Rep. Madeleine Bordallo’s 2016 Report Card
Representative
from Guam's At-Large District
Democrat
Served Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2019
These statistics cover Bordallo’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 Bordallo’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 36th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other)Bordallo’s bills and resolutions had 92 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 Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (21st percentile); All Representatives (22nd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 44th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 31 others)2 of Bordallo’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. 44: Guam World War II Loyalty …; H.R. 774: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (27th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 82nd most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 325 bills that Bordallo cosponsored, 32% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (78th percentile); House Democrats (60th percentile); All Representatives (81st 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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Ranked the 106th 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 114th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Bordallo’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (24th percentile); House Democrats (30th percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedBordallo 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. 774: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing … Compare to all 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 IntroducedBordallo introduced 11 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (28th percentile); House Democrats (26th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Bordallo introduced 1 bill in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 774: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing … Compare to all 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 Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 4 of Bordallo’s 11 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (35th percentile); House Democrats (35th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile). |
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Committee PositionsBordallo held a leadership position on 0 committees and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Bordallo’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredBordallo cosponsored 325 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 Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile). |
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Ideology ScoreOur 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 Bordallo’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (41st percentile); House Democrats (70th percentile); All Representatives (31st percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Bordallo supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Bordallo 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 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.
