Rep. Jim Jordan’s 2016 Report Card
Representative
from Ohio's 4th District
Republican
Serving Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Jordan’s record during the 114th Congress (Jan 6, 2015-Jan 3, 2017) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Aug 24, 2017. The statistics were updated on Jan 20, 2017 and Aug 24, 2017 to improve how we counted enacted laws. Originally published on Jan 7, 2017.
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 Jordan’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 the fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Ohio DelegationJordan’s bills and resolutions had 12 cosponsors in the 114th 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 Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); House Republicans (3rd percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). |
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Introduced the fewest bills compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 1 other)Jordan introduced 2 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (1st percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 2nd fewest bills compared to Ohio DelegationJordan cosponsored 156 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 Ohio Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (17th percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 4th fewest bills compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 4 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1701: Second Amendment Enforcement Act of … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (16th percentile); House Republicans (19th percentile); All Representatives (18th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 17th least often compared to Serving 10+ YearsOf the 156 bills that Jordan cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (9th percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); All Representatives (12th 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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Was 42nd most present in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 7 others)Jordan missed 1.4% of votes (19 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Jordan’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); All Representatives (33rd 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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Laws EnactedJordan introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 114th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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. Jordan introduced 0 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Jordan’s bills and resolutions in the 114th 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. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 0 of Jordan’s 2 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsJordan 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 Jordan’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Jordan supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Jordan 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (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 the 114th Congress) 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.
