Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Florida's 25th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Diaz-Balart’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 Diaz-Balart’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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Cosponsored the 4th fewest bills compared to Florida DelegationDiaz-Balart cosponsored 99 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 Florida Delegation (11th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (16th percentile); House Republicans (18th percentile); Safe House Seats (13th percentile); All Representatives (12th percentile). |
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Got the 6th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Florida DelegationDiaz-Balart’s bills and resolutions had 52 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 Florida Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (26th percentile); Safe House Seats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 18th most often compared to House RepublicansIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 99 bills that Diaz-Balart cosponsored, 23% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (59th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (56th percentile); House Republicans (93rd percentile); Safe House Seats (63rd percentile); All Representatives (61st 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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Introduced the 37th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 30 others)Diaz-Balart introduced 4 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (11th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (10th percentile); House Republicans (10th percentile); Safe House Seats (8th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedDiaz-Balart 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 Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (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. |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Diaz-Balart introduced 1 bill in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 2577: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, … Compare to all Florida Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); Safe House Seats (45th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Diaz-Balart’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. Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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.R. 3892: Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act … Compare to all Florida Delegation (15th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Republicans (28th percentile); Safe House Seats (29th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsDiaz-Balart 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 Diaz-Balart’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (17th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (36th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile). |
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Missed VotesDiaz-Balart missed 1.7% of votes (12 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Diaz-Balart’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); Safe House Seats (46th percentile); All Representatives (48th 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. |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Diaz-Balart supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Diaz-Balart 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (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 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.
