Sen. Martin Heinrich’s 2019 Report Card
Senior
Senator
from New Mexico
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Heinrich’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other senators serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
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 Heinrich’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 Senate DemocratsHeinrich cosponsored 208 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 Democrats (7th percentile); All Senators (43rd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 9th fewest bills compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 4 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 13 of Heinrich’s 31 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Heinrich caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Senate Democrats (18th percentile); All Senators (31st percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got the 11th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 1 other)Heinrich’s bills and resolutions had 198 cosponsors in 2019. 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 Democrats (22nd percentile); All Senators (43rd percentile). |
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Ranked 24th most politically left compared to All SenatorsOur 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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Heinrich’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Democrats (49th percentile); All Senators (23rd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedHeinrich introduced 3 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: S. 871: White Sands National Park Establishment …; S. 1345: A bill to amend and …; S. 1582: A bill to establish the … Compare to all Senate Democrats (82nd percentile); All Senators (77th 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 IntroducedHeinrich introduced 31 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Democrats (29th percentile); All Senators (49th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Heinrich introduced 6 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S. 526: Buffalo Tract Protection Act; S. 871: White Sands National Park Establishment …; S. 1286: Energy Technology Maturation Act of …; S. 1345: A bill to amend and …; S. 1582: A bill to establish the …; S. 2393: Clean Energy Jobs Act of … Compare to all Senate Democrats (49th percentile); All Senators (44th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors5 of Heinrich’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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. 197: Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of …; S. 261: North American Wetlands Conservation Extension …; S. 1286: Energy Technology Maturation Act of …; S. 2165: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony …; S. 2393: Clean Energy Jobs Act of … Compare to all Senate Democrats (42nd percentile); All Senators (52nd percentile). |
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Working with the HouseThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: S. 197: Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of …; S. 261: North American Wetlands Conservation Extension …; S. 491: America’s Public Land Act of …; S. 526: Buffalo Tract Protection Act; S. 871: White Sands National Park Establishment …; S. 1142: Energy Storage Tax Incentive and …; S. 1286: Energy Technology Maturation Act of …; S. 1320: Defense Small Business Advancement Act …; S. 1665: SOAR Act; S. 2165: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony …; S. 2241: Native American Seeds Protection Act …; S. 2471: Degrees Not Debt Act of …; S. 3109: Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act … Compare to all Senate Democrats (40th percentile); All Senators (63rd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsHeinrich held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Heinrich’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Democrats (18th percentile); All Senators (20th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 208 bills that Heinrich cosponsored, 26% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Democrats (60th percentile); All Senators (48th 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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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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Heinrich’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Democrats (27th percentile); All Senators (43rd percentile). |
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Missed VotesHeinrich missed 2.6% of votes (11 of 428 votes) in 2019. View Heinrich’s Profile » Compare to all All Senators (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 2019) 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.
