Rep. Michael Doyle’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Pennsylvania's 18th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2019 – Dec 31, 2022
These statistics cover Doyle’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 Doyle’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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Wrote the 2nd most laws compared to Pennsylvania DelegationDoyle 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. 5035: Television Viewer Protection Act of …; H.R. 7310: Spectrum IT Modernization Act of … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (89th 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. |
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Ranked the 3rd top leader compared to Pennsylvania DelegationOur 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 Doyle’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (83rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (57th percentile); House Democrats (50th percentile); All Representatives (69th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 4th least often compared to Pennsylvania DelegationOf the 418 bills that Doyle cosponsored, 9% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (35th percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (26th 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 4th most politically left compared to Pennsylvania DelegationOur 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 Doyle’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (33rd percentile); House Democrats (49th percentile); All Representatives (27th percentile). |
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Introduced the 13th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)Doyle introduced 11 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (5th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 53rd fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 34 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 2096: Energy Storage Tax Incentive and …; H.R. 7310: Spectrum IT Modernization Act of …; H.R. 8920: The PASTEUR Act Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (39th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (38th percentile); House Democrats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Doyle introduced 4 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1644: Save the Internet Act of …; H.R. 5000: SHARE Act; H.R. 5035: Television Viewer Protection Act of …; H.R. 7310: Spectrum IT Modernization Act of … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (72nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); House Democrats (38th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors5 of Doyle’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. 1644: Save the Internet Act of …; H.R. 4462: Studying How to Harness Airwave …; H.R. 4855: C-BAND Act; H.R. 5000: SHARE Act; H.R. 7310: Spectrum IT Modernization Act of … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (72nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (51st percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (61st percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 9 of Doyle’s 11 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Doyle caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (46th percentile); House Democrats (30th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsDoyle 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 Doyle’s Profile » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredDoyle cosponsored 418 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (58th percentile); House Democrats (28th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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CosponsorsDoyle’s bills and resolutions had 341 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (50th percentile); House Democrats (37th percentile); All Representatives (58th percentile). |
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Missed VotesDoyle missed 3.5% of votes (33 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Doyle’s Profile » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (66th percentile); All Representatives (69th 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. |
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.
