Rep. Kenny Marchant’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 24th District
Republican
Served Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2021
These year-end statistics cover Marchant’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
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 Marchant’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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Joined bipartisan bills the 5th most often compared to Texas DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 125 bills that Marchant cosponsored, 50% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); House Republicans (66th percentile); All Representatives (85th 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 8th most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ YearsMarchant missed 10.0% of votes (70 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Marchant’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); All Representatives (93rd 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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Introduced the 14th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 3 others)Marchant introduced 5 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (9th percentile); House Republicans (22nd percentile); All Representatives (11th percentile). |
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Got the 29th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Marchant’s bills and resolutions had 10 cosponsors in 2019. 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 (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (7th percentile); House Republicans (13th percentile); All Representatives (6th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 29th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 4 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 3 of Marchant’s 5 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Marchant caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Texas Delegation (31st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (39th percentile); All Representatives (23rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Cosponsored the 91st fewest bills compared to All RepresentativesMarchant cosponsored 125 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 (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (42nd percentile); All Representatives (21st percentile). |
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Laws EnactedMarchant introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Texas 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. Marchant introduced 0 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Marchant’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1838: Social Security Child Protection Act … Compare to all Texas Delegation (28th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (14th percentile); House Republicans (30th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsMarchant held a leadership position on 1 committee and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Marchant’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73rd percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (87th 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 2019) 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.
