the 3rd fewest bills compared to Washington DelegationHerrera Beutler introduced 7 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Washington Delegation (20th percentile); House Republicans (28th percentile); Safe House Seats (27th percentile); All Representatives (28th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 3rd least often compared to Washington DelegationOf the 99 bills that Herrera Beutler cosponsored, 17% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Washington Delegation (20th percentile); House Republicans (79th percentile); Safe House Seats (49th percentile); All Representatives (47th 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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Was 32nd most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 3 others)Herrera Beutler missed 7.5% of votes (53 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Herrera Beutler’s Profile » Compare to all Washington Delegation (80th percentile); Safe House Seats (91st percentile); All Representatives (92nd 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. |
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Laws EnactedHerrera Beutler 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 Washington Delegation (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. |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Herrera Beutler introduced 1 bill in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 2168: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management … Compare to all Washington Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); Safe House Seats (45th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors2 of Herrera Beutler’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.R. 2168: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management …; H.R. 3441: Accurate Education for Prenatal Screenings … Compare to all Washington Delegation (30th percentile); House Republicans (49th percentile); Safe House Seats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 2168: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management …; H.R. 3806: Alaskan Pollock and Golden King … Compare to all Washington Delegation (40th 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. |
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Committee PositionsHerrera Beutler 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 Herrera Beutler’s Profile » Compare to all Washington Delegation (40th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (36th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Herrera Beutler supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Herrera Beutler 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Washington Delegation (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.
