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Rep. Neal Dunn’s 2018 Report Card

Representative from Florida's 2nd District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2025

These statistics cover Dunn’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 20, 2019.

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 Dunn’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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Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Florida Delegation

Of the 208 bills that Dunn cosponsored, 7% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (12th percentile); House Republicans (16th percentile); All Representatives (9th percentile).

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

Was 4th most present in votes compared to Florida Delegation

Dunn missed 2.3% of votes (28 of 1,210 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Dunn’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (12th percentile); House Freshmen (62nd percentile); All Representatives (45th 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.
 

Cosponsored the 5th fewest bills compared to Florida Delegation

Dunn cosponsored 208 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 Florida Delegation (15th percentile); House Freshmen (36th percentile); House Republicans (53rd percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile).

 

Got the 6th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Florida Delegation

Dunn’s bills and resolutions had 144 cosponsors in the 115th 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 Florida Delegation (19th percentile); House Freshmen (54th percentile); House Republicans (39th percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile).

 

Ranked the 7th bottom/follower compared to Florida Delegation

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 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Dunn’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (23rd percentile); House Freshmen (57th percentile); House Republicans (33rd percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile).

 

Ranked 8th most politically right compared to House Freshmen

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 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Dunn’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (85th percentile); House Freshmen (88th percentile); House Republicans (71st percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 7th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 3 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 11 of Dunn’s 16 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Dunn caucused with in the 115th Congress.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (62nd percentile); House Freshmen (85th percentile); House Republicans (65th percentile); All Representatives (69th percentile).

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

Laws Enacted

Dunn introduced 2 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th 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. 3832: Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act; H.R. 5787: Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (65th percentile); House Freshmen (72nd percentile); House Republicans (53rd percentile); All Representatives (63rd 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.
 

Bills Introduced

Dunn introduced 16 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (35th percentile); House Freshmen (52nd percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile).

 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Dunn introduced 5 bills in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 2601: VICTOR Act of 2017; H.R. 2781: Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in …; H.R. 3832: Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act; H.R. 4323: Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers …; H.R. 5787: Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (69th percentile); House Freshmen (69th percentile); House Republicans (50th percentile); All Representatives (68th percentile).

 

Powerful Cosponsors

2 of Dunn’s bills and resolutions in the 115th 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. 2781: Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in …; H.R. 4323: Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (12th percentile); House Freshmen (37th percentile); House Republicans (29th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile).

 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 0 of Dunn’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.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Dunn 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 Dunn’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (50th percentile); House Freshmen (72nd percentile); House Republicans (37th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Dunn supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Dunn 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (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 the 115th Congress) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.