Sen. Jerry Moran’s 2015 Report Card
Junior
Senator
from Kansas
Republican
Serving Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2029
These year-end statistics cover Moran’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other senators 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 Moran’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 9th highest % of bills compared to All SenatorsIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 52% of Moran’s 31 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015. Compare to all Senate Republicans (85th percentile); All Senators (90th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Cosponsored the 13th most bills compared to Senate RepublicansMoran cosponsored 166 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 Senate Republicans (76th percentile); All Senators (53rd percentile). |
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Was 14th most absent in votes compared to All Senators (tied with 2 others)Moran missed 4.4% of votes (15 of 339 votes) in 2015. View Moran’s Profile » Compare to all All Senators (84th percentile). |
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Got the 20th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All SenatorsMoran’s bills and resolutions had 260 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 Senate Republicans (80th percentile); All Senators (80th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedMoran 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 Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (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 IntroducedMoran introduced 31 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (70th percentile); All Senators (66th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Moran introduced 4 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S. 248: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of …; S. 290: Increasing the Department of Veterans …; S. 1800: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and …; S. 1870: A bill to amend the … Compare to all Senate Republicans (52nd percentile); All Senators (65th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors4 of Moran’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: S. 290: Increasing the Department of Veterans …; S. 398: Chiropractic Care Available to All …; S. 901: Toxic Exposure Research Act of …; S. 1931: A bill to reaffirm that … Compare to all Senate Republicans (61st percentile); All Senators (61st percentile). |
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Working with the HouseThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: S. 181: Startup Act; S. 207: Veterans Access to Community Care …; S. 248: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of …; S. 257: Protecting Access to Rural Therapy …; S. 448: Veterans TRICARE Choice Act; S. 901: Toxic Exposure Research Act of …; S. 1543: Cuba Trade Act of 2015; S. 1870: A bill to amend the …; S.Res. 272: A resolution congratulating the University …; S.Res. 314: A resolution expressing support for … Compare to all Senate Republicans (74th percentile); All Senators (68th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsMoran held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Moran’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Republicans (22nd percentile); All Senators (21st percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 166 bills that Moran cosponsored, 25% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (74th percentile); All Senators (46th 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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Ideology ScoreOur 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 Moran’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (46th percentile); All Senators (71st 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 Moran’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (65th percentile); All Senators (74th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Moran supported any of 19 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the Senate that we identified in this session. We gave Moran 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (0th 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.
