Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from California's 34th District
Democrat
Serving Jul 11, 2017 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Gomez’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.
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 Gomez’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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Ranked 6th most politically left compared to House SophomoresOur 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Gomez’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (27th percentile); House Sophomores (9th percentile); House Democrats (28th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 21st least often compared to All RepresentativesOf the 377 bills that Gomez cosponsored, 5% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (8th percentile); House Sophomores (6th percentile); House Democrats (8th percentile); All Representatives (5th 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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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 35th fewest 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. 6 of Gomez’s 19 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Gomez caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all California Delegation (18th percentile); House Sophomores (24th percentile); House Democrats (14th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Introduced the 43rd fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)Gomez introduced 19 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (27th percentile); House Sophomores (33rd percentile); House Democrats (18th percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 31st least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 27 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Gomez introduced 2 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 3039: To provide for a 5-year …; H.R. 3421: Fair Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries … Compare to all California Delegation (18th percentile); House Sophomores (31st percentile); House Democrats (13th percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 46th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)Gomez cosponsored 377 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 (20th percentile); House Sophomores (53rd percentile); House Democrats (19th percentile); All Representatives (52nd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 41st least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 25 others)3 of Gomez’s bills and resolutions in the 116th 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.Res. 404: Commending Korean and Korean-American Vietnam …; H.R. 3129: Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s …; H.R. 4297: Enhance Access To SNAP Act … Compare to all California Delegation (22nd percentile); House Sophomores (45th percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGomez introduced 2 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th Congress. 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. 3039: To provide for a 5-year …; H.R. 3421: Fair Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries … Compare to all California Delegation (55th percentile); House Sophomores (65th percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (67th 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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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 3129: Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s …; H.R. 4506: Home Energy Savings Act; H.R. 4646: New Home Energy Efficiency Act; H.R. 4857: For the 99.8 Percent Act; H.R. 6759: Executive Branch Conflict of Interest … Compare to all California Delegation (49th percentile); House Sophomores (60th percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsGomez 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 Gomez’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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CosponsorsGomez’s bills and resolutions had 326 cosponsors in the 116th 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 California Delegation (37th percentile); House Sophomores (67th percentile); House Democrats (35th percentile); All Representatives (57th 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Gomez’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (33rd percentile); House Sophomores (64th percentile); House Democrats (31st percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile). |
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Missed VotesGomez missed 1.3% of votes (12 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Gomez’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (29th percentile); House Sophomores (36th percentile); All Representatives (31st 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. |
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 116th Congress) 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.
