Rep. Katie Porter’s 2022 Report Card

Ranked the 3^rd top leader compared to House Sophomores

Our 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 Porter’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all California Delegation (72^nd percentile); House Sophomores (96^th percentile); House Democrats (73^rd percentile); All Representatives (86^th percentile).

Introduced the 3^rd most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)

Porter introduced 54 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (89^th percentile); House Sophomores (95^th percentile); House Democrats (90^th percentile); All Representatives (94^th percentile).

Got the 5^th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House Sophomores

Porter’s bills and resolutions had 717 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 California Delegation (72^nd percentile); House Sophomores (94^th percentile); House Democrats (75^th percentile); All Representatives (86^th percentile).

Got influential cosponsors the 6^th most often compared to House Sophomores (tied with 3 others)

8 of Porter’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. 1368: Mental Health Justice Act of …; H.R. 1517: Ending Taxpayer Welfare for Oil …; H.R. 2484: Lowest Price for Patients Act; H.R. 2994: Accountability for Acting Officials Act; H.R. 3947: Justice for Patients Act; H.R. 8777: Competitive Prices Act; H.R. 9597: Wildlife Disease Surveillance for Pandemic …; H.J.Res. 73: Formally apologizing for the nuclear …

Compare to all California Delegation (74^th percentile); House Sophomores (88^th percentile); House Democrats (77^th percentile); All Representatives (86^th percentile).

Cosponsored the 9^th most bills compared to House Sophomores

Porter cosponsored 613 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 (70^th percentile); House Sophomores (88^th percentile); House Democrats (71^st percentile); All Representatives (85^th percentile).

Ranked 12^th most politically left compared to House Sophomores

Our 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 117th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Porter’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all California Delegation (26^th percentile); House Sophomores (14^th percentile); House Democrats (31^st percentile); All Representatives (16^th percentile).

Got bicameral support on the 14^th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 8 of Porter’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: H.R. 1516: Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot …; H.R. 3624: Disaster Learning and Life Saving …; H.R. 3791: FAIR Leave Act; H.R. 6694: STOCK Act 2.0; H.R. 7064: Hydrogen for Trucks Act of …; H.R. 7278: Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act; H.R. 8512: Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act …; H.J.Res. 73: Formally apologizing for the nuclear …

Compare to all California Delegation (66^th percentile); House Sophomores (81^st percentile); House Democrats (69^th percentile); All Representatives (80^th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.

Joined bipartisan bills the 19^th least often compared to House Sophomores

Of the 613 bills that Porter cosponsored, 7% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (38^th percentile); House Sophomores (23^rd percentile); House Democrats (54^th percentile); All Representatives (31^st percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 40^th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 21 of Porter’s 54 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Porter caucused with in the 117th Congress.

Compare to all California Delegation (85^th percentile); House Sophomores (87^th percentile); House Democrats (85^th percentile); All Representatives (91^st percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.

Was 59^th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 19 others)

Porter missed 0.3% of votes (3 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Porter’s Profile »

Compare to all California Delegation (17^th percentile); House Sophomores (19^th percentile); All Representatives (13^th 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.

Laws Enacted

Porter introduced 2 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. View Enacted Bills »

Those bills were: H.R. 1170: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 2706: Freedom from Price Gouging Act

Compare to all California Delegation (45^th percentile); House Sophomores (62^nd percentile); House Democrats (42^nd percentile); All Representatives (61^st 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.

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Porter introduced 5 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 1170: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 1517: Ending Taxpayer Welfare for Oil …; H.R. 2706: Freedom from Price Gouging Act; H.R. 2994: Accountability for Acting Officials Act; H.R. 8542: Mental Health Justice Act of …

Compare to all California Delegation (47^th percentile); House Sophomores (68^th percentile); House Democrats (52^nd percentile); All Representatives (71^st percentile).

Committee Positions

Porter 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 Porter’s Profile »

Compare to all California Delegation (34^th percentile); House Sophomores (56^th percentile); House Democrats (39^th percentile); All Representatives (43^rd percentile).