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Rep. Marc Veasey’s 2015 Report Card

Representative from Texas's 33rd District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025

These year-end statistics cover Veasey’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.

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 Veasey’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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Was 3rd most present in votes compared to House Sophomores (tied with 2 others)

Veasey missed 0.1% of votes (1 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Veasey’s Profile »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (8th percentile); House Sophomores (3rd percentile); Safe House Seats (6th percentile); All Representatives (6th 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.
 

Cosponsored the 6th most bills compared to Texas Delegation

Veasey cosponsored 237 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 Texas Delegation (83rd percentile); House Sophomores (68th percentile); House Democrats (54th percentile); Safe House Seats (74th percentile); All Representatives (75th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 7th most often compared to Texas Delegation

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 237 bills that Veasey cosponsored, 27% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (81st percentile); House Sophomores (58th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); Safe House Seats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (72nd percentile).

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

Introduced the 9th fewest bills compared to Texas Delegation (tied with 2 others)

Veasey introduced 8 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (22nd percentile); House Sophomores (25th percentile); House Democrats (32nd percentile); Safe House Seats (34th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Veasey introduced 0 bills that became law in 2015. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

A bill or joint resolution is considered enacted if it or an exactly identical bill to it is enacted as law. We only consider bills that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Veasey introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Powerful Cosponsors

2 of Veasey’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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. 1833: FAFSA for All Act; H.R. 3069: Notario Victim Relief Act

Compare to all Texas Delegation (31st percentile); House Sophomores (52nd percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (44th 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 Veasey’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 Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Veasey 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 Veasey’s Profile »

Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Cosponsors

Veasey’s bills and resolutions had 126 cosponsors in 2015. 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 Texas Delegation (39th percentile); House Sophomores (48th percentile); House Democrats (50th percentile); Safe House Seats (49th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Veasey supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Veasey 2 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Veasey cosponsored H.R. 20: Government By the People Act …; H.R. 3838: Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act

Compare to all Texas Delegation (78th percentile); House Sophomores (62nd percentile); House Democrats (31st percentile); Safe House Seats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (65th 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 2015) 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.