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Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from Washington's 3rd District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2023

These statistics cover Herrera Beutler’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare her to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.

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 influential cosponsors the least often compared to Washington Delegation

0 of Herrera Beutler’s bills and resolutions in the 116th 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.

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

 

Got bicameral support on the fewest bills compared to Washington Delegation

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 0 of Herrera Beutler’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.

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

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

Cosponsored the fewest bills compared to Washington Delegation

Herrera Beutler cosponsored 184 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 (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (22nd percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile).

 

Got the fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Washington Delegation

Herrera Beutler’s bills and resolutions had 79 cosponsors in the 116th 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 Washington Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile).

 

Ranked the bottom/follower compared to Washington 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Herrera Beutler’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Washington Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (18th percentile); House Republicans (32nd percentile); All Representatives (18th percentile).

 

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

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Herrera Beutler introduced 0 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

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

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to Washington Delegation (tied with 1 other)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Herrera Beutler’s 11 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Herrera Beutler caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all Washington Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Republicans (47th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile).

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

Introduced the 2nd fewest bills compared to Washington Delegation

Herrera Beutler introduced 11 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Washington Delegation (10th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (35th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile).

 

Was 4th most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years

Herrera Beutler missed 20.1% of votes (192 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Herrera Beutler’s Profile »

Compare to all Washington Delegation (90th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); All Representatives (97th 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.
 

Joined bipartisan bills the 9th most often compared to All Representatives

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 184 bills that Herrera Beutler cosponsored, 68% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Washington Delegation (90th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (97th percentile); House Republicans (95th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile).

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

Ranked 20th 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Herrera Beutler’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Washington Delegation (70th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (62nd percentile); House Republicans (10th percentile); All Representatives (58th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Herrera Beutler introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th Congress. 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); Serving 10+ Years (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.
 

Committee Positions

Herrera 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); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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 the 116th Congress) 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.