Rep. Patrick “Pat” Fallon’s 2022 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 4th District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Fallon’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 Fallon’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 7th most absent in votes compared to House FreshmenFallon missed 2.8% of votes (28 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Fallon’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (72nd percentile); House Freshmen (90th percentile); All Representatives (81st 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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Joined bipartisan bills the 38th least often compared to House RepublicansOf the 272 bills that Fallon cosponsored, 12% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (47th percentile); House Freshmen (41st percentile); House Republicans (17th percentile); All Representatives (49th 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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Ranked the 45th bottom/follower compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Fallon’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (17th percentile); House Freshmen (22nd percentile); House Republicans (17th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile). |
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Got the 60th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Fallon’s bills and resolutions had 69 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 Texas Delegation (19th percentile); House Freshmen (29th percentile); House Republicans (20th percentile); All Representatives (14th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 75th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 30 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 3 of Fallon’s 17 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Fallon caucused with in the 117th Congress. Compare to all Texas Delegation (23rd percentile); House Freshmen (39th percentile); House Republicans (29th percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Laws EnactedFallon introduced 1 bill 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. 8267: Container Missile Notification Act Compare to all Texas Delegation (36th percentile); House Freshmen (49th percentile); House Republicans (52nd percentile); All Representatives (35th 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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Bills IntroducedFallon introduced 17 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (39th percentile); House Freshmen (44th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (31st percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Fallon introduced 1 bill in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 8267: Container Missile Notification Act Compare to all Texas Delegation (22nd percentile); House Freshmen (18th percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Fallon’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. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Texas 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. |
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Committee PositionsFallon 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 Fallon’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredFallon cosponsored 272 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 Texas Delegation (39th percentile); House Freshmen (44th percentile); House Republicans (56th percentile); All Representatives (33rd 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.
