Rep. Kevin Brady’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 8th District
Republican
Served Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Brady’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 Brady’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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Cosponsored the 23rd fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Brady cosponsored 108 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 (9th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Ranked 29th most politically left compared to House RepublicansOur 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 Brady’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (46th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (66th percentile); House Republicans (14th percentile); All Representatives (61st percentile). |
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Got the 42nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to House RepublicansBrady’s bills and resolutions had 281 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 Texas Delegation (69th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Republicans (79th percentile); All Representatives (52nd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 34th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 18 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 2 of Brady’s 11 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Brady caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Texas Delegation (11th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (10th percentile); House Republicans (13th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got influential cosponsors the 44th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 14 others)2 of Brady’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.R. 1753: Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits …; H.R. 4602: Continuation of Useful Resources to … Compare to all Texas Delegation (37th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile). |
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Was 63rd most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Brady missed 6.5% of votes (62 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Brady’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); All Representatives (85th 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 82nd fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 13 others)Brady introduced 11 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (26th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (35th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedBrady introduced 0 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. 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. Brady introduced 0 bills in the 116th Congress 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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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1753: Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits …; H.R. 3930: To cap noninterest Federal spending …; H.R. 4514: Continuation of Useful Resources to …; H.R. 4602: Continuation of Useful Resources to … Compare to all Texas Delegation (66th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (52nd percentile); House Republicans (73rd percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsBrady 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 Brady’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (80th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (78th percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 108 bills that Brady cosponsored, 36% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (66th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (67th percentile); House Republicans (35th percentile); All Representatives (70th 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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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 Brady’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (60th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (41st percentile); House Republicans (72nd percentile); All Representatives (43rd 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 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.
