Rep. Mike Levin’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from California's 49th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Levin’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 Levin’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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Got their bills out of committee the 10th most often compared to House Freshmen (tied with 3 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Levin introduced 7 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 2326: Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer …; H.R. 3225: Restoring Community Input and Public …; H.R. 3723: Desalination Development Act; H.R. 4526: Brian Tally VA Employment Transparency …; H.R. 4625: Protect the GI Bill Act; H.R. 6767: To amend the Servicemembers Civil …; H.R. 7105: Johnny Isakson and David P. … Compare to all California Delegation (71st percentile); House Freshmen (86th percentile); House Democrats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (83rd percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 12th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 2 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1792: Ensuring Safe Housing for Our …; H.R. 2764: Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019; H.R. 3681: Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Act …; H.R. 5516: Commitment to Veteran Support and …; H.R. 5870: Guard and Reserve GI Bill …; H.R. 6767: To amend the Servicemembers Civil …; H.R. 7105: Johnny Isakson and David P. … Compare to all California Delegation (71st percentile); House Freshmen (85th percentile); House Democrats (68th percentile); All Representatives (80th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 13th least often compared to House FreshmenOf the 424 bills that Levin cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (43rd percentile); House Freshmen (12th percentile); House Democrats (36th percentile); All Representatives (20th 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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Cosponsored the 13th fewest bills compared to California Delegation (tied with 1 other)Levin cosponsored 424 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 California Delegation (24th percentile); House Freshmen (57th percentile); House Democrats (29th percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Ranked 19th most politically left compared to House FreshmenOur 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 Levin’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (53rd percentile); House Freshmen (19th percentile); House Democrats (46th percentile); All Representatives (25th percentile). |
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Wrote the 23rd most laws compared to All Representatives (tied with 9 others)Levin introduced 4 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. 2326: Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer …; H.R. 4625: Protect the GI Bill Act; H.R. 6767: To amend the Servicemembers Civil …; H.R. 7105: Johnny Isakson and David P. … Compare to all California Delegation (92nd percentile); House Freshmen (93rd percentile); House Democrats (89th percentile); All Representatives (93rd 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 53rd bottom/follower compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Levin’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (24th percentile); House Freshmen (58th percentile); House Democrats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (45th percentile). |
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Got the 55th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House DemocratsLevin’s bills and resolutions had 241 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 California Delegation (24th percentile); House Freshmen (56th percentile); House Democrats (23rd percentile); All Representatives (45th percentile). |
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Bills IntroducedLevin introduced 26 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (41st percentile); House Freshmen (66th percentile); House Democrats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors5 of Levin’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. 2326: Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer …; H.R. 3225: Restoring Community Input and Public …; H.R. 3723: Desalination Development Act; H.R. 6767: To amend the Servicemembers Civil …; H.R. 7105: Johnny Isakson and David P. … Compare to all California Delegation (41st percentile); House Freshmen (74th 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. 13 of Levin’s 26 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Levin caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all California Delegation (50th percentile); House Freshmen (66th percentile); House Democrats (47th percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsLevin 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 Levin’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (27th percentile); House Freshmen (68th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Missed VotesLevin missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Levin’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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.
