Rep. Kay Granger’s 2016 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 12th District
Republican
Serving Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Granger’s record during the 114th Congress (Jan 6, 2015-Jan 3, 2017) and compare her 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 Granger’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 Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other)Granger’s bills and resolutions had 2 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 Texas Delegation (3rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (1st percentile); All Representatives (1st percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 3rd fewest bills compared to Texas DelegationGranger cosponsored 133 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 Texas Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (8th percentile); House Republicans (10th percentile); All Representatives (7th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 6th fewest bills compared to Texas Delegation (tied with 6 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1201: Combat Human Trafficking Act of … Compare to all Texas Delegation (14th 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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Introduced the 18th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 11 others)Granger introduced 4 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); House Republicans (4th percentile); All Representatives (4th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 16th fewest bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 15 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Granger’s 4 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all Texas Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); House Republicans (6th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 47th least often compared to Serving 10+ YearsOf the 133 bills that Granger cosponsored, 13% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (53rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (25th percentile); House Republicans (61st percentile); All Representatives (35th 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 47th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)Granger missed 6.9% of votes (91 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Granger’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); All Representatives (89th 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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Held the 53rd most committee positions compared to All Representatives (tied with 16 others)Granger 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. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Granger’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (69th percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGranger introduced 1 bill 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. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 2772: Department of State, Foreign Operations, … Compare to all Texas Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (48th percentile); House Republicans (45th percentile); All Representatives (49th 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. Granger introduced 2 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 2772: Department of State, Foreign Operations, …; H.R. 5912: Department of State, Foreign Operations, … Compare to all Texas Delegation (39th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (54th percentile); House Republicans (30th percentile); All Representatives (49th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Granger’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 Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Granger supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Granger 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Texas 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.
