Rep. Jared Huffman’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from California's 2nd District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Huffman’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him 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 Huffman’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 bipartisan cosponsors on the 3rd lowest % of bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Huffman tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 13% of Huffman’s 15 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015. Compare to all California Delegation (8th percentile); House Sophomores (6th percentile); House Democrats (14th percentile); Safe House Seats (11th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Got influential cosponsors the 5th most often compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)5 of Huffman’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. 239: Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act; H.R. 813: Fixing Operations of Reservoirs to …; H.R. 2983: Drought Recovery and Resilience Act …; H.R. 3632: Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act …; H.R. 3927: West Coast Ocean Protection Act … Compare to all California Delegation (85th percentile); House Sophomores (92nd percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); Safe House Seats (85th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile). |
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Ranked 7th most politically left compared to House SophomoresOur 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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Huffman’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (30th percentile); House Sophomores (8th percentile); House Democrats (30th percentile); Safe House Seats (15th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Introduced the 12th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 2 others)Huffman introduced 15 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (72nd percentile); House Sophomores (81st percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); Safe House Seats (75th percentile); All Representatives (75th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 22nd most bills compared to All RepresentativesHuffman cosponsored 371 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 (85th percentile); House Sophomores (92nd percentile); House Democrats (89th percentile); Safe House Seats (95th percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 78th most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 371 bills that Huffman cosponsored, 33% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (77th percentile); House Sophomores (70th percentile); House Democrats (61st percentile); Safe House Seats (84th percentile); All Representatives (82nd 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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Laws EnactedHuffman 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 California Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (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. Huffman introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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. 1402: Point Reyes Coast Guard Housing …; H.R. 3632: Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act …; H.R. 3927: West Coast Ocean Protection Act … Compare to all California Delegation (85th percentile); House Sophomores (67th percentile); House Democrats (71st percentile); Safe House Seats (71st percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsHuffman 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 Huffman’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (34th percentile); House Sophomores (64th percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (36th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile). |
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CosponsorsHuffman’s bills and resolutions had 245 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 California Delegation (72nd percentile); House Sophomores (73rd percentile); House Democrats (69th percentile); Safe House Seats (70th percentile); All Representatives (72nd percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Huffman’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (58th percentile); House Sophomores (52nd percentile); House Democrats (61st percentile); Safe House Seats (49th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Missed VotesHuffman missed 2.1% of votes (15 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Huffman’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (57th percentile); House Sophomores (66th percentile); Safe House Seats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (55th 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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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Huffman supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Huffman 3 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Huffman cosponsored H.R. 430: DISCLOSE 2015 Act; H.R. 20: Government By the People Act …; H.R. 2173: Redistricting Reform Act of 2015 Compare to all California Delegation (58th percentile); House Sophomores (79th percentile); House Democrats (66th percentile); Safe House Seats (81st percentile); All Representatives (82nd 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.
