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Rep. Nikema Williams’s 2022 Report Card

Representative from Georgia's 5th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2025

These statistics cover Williams’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare her 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 Williams’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 influential cosponsors the most often compared to House Freshmen

12 of Williams’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.Res. 936: Expressing support for the designation …; H.Res. 1382: Condemning the atrocities that occurred …; H.R. 3072: COACH Act; H.R. 3555: Voters on the Move Registration …; H.R. 4934: Equal Pay for Equal Work …; H.R. 5577: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 5606: Return Home to Housing Act; H.R. 8727: AERO Act; H.R. 8770: Expanding the VOTE Act; H.R. 9202: Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. National …; H.Con.Res. 89: Expressing opposition to the criminalization …; H.J.Res. 53: Proposing an amendment to the …

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (86th percentile); House Freshmen (99th percentile); House Democrats (88th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the most bills compared to House Freshmen

Williams cosponsored 818 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 Georgia Delegation (93rd percentile); House Freshmen (99th percentile); House Democrats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (96th percentile).

 

Got the most cosponsors on their bills compared to House Freshmen

Williams’s bills and resolutions had 1,459 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 Georgia Delegation (93rd percentile); House Freshmen (99th percentile); House Democrats (96th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile).

 

Ranked the top leader compared to House Freshmen

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 Williams’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (93rd percentile); House Freshmen (99th percentile); House Democrats (94th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the most bills compared to House Freshmen

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 23 of Williams’s 52 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Williams caucused with in the 117th Congress.

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (93rd percentile); House Freshmen (99th percentile); House Democrats (88th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).

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

Was most present in votes compared to Georgia Delegation (tied with 1 other)

Williams missed 0.1% of votes (1 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Williams’s Profile »

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (11th percentile); All Representatives (5th 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.
 

Introduced the 2nd most bills compared to House Freshmen

Williams introduced 52 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (93rd percentile); House Freshmen (97th percentile); House Democrats (87th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).

 

Got their bills out of committee the 2nd most often compared to House Freshmen

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Williams introduced 9 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.Res. 1382: Condemning the atrocities that occurred …; H.R. 3555: Voters on the Move Registration …; H.R. 5547: CEDS Act; H.R. 5577: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 5606: Return Home to Housing Act; H.R. 6244: Max Cleland VA Medical Center …; H.R. 8485: Expanding Access to Credit through …; H.R. 8681: John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship …; H.R. 8770: Expanding the VOTE Act

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (93rd percentile); House Freshmen (97th percentile); House Democrats (83rd percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 2nd most bills compared to House Freshmen

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 12 of Williams’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.Res. 165: Honoring the life and legacy …; H.Res. 618: Honoring the Centers for Disease …; H.Res. 715: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.Res. 1382: Condemning the atrocities that occurred …; H.Res. 1425: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.R. 5577: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 6244: Max Cleland VA Medical Center …; H.R. 7950: City of Atlanta Stormwater Management …; H.R. 7992: Sustaining Our Democracy Act; H.R. 8281: Military Housing Affordability Act of …; H.R. 8341: Youth Voting Rights Act; H.J.Res. 53: Proposing an amendment to the …

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (93rd percentile); House Freshmen (97th percentile); House Democrats (88th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).

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

Wrote the 2nd most laws compared to Georgia Delegation

Williams introduced 2 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. 5577: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 6244: Max Cleland VA Medical Center …

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (86th percentile); House Freshmen (78th percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (61st 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.
 

Ranked 2nd most politically left compared to Georgia Delegation

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 Williams’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (7th percentile); House Freshmen (8th percentile); House Democrats (20th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 4th least often compared to Georgia Delegation

Of the 818 bills that Williams cosponsored, 7% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (21st percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Williams held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Williams’s Profile »

Compare to all Georgia Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (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 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.