Rep. Louise Slaughter’s 2016 Report Card
Representative
from New York's 25th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Mar 16, 2018
These statistics cover Slaughter’s record during the 114th Congress (Jan 6, 2015-Jan 3, 2017) and compare her to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Aug 24, 2017. The statistics were updated on Jan 20, 2017 and Aug 24, 2017 to improve how we counted enacted laws. Originally published on Jan 7, 2017.
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 Slaughter’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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Held the 2nd most committee positions compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)Slaughter held a leadership position on 1 committee and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Slaughter’s Profile » Compare to all New York Delegation (93rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (96th percentile); House Democrats (98th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 3rd least often compared to New York Delegation (tied with 2 others)2 of Slaughter’s bills and resolutions in the 114th 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.R. 1721: To reauthorize appropriations for the …; H.R. 1943: Supreme Court Ethics Act of … Compare to all New York Delegation (7th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (27th percentile). |
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Supported government transparency the 10th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 8 others)GovTrack looked at whether Slaughter supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Slaughter 8 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Slaughter cosponsored H.R. 430: DISCLOSE 2015 Act; H.R. 20: Government By the People Act …; H.R. 2143: EMPOWER Act; H.R. 2173: Redistricting Reform Act of 2015; H.R. 4177: Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our …; H.R. 5386: Presidential Tax Transparency Act; H.R. 5876: Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports …; H.R. 6340: Presidential Accountability Act Compare to all New York Delegation (96th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); House Democrats (92nd percentile); All Representatives (96th percentile). |
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Ranked 21st most politically left compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 114th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Slaughter’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New York Delegation (11th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (8th percentile); House Democrats (10th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 28th most bills compared to All RepresentativesSlaughter cosponsored 551 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 (93rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (90th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 43rd most bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 5 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 8 of Slaughter’s 17 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all New York Delegation (59th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73rd percentile); House Democrats (75th percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). |
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Laws EnactedSlaughter introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 114th 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. 1884: To designate the facility of … Compare to all New York Delegation (41st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (48th percentile); House Democrats (55th percentile); All Representatives (49th 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 IntroducedSlaughter introduced 17 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all New York Delegation (41st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (49th percentile); House Democrats (49th percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Slaughter introduced 1 bill in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1884: To designate the facility of … Compare to all New York Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (30th percentile); House Democrats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (26th 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.Res. 149: Expressing support for designation of …; H.Res. 151: Expressing support for designation of …; H.R. 1943: Supreme Court Ethics Act of … Compare to all New York Delegation (70th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (56th percentile); House Democrats (54th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 551 bills that Slaughter cosponsored, 25% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all New York Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (61st percentile); House Democrats (29th percentile); All Representatives (65th 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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CosponsorsSlaughter’s bills and resolutions had 379 cosponsors in the 114th 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 New York Delegation (59th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (65th percentile); House Democrats (69th 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 the 114th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Slaughter’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all New York Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (51st percentile); House Democrats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile). |
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Missed VotesSlaughter missed 3.0% of votes (40 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Slaughter’s Profile » Compare to all New York Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (47th percentile); All Representatives (59th 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 114th Congress) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
