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Rep. Mike Levin’s 2022 Report Card

Representative from California's 49th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025

These statistics cover Levin’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.

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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Was most present in votes compared to House Sophomores

Levin missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Levin’s Profile »

Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (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.
 

Got influential cosponsors the 3rd most often compared to House Sophomores (tied with 2 others)

9 of Levin’s bills and resolutions in the 117th 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. 1503: Restoring Community Input and Public …; H.R. 1836: Guard and Reserve GI Bill …; H.R. 2523: THRIVE Act; H.R. 3053: American Coasts and Oceans Protection …; H.R. 3326: Public Land Renewable Energy Development …; H.R. 3665: To designate the medical center …; H.R. 4712: Desalination Development Act; H.R. 4772: Mark O’Brien VA Clothing Allowance …; H.R. 7801: To amend the Coastal Zone …

Compare to all California Delegation (81st percentile); House Sophomores (94th percentile); House Democrats (79th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile).

 

Got their bills out of committee the 4th most often compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Levin introduced 11 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 1503: Restoring Community Input and Public …; H.R. 1836: Guard and Reserve GI Bill …; H.R. 2523: THRIVE Act; H.R. 3326: Public Land Renewable Energy Development …; H.R. 3665: To designate the medical center …; H.R. 4601: Commitment to Veteran Support and …; H.R. 4657: Veteran Home Energy Savings Act; H.R. 4772: Mark O’Brien VA Clothing Allowance …; H.R. 5752: Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act; H.R. 7369: VENTURE Act; H.R. 7939: Veterans Auto and Education Improvement …

Compare to all California Delegation (87th percentile); House Sophomores (94th percentile); House Democrats (89th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).

 

Introduced the 14th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)

Levin introduced 36 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (62nd percentile); House Sophomores (81st percentile); House Democrats (70th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 16th most bills compared to House Sophomores

Levin cosponsored 554 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 (57th percentile); House Sophomores (79th percentile); House Democrats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (78th percentile).

 

Ranked 17th most politically left compared to House Sophomores

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 the 117th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Levin’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all California Delegation (55th percentile); House Sophomores (21st percentile); House Democrats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (31st percentile).

 

Wrote the 28th most laws compared to All Representatives (tied with 16 others)

Levin introduced 4 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th 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. 2523: THRIVE Act; H.R. 3665: To designate the medical center …; H.R. 7369: VENTURE Act; H.R. 7939: Veterans Auto and Education Improvement …

Compare to all California Delegation (87th percentile); House Sophomores (86th percentile); House Democrats (83rd percentile); All Representatives (90th 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.
 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 33rd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 6 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 22 of Levin’s 36 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Levin caucused with in the 117th Congress.

Compare to all California Delegation (87th percentile); House Sophomores (88th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 4 of Levin’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. 3326: Public Land Renewable Energy Development …; H.R. 4601: Commitment to Veteran Support and …; H.R. 5401: Nuclear Waste Task Force Act …; H.R. 7800: Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act

Compare to all California Delegation (28th percentile); House Sophomores (47th percentile); House Democrats (29th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Levin 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 (34th percentile); House Sophomores (56th percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (43rd percentile).

 

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 554 bills that Levin cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all California Delegation (53rd percentile); House Sophomores (26th percentile); House Democrats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile).

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

Cosponsors

Levin’s bills and resolutions had 367 cosponsors in the 117th 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 (45th percentile); House Sophomores (62nd percentile); House Democrats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (61st percentile).

 

Leadership Score

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 the 117th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Levin’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all California Delegation (45th percentile); House Sophomores (68th percentile); House Democrats (46th percentile); All Representatives (66th 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 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.