Rep. Kristi Noem’s 2013 Report Card
Representative
from South Dakota's At-Large District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2019
These year-end statistics cover Noem’s record during the 2013 legislative year (Jan 3, 2013-Dec 26, 2013) and compare her to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Dec 1, 2014. On Dec. 1, 2014, the statistics were updated to remove Sen. Schatz from the list of Senate sophomores. Schatz only served for several days in the preceding Congress.
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 Noem’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 bicameral support on the 2nd most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 291: Black Hills Cemetery Act; H.R. 1226: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of …; H.R. 1511: To amend the Healthy Forests …; H.R. 2801: Protecting Access to Rural Therapy … Compare to all House Sophomores (96th percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); Safe House Seats (91st percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Introduced the 13th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Noem introduced 14 bills and resolutions in 2013. View Bills » Compare to all House Sophomores (84th percentile); House Republicans (79th percentile); Safe House Seats (76th percentile); All Representatives (77th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 15th fewest bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Noem cosponsored 110 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 House Sophomores (16th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); Safe House Seats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (22nd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 19th lowest % of bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)Noem tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 21% of Noem’s 14 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2013. Compare to all House Sophomores (23rd percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); Safe House Seats (27th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 108th least often compared to All RepresentativesOf the 110 bills that Noem cosponsored, 7% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all House Sophomores (44th percentile); House Republicans (46th percentile); Safe House Seats (26th percentile); All Representatives (25th 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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Laws EnactedNoem introduced 0 bills that became law in 2013. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). We only count enacted bills (and joint resolutions) that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through companion bills or 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. Noem introduced 1 bill in 2013 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 291: Black Hills Cemetery Act Compare to all House Sophomores (42nd percentile); House Republicans (41st percentile); Safe House Seats (58th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors2 of Noem’s bills and resolutions in 2013 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. 686: Protect our Prairies Act; H.R. 1226: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of … Compare to all House Sophomores (61st percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); Safe House Seats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Committee PositionsNoem 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 Noem’s Profile » Compare to all House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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CosponsorsNoem’s bills and resolutions had 92 cosponsors in 2013. 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 House Sophomores (39th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); Safe House Seats (45th percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile). |
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Ideology ScoreOur 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 2013 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Noem’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Sophomores (46th percentile); House Republicans (47th percentile); Safe House Seats (70th percentile); All Representatives (72nd percentile). |
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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 2013 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Noem’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Sophomores (39th percentile); House Republicans (40th percentile); Safe House Seats (52nd percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile). |
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Missed VotesNoem missed 3.0% of votes (19 of 641 votes) in 2013. View Noem’s Profile » Compare to all House Sophomores (74th percentile); Safe House Seats (61st percentile); All Representatives (62nd 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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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Noem supported any of 12 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Noem 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (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 2013) was the 113th Congress (freshmen) or 112th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
