Rep. Joyce Beatty’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Ohio's 3rd District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Beatty’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare her to other representatives 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 Beatty’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 most cosponsors on their bills compared to Ohio DelegationBeatty’s bills and resolutions had 419 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 Ohio Delegation (93rd percentile); House Sophomores (90th percentile); House Democrats (91st percentile); Safe House Seats (88th percentile); All Representatives (89th percentile). |
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Supported government transparency the 2nd most often compared to Ohio DelegationGovTrack looked at whether Beatty supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Beatty 3 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Beatty cosponsored H.R. 430: DISCLOSE 2015 Act; H.R. 20: Government By the People Act …; H.R. 3838: Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act Compare to all Ohio Delegation (87th percentile); House Sophomores (79th percentile); House Democrats (66th percentile); Safe House Seats (81st percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile). |
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Ranked 3rd most politically left compared to Ohio DelegationOur 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 Beatty’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (13th percentile); House Sophomores (25th percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); Safe House Seats (28th percentile); All Representatives (25th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd lowest % of bills compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 2 others)Beatty tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 47% of Beatty’s 15 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (13th percentile); House Sophomores (69th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); Safe House Seats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Got bicameral support on the 8th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 2 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1033: John P. Parker House Study …; H.R. 1115: Bringing Missing Children Home Act …; H.R. 2522: To require the Secretary of …; H.Con.Res. 23: Expressing the sense of Congress … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (80th percentile); House Sophomores (86th percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); Safe House Seats (84th percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Introduced the 12th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 2 others)Beatty introduced 15 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (47th percentile); House Sophomores (81st percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); Safe House Seats (75th percentile); All Representatives (75th percentile). |
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Ranked the 20th top leader compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Beatty’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (73rd percentile); House Sophomores (85th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); Safe House Seats (75th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 51st most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 286 bills that Beatty cosponsored, 37% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (87th percentile); House Sophomores (79th percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); Safe House Seats (90th percentile); All Representatives (88th 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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Cosponsored the 54th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 3 others)Beatty cosponsored 286 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 (80th percentile); House Sophomores (81st percentile); House Democrats (72nd percentile); Safe House Seats (86th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedBeatty 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 Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (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 Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Beatty introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors3 of Beatty’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: H.R. 246: To improve the response to …; H.R. 247: Maya Angelou Congressional Gold Medal …; H.Con.Res. 23: Expressing the sense of Congress … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (73rd percentile); House Sophomores (68th percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); Safe House Seats (61st percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Committee PositionsBeatty 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 Beatty’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Missed VotesBeatty missed 1.0% of votes (7 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Beatty’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (33rd percentile); House Sophomores (33rd percentile); Safe House Seats (29th percentile); All Representatives (30th 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 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.
