Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick’s 2015 Report Card

Joined bipartisan bills the 5^th most often compared to House Republicans

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 219 bills that Fitzpatrick cosponsored, 32% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (72^nd percentile); Competitive House Seats (69^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (78^th percentile); House Republicans (98^th percentile); All Representatives (80^th percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Got influential cosponsors the 4^th most often compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 3 others)

4 of Fitzpatrick’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.

Those bills were: H.R. 837: Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act …; H.R. 1655: Community Economic Opportunity Act of …; H.R. 2920: Captive Primate Safety Act; H.R. 3920: E-Free Act

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (56^th percentile); Competitive House Seats (87^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (69^th percentile); House Republicans (75^th percentile); All Representatives (76^th percentile).

Ranked the 6^th top leader compared to Competitive House Seats

Our 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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Fitzpatrick’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (67^th percentile); Competitive House Seats (89^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (78^th percentile); House Republicans (73^rd percentile); All Representatives (83^rd percentile).

Introduced the 6^th most bills compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 1 other)

Fitzpatrick introduced 17 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (72^nd percentile); Competitive House Seats (87^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73^rd percentile); House Republicans (82^nd percentile); All Representatives (82^nd percentile).

Got the 8^th most cosponsors on their bills compared to Competitive House Seats

Fitzpatrick’s bills and resolutions had 310 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (72^nd percentile); Competitive House Seats (85^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70^th percentile); House Republicans (78^th percentile); All Representatives (79^th percentile).

Got bicameral support on the 7^th most bills compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 7 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 3 of Fitzpatrick’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: H.R. 837: Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act …; H.R. 911: Saracini Aviation Safety Act of …; H.R. 2350: Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship …

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61^st percentile); Competitive House Seats (75^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (68^th percentile); House Republicans (71^st percentile); All Representatives (71^st percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 12^th highest % of bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other)

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 59% of Fitzpatrick’s 17 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015.

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (60^th percentile); Competitive House Seats (55^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86^th percentile); House Republicans (77^th percentile); All Representatives (85^th percentile).

Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Was 13^th most absent in votes compared to Competitive House Seats

Fitzpatrick missed 2.6% of votes (18 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Fitzpatrick’s Profile »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61^st percentile); Competitive House Seats (76^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (53^rd percentile); All Representatives (63^rd 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.

Ranked 25^th most politically left compared to House Republicans

Our 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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Fitzpatrick’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (28^th percentile); Competitive House Seats (40^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (60^th percentile); House Republicans (10^th percentile); All Representatives (49^th percentile).

Cosponsored the 30^th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)

Fitzpatrick cosponsored 219 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 (72^nd percentile); Competitive House Seats (73^rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (67^th percentile); House Republicans (87^th percentile); All Representatives (70^th percentile).

Laws Enacted

Fitzpatrick 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (0^th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0^th percentile); House Republicans (0^th percentile); All Representatives (0^th 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.

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Fitzpatrick introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (0^th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0^th percentile); House Republicans (0^th percentile); All Representatives (0^th percentile).

Committee Positions

Fitzpatrick 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 Fitzpatrick’s Profile »

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (39^th percentile); Competitive House Seats (53^rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (17^th percentile); House Republicans (38^th percentile); All Representatives (38^th percentile).

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Fitzpatrick supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Fitzpatrick 1 point, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Fitzpatrick cosponsored H.R. 4177: Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our …

Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61^st percentile); Competitive House Seats (56^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (41^st percentile); House Republicans (69^th percentile); All Representatives (43^rd percentile).