Rep. Jerry Carl’s 2022 Report Card
Representative
from Alabama's 1st District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Carl’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.
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 Carl’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 most present in votes compared to Alabama DelegationCarl missed 0.5% of votes (5 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Carl’s Profile » Compare to all Alabama Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (32nd percentile); All Representatives (24th 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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Got bicameral support on the fewest bills compared to Alabama Delegation (tied with 1 other)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Alabama Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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. |
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Got influential cosponsors the 13th least often compared to House Freshmen (tied with 13 others)1 of Carl’s bills and resolutions in the 117th 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. Those bills were: H.R. 7285: Unleashing American Energy Act Compare to all Alabama Delegation (43rd percentile); House Freshmen (17th percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 23rd fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 18 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Carl’s 10 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Carl caucused with in the 117th Congress. Compare to all Alabama Delegation (29th percentile); House Freshmen (15th percentile); House Republicans (9th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got the 43rd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesCarl’s bills and resolutions had 53 cosponsors in the 117th 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 Alabama Delegation (43rd percentile); House Freshmen (22nd percentile); House Republicans (15th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile). |
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Ranked the 43rd bottom/follower compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 117th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Carl’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Alabama Delegation (43rd percentile); House Freshmen (21st percentile); House Republicans (16th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile). |
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Introduced the 57th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 5 others)Carl introduced 10 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Alabama Delegation (43rd percentile); House Freshmen (25th percentile); House Republicans (20th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 88th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Carl cosponsored 212 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 Alabama Delegation (43rd percentile); House Freshmen (28th percentile); House Republicans (36th percentile); All Representatives (20th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedCarl introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Alabama Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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. |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Carl introduced 0 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Alabama Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsCarl 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 Carl’s Profile » Compare to all Alabama Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 212 bills that Carl cosponsored, 21% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Alabama Delegation (57th percentile); House Freshmen (63rd percentile); House Republicans (34th percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
