Rep. Mike Rogers’s 2013 Report Card
Representative
from Michigan's 8th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2015
These year-end statistics cover Rogers’s record during the 2013 legislative year (Jan 3, 2013-Dec 26, 2013) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Dec 1, 2014. On Dec. 1, 2014, the statistics were updated to remove Sen. Schatz from the list of Senate sophomores. Schatz only served for several days in the preceding Congress.
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 Rogers’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 absent in votes compared to Michigan DelegationRogers missed 5.9% of votes (38 of 641 votes) in 2013. View Rogers’s Profile » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (93rd percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (87th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (77th percentile); Safe House Seats (83rd percentile); All Representatives (84th 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. |
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Got their bills out of committee the 18th most often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 16 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Rogers introduced 2 bills in 2013 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 624: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection …; H.R. 3381: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal … Compare to all Michigan Delegation (71st percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (64th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (81st percentile); House Republicans (72nd percentile); Safe House Seats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (83rd percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 30th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Rogers cosponsored 74 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 Michigan Delegation (21st percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (18th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (10th percentile); House Republicans (9th percentile); Safe House Seats (7th percentile); All Representatives (7th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 46th least often compared to Serving 10+ YearsOf the 74 bills that Rogers cosponsored, 11% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (36th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (31st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (25th percentile); House Republicans (67th percentile); Safe House Seats (38th 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. |
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Laws EnactedRogers introduced 1 bill that became law in 2013. 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. 307: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization … Compare to all Michigan Delegation (57th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (76th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (88th percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); Safe House Seats (90th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). We only count enacted bills (and joint resolutions) that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through companion bills or incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. |
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Bills IntroducedRogers introduced 8 bills and resolutions in 2013. View Bills » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (36th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (34th percentile); House Republicans (45th percentile); Safe House Seats (44th percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors2 of Rogers’s bills and resolutions in 2013 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. 307: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization …; H.R. 624: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection … Compare to all Michigan Delegation (50th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (36th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (58th percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); Safe House Seats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsRogers held a leadership position on 1 committee and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Rogers’s Profile » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (57th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (77th percentile); House Republicans (90th percentile); Safe House Seats (89th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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CosponsorsRogers’s bills and resolutions had 159 cosponsors in 2013. 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 Michigan Delegation (57th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (49th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (58th percentile); House Republicans (61st percentile); Safe House Seats (64th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Rogers supported any of 12 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Rogers 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 2013) was the 113th Congress (freshmen) or 112th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
