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Rep. Jared Huffman’s 2017 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 2017 legislative year (Jan 3, 2017-Dec 31, 2017) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 6, 2018.

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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Was 6th most absent in votes compared to California Delegation

Huffman missed 5.9% of votes (42 of 710 votes) in 2017. View Huffman’s Profile »

Compare to all California Delegation (89th percentile); All Representatives (85th 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.
 

Got influential cosponsors the 9th most often compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)

7 of Huffman’s bills and resolutions in 2017 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.Res. 162: Expressing support for designation of …; H.R. 169: West Coast Ocean Protection Act …; H.R. 800: New Deal Rural Broadband Act …; H.R. 1784: Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act …; H.R. 1889: Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act; H.R. 2902: IDEA Full Funding Act; H.R. 3847: Yurok Lands Act

Compare to all California Delegation (91st percentile); House Democrats (95th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile).

 

Ranked 18th most politically left compared to All Representatives

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 2017 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Huffman’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all California Delegation (4th percentile); House Democrats (9th percentile); All Representatives (4th percentile).

 

Ranked the 22nd top leader compared to House 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 2017 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Huffman’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all California Delegation (77th percentile); House Democrats (89th percentile); All Representatives (81st percentile).

 

Got the 26th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)

Huffman’s bills and resolutions had 604 cosponsors in 2017. 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 (91st percentile); House Democrats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 28th most bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 9 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Huffman’s 22 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017.

Compare to all California Delegation (77th percentile); House Democrats (81st percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 38th least often compared to House Democrats

Of the 334 bills that Huffman cosponsored, 22% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (34th percentile); House Democrats (19th percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile).

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

Cosponsored the 45th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)

Huffman cosponsored 334 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 (74th percentile); House Democrats (77th percentile); All Representatives (89th percentile).

 

Introduced the 46th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 8 others)

Huffman introduced 22 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (87th percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Huffman introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2017. 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 Democrats (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. Huffman introduced 1 bill in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 2425: Public Lands Telecommunications Act

Compare to all California Delegation (45th percentile); House Democrats (49th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile).

 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 2 of Huffman’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.R. 169: West Coast Ocean Protection Act …; H.R. 1650: National Adoption and Foster Care …

Compare to all California Delegation (58th percentile); House Democrats (56th percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Huffman 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 (42nd percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Huffman supported any of 21 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Huffman 2 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Huffman cosponsored H.R. 4396: ME TOO Congress Act; H.Res. 630: Requiring each Member, officer, and …

Compare to all California Delegation (40th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (55th 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 2017) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.