Rep. Lance Gooden’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 5th District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Gooden’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 Gooden’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 bipartisan cosponsors on the 6th fewest bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 3 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Gooden’s 8 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Gooden caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Texas Delegation (6th percentile); House Freshmen (5th percentile); House Republicans (5th percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got bicameral support on the 13th fewest bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 9 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 7818: Civil Justice for Victims of … Compare to all Texas Delegation (14th percentile); House Freshmen (12th percentile); House Republicans (14th percentile); All Representatives (9th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 21st most often compared to House FreshmenIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 246 bills that Gooden cosponsored, 38% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (71st percentile); House Freshmen (78th percentile); House Republicans (41st percentile); All Representatives (73rd 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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Introduced the 44th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 6 others)Gooden introduced 8 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (11th percentile); House Republicans (18th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile). |
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Got the 57th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)Gooden’s bills and resolutions had 56 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 (20th percentile); House Freshmen (15th percentile); House Republicans (25th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGooden 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); House Freshmen (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. Gooden introduced 0 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Gooden’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. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsGooden 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 Gooden’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredGooden cosponsored 246 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 (34th percentile); House Freshmen (26th percentile); House Republicans (63rd percentile); All Representatives (31st percentile). |
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Missed VotesGooden missed 2.2% of votes (21 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Gooden’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (34th percentile); House Freshmen (72nd percentile); All Representatives (51st 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. |
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.
