Sen. Margaret “Maggie” Hassan’s 2017 Report Card
Junior
Senator
from New Hampshire
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2029
These year-end statistics cover Hassan’s record during the 2017 legislative year (Jan 3, 2017-Dec 31, 2017) and compare her to other senators serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 6, 2018.
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 Hassan’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 fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Senate DemocratsHassan’s bills and resolutions had 17 cosponsors in 2017. 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 Senate Freshmen (13th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (3rd percentile). |
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Cosponsored the most bills compared to Senate FreshmenHassan cosponsored 245 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 Senate Freshmen (88th percentile); Senate Democrats (65th percentile); All Senators (83rd percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the fewest bills compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 1 other)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Was most present in votes compared to Senate Freshmen (tied with 1 other)Hassan missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 325 votes) in 2017. View Hassan’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). |
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Introduced the 2nd fewest bills compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 1 other)Hassan introduced 6 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Freshmen (25th percentile); Senate Democrats (2nd percentile); All Senators (4th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 3rd fewest bills compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 2 of Hassan’s 6 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017. Compare to all Senate Freshmen (38th percentile); Senate Democrats (4th percentile); All Senators (8th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 7th least often compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 6 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Hassan introduced 2 bills in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S. 1281: Hack DHS Act; S. 1769: Connected Government Act Compare to all Senate Freshmen (38th percentile); Senate Democrats (13th percentile); All Senators (14th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 24th least often compared to All Senators (tied with 21 others)2 of Hassan’s bills and resolutions in 2017 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: S. 1281: Hack DHS Act; S. 1769: Connected Government Act Compare to all Senate Freshmen (50th percentile); Senate Democrats (15th percentile); All Senators (23rd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedHassan introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2017. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (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. |
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Committee PositionsHassan 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 Hassan’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 245 bills that Hassan cosponsored, 25% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Freshmen (63rd percentile); Senate Democrats (26th percentile); All Senators (43rd 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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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Hassan supported any of 8 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the Senate that we identified in this session. We gave Hassan 2 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Hassan cosponsored S. 2159: ME TOO Congress Act; S. 2236: Congressional Harassment Reform Act Compare to all Senate Freshmen (63rd percentile); Senate Democrats (61st percentile); All Senators (74th 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 2017) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
