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Rep. Marcia Fudge’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from Ohio's 11th District
Democrat
Served Nov 19, 2008 – Mar 10, 2021

These statistics cover Fudge’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 Fudge’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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Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Ohio Delegation

Of the 452 bills that Fudge cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (31st percentile); House Democrats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile).

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

Ranked most politically left compared to Ohio 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Fudge’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (16th percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile).

 

Ranked the 2nd top leader compared to Ohio 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 Fudge’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (65th percentile); House Democrats (59th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile).

 

Introduced the 3rd most bills compared to Ohio Delegation

Fudge introduced 29 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (67th percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (69th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 2nd most bills compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 2 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 5 of Fudge’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.R. 3268: Go to High School, Go …; H.R. 3354: Time for Completion Act; H.R. 3562: Farm to School Act of …; H.R. 4832: Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs …; H.R. 5283: School MEALS Act of 2019

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (62nd percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile).

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

Got the 3rd most cosponsors on their bills compared to Ohio Delegation

Fudge’s bills and resolutions had 580 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 Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (68th percentile); House Democrats (61st percentile); All Representatives (77th percentile).

 

Got influential cosponsors the 4th most often compared to Ohio Delegation

6 of Fudge’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.R. 662: REACH Act; H.R. 2639: Strength in Diversity Act of …; H.R. 6200: Pandemic EBT Act of 2020; H.R. 6756: End Pandemic Hunger for College …; H.R. 7521: Safe Line Speeds in COVID–19 …; H.R. 7794: Emergency SNAP Flexibilities Extension Act

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (64th percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 4th most bills compared to Ohio Delegation

Fudge cosponsored 452 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 Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (37th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile).

 

Was 19th most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years

Fudge missed 8.3% of votes (79 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Fudge’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (90th percentile); All Representatives (89th 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.
 

Held the 56th most committee positions compared to All Representatives

Fudge held a leadership position on 0 committees and 3 subcommittees, 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 Fudge’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (77th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Fudge introduced 2 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. View Enacted Bills »

Those bills were: H.R. 6200: Pandemic EBT Act of 2020; H.R. 7794: Emergency SNAP Flexibilities Extension Act

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (69th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (67th 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.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Fudge introduced 4 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 2639: Strength in Diversity Act of …; H.R. 6200: Pandemic EBT Act of 2020; H.R. 7794: Emergency SNAP Flexibilities Extension Act; H.Con.Res. 105: Permitting the remains of the …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile).

 

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 13 of Fudge’s 29 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Fudge caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (62nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (47th percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile).

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

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.