Rep. Mark Walker’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from North Carolina's 6th District
Republican
Served Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
These statistics cover Walker’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him 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 Walker’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 22nd most absent in votes compared to All RepresentativesWalker missed 13.4% of votes (128 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Walker’s Profile » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (83rd percentile); All Representatives (95th 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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Joined bipartisan bills the 30th least often compared to House RepublicansOf the 185 bills that Walker cosponsored, 26% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (33rd percentile); House Republicans (15th percentile); All Representatives (59th 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 71st most politically right compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Walker’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (67th percentile); House Republicans (64th percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 59th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 44 others)1 of Walker’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.Res. 675: Expressing the sense of the … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (25th percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 85th fewest bills compared to All RepresentativesWalker cosponsored 185 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 North Carolina Delegation (42nd percentile); House Republicans (39th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedWalker introduced 1 bill 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. 6161: To designate the facility of … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (25th percentile); House Republicans (51st percentile); All Representatives (37th 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 IntroducedWalker introduced 19 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (67th percentile); House Republicans (69th percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Walker introduced 2 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1589: CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing …; H.R. 6161: To designate the facility of … Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (33rd percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); All Representatives (32nd 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. 3149: Academic Partnerships Lead Us to …; H.R. 3217: Budgeting for Disasters Act; H.R. 4892: Homeland Security Counterintelligence Threat Reduction …; H.R. 7324: Universal Giving Pandemic Response Act Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (73rd percentile); All Representatives (53rd 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. 7 of Walker’s 19 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Walker caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (58th percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsWalker 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 Walker’s Profile » Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (42nd percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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CosponsorsWalker’s bills and resolutions had 211 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 North Carolina Delegation (58th percentile); House Republicans (63rd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 Walker’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (58th percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (37th 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 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.
