Commish. Jenniffer González-Colón’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Puerto Rico's At-Large District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover González-Colón’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare her to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
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 González-Colón’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 5th most absent in votes compared to All RepresentativesGonzález-Colón missed 30.9% of votes (90 of 291 votes) in 2019. View González-Colón’s Profile » Compare to all House Sophomores (98th percentile); All Representatives (99th 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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Introduced the 6th most bills compared to House RepublicansGonzález-Colón introduced 31 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all House Sophomores (93rd percentile); House Republicans (97th percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 6th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 17 of González-Colón’s 31 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party González-Colón caucused with in 2019. Compare to all House Sophomores (93rd percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 9th most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 229 bills that González-Colón cosponsored, 69% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all House Sophomores (96th percentile); House Republicans (96th 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. |
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Ranked 21st most politically left compared to House RepublicansOur 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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from González-Colón’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Sophomores (44th percentile); House Republicans (10th percentile); All Representatives (58th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 25th most bills compared to House RepublicansGonzález-Colón cosponsored 229 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 Sophomores (51st percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (49th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 70th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 34 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 302: Child Tax Credit Equity for …; H.R. 1014: Offshore Wind for Territories Act; H.R. 1786: To amend the Internal Revenue …; H.R. 2243: Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief … Compare to all House Sophomores (73rd percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Laws EnactedGonzález-Colón introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 2325: To designate the facility of … Compare to all House Sophomores (71st percentile); House Republicans (69th percentile); All Representatives (63rd 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. |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. González-Colón introduced 3 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1014: Offshore Wind for Territories Act; H.R. 2242: To amend the Robert T. …; H.R. 2325: To designate the facility of … Compare to all House Sophomores (69th percentile); House Republicans (86th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of González-Colón’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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 House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsGonzález-Colón 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 González-Colón’s Profile » Compare to all House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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CosponsorsGonzález-Colón’s bills and resolutions had 143 cosponsors in 2019. 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 Sophomores (44th percentile); House Republicans (68th percentile); All Representatives (46th 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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from González-Colón’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Sophomores (44th percentile); House Republicans (68th percentile); All Representatives (46th 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 2019) 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.
