Rep. Larry Bucshon’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Indiana's 8th District
Republican
Serving Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Bucshon’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 Bucshon’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 most bills compared to Indiana DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 9 of Bucshon’s 12 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Bucshon caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (89th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (46th percentile); House Republicans (70th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Wrote the most laws compared to Indiana Delegation (tied with 1 other)Bucshon introduced 2 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. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 3245: Restore the Harmony Way Bridge …; H.R. 4734: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Indiana Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (67th 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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Got their bills out of committee the most often compared to Indiana Delegation (tied with 1 other)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Bucshon introduced 2 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 3245: Restore the Harmony Way Bridge …; H.R. 4734: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Indiana Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 2nd most often compared to Indiana Delegation3 of Bucshon’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.Res. 69: Recognizing the 300th anniversary of …; H.R. 3245: Restore the Harmony Way Bridge …; H.R. 4215: Excellence in Maternal Health Act … Compare to all Indiana Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). |
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Ranked 32nd most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur 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 Bucshon’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (83rd percentile); House Republicans (49th percentile); All Representatives (77th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 74th fewest bills compared to All RepresentativesBucshon cosponsored 172 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 Indiana Delegation (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (34th percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile). |
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Got the 76th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesBucshon’s bills and resolutions had 78 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 Indiana Delegation (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile). |
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Ranked the 83rd bottom/follower compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Bucshon’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (20th percentile); House Republicans (34th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). |
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Introduced the 96th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 8 others)Bucshon introduced 12 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (24th percentile); House Republicans (41st percentile); All Representatives (22nd 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. 4734: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (9th 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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Committee PositionsBucshon 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 Bucshon’s Profile » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 172 bills that Bucshon cosponsored, 37% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (71st 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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Missed VotesBucshon missed 3.8% of votes (36 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Bucshon’s Profile » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (69th percentile); All Representatives (71st 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.
