Rep. Lee Zeldin’s 2017 Report Card

Ranked 2^nd most politically right compared to New York Delegation

Our 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 2017 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Zeldin’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all New York Delegation (93^rd percentile); House Sophomores (60^th percentile); House Republicans (49^th percentile); All Representatives (72^nd percentile).

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 4^th most bills compared to House Sophomores

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 10 of Zeldin’s 19 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017.

Compare to all New York Delegation (78^th percentile); House Sophomores (94^th percentile); House Republicans (85^th percentile); All Representatives (88^th percentile).

Ranked the 5^th top leader compared to House Sophomores

Our 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 2017 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Zeldin’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all New York Delegation (74^th percentile); House Sophomores (92^nd percentile); House Republicans (79^th percentile); All Representatives (86^th percentile).

Got the 6^th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House Sophomores

Zeldin’s bills and resolutions had 331 cosponsors in 2017. 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 New York Delegation (67^th percentile); House Sophomores (90^th percentile); House Republicans (83^rd percentile); All Representatives (82^nd percentile).

Introduced the 6^th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)

Zeldin introduced 19 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills »

Compare to all New York Delegation (56^th percentile); House Sophomores (89^th percentile); House Republicans (83^rd percentile); All Representatives (81^st percentile).

Was 6^th most present in votes compared to New York Delegation (tied with 2 others)

Zeldin missed 0.8% of votes (6 of 710 votes) in 2017. View Zeldin’s Profile »

Compare to all New York Delegation (19^th percentile); House Sophomores (33^rd percentile); All Representatives (26^th 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.

Got their bills out of committee the 27^th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 11 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Zeldin introduced 6 bills in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 1005: To amend title 38, United …; H.R. 1196: Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act …; H.R. 2182: Plum Island Preservation Act; H.R. 2868: National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder …; H.R. 4292: Financial Institution Living Will Improvement …; H.R. 4293: Stress Test Improvement Act of …

Compare to all New York Delegation (85^th percentile); House Sophomores (89^th percentile); House Republicans (85^th percentile); All Representatives (91^st percentile).

Joined bipartisan bills the 35^th most often compared to House Republicans

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 203 bills that Zeldin cosponsored, 23% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all New York Delegation (33^rd percentile); House Sophomores (65^th percentile); House Republicans (85^th percentile); All Representatives (57^th percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Cosponsored the 35^th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)

Zeldin cosponsored 203 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 New York Delegation (22^nd percentile); House Sophomores (60^th percentile); House Republicans (85^th percentile); All Representatives (58^th percentile).

Laws Enacted

Zeldin introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2017. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all New York Delegation (0^th percentile); House Sophomores (0^th percentile); House Republicans (0^th percentile); All Representatives (0^th 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.

Powerful Cosponsors

3 of Zeldin’s bills and resolutions in 2017 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. 1005: To amend title 38, United …; H.R. 1196: Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act …; H.Con.Res. 20: Expressing the sense of the …

Compare to all New York Delegation (52^nd percentile); House Sophomores (66^th percentile); House Republicans (69^th percentile); All Representatives (65^th percentile).

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 0 of Zeldin’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Compare to all New York Delegation (0^th percentile); House Sophomores (0^th percentile); House Republicans (0^th percentile); All Representatives (0^th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.

Committee Positions

Zeldin 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 Zeldin’s Profile »

Compare to all New York Delegation (0^th percentile); House Sophomores (0^th percentile); House Republicans (0^th percentile); All Representatives (0^th percentile).

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Zeldin supported any of 21 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Zeldin 1 point, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Zeldin cosponsored H.Res. 630: Requiring each Member, officer, and …

Compare to all New York Delegation (26^th percentile); House Sophomores (23^rd percentile); House Republicans (36^th percentile); All Representatives (28^th percentile).