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Rep. Lois Frankel’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from Florida's 21st District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023

These statistics cover Frankel’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare her 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 Frankel’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 the 2nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to Florida Delegation

Frankel’s bills and resolutions had 729 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 Florida Delegation (93rd percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile).

 

Ranked the 3rd top leader compared to Florida Delegation

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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Frankel’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (89th percentile); House Democrats (68th percentile); All Representatives (81st percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 6th least often compared to Florida Delegation

Of the 322 bills that Frankel cosponsored, 10% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (19th percentile); House Democrats (54th percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile).

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

Cosponsored the 27th fewest bills compared to House Democrats

Frankel cosponsored 322 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 Florida Delegation (30th percentile); House Democrats (11th percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile).

 

Introduced the 42nd fewest bills compared to House Democrats

Frankel introduced 18 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (33rd percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (40th percentile).

 

Got their bills out of committee the 59th least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 31 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Frankel introduced 3 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.Res. 106: Denouncing female genital mutilation/cutting as …; H.Res. 129: Condemning the Government of Saudi …; H.R. 2153: Keeping Girls in School Act

Compare to all Florida Delegation (52nd percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (47th percentile).

 

Was 89th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)

Frankel missed 4.8% of votes (46 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Frankel’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (59th percentile); All Representatives (79th 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.
 

Laws Enacted

Frankel 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 Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Democrats (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.
 

Powerful Cosponsors

6 of Frankel’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. 129: Condemning the Government of Saudi …; H.Res. 291: Recognizing that contributions of the …; H.Res. 688: Recognizing 25 years since the …; H.R. 1521: EMPOWER Act; H.R. 2153: Keeping Girls in School Act; H.R. 8380: To obtain and direct the …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (74th percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile).

 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 5 of Frankel’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.

Those bills were: H.Res. 106: Denouncing female genital mutilation/cutting as …; H.R. 2153: Keeping Girls in School Act; H.R. 3804: Athletics Fair Pay Act of …; H.R. 3881: Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of …; H.R. 8380: To obtain and direct the …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (59th percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile).

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

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 12 of Frankel’s 18 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Frankel caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (59th percentile); House Democrats (41st percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
 

Committee Positions

Frankel 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 Frankel’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Ideology Score

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 the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Frankel’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (30th percentile); House Democrats (63rd percentile); All Representatives (34th 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.