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Rep. Patrick “Pat” Tiberi’s 2017 Report Card

Representative from Ohio's 12th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 15, 2018

These year-end statistics cover Tiberi’s record during the 2017 legislative year (Jan 3, 2017-Dec 31, 2017) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 6, 2018.

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 Tiberi’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 bicameral support on the 2nd most bills compared to Ohio Delegation

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 4 of Tiberi’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. 828: Investing in Opportunity Act; H.R. 1057: STOP Act of 2017; H.R. 1098: New Markets Tax Credit Extension …; H.R. 1962: Retirement Security Preservation Act of …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); House Republicans (83rd percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile).

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

Ranked the 6th top leader compared to All Representatives

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 2017 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Tiberi’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); House Republicans (98th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile).

 

Got the 9th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House Republicans

Tiberi’s bills and resolutions had 629 cosponsors in 2017. 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 Ohio Delegation (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (92nd percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (95th percentile).

 

Was 17th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives

Tiberi missed 12.4% of votes (88 of 710 votes) in 2017. View Tiberi’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (93rd percentile); All Representatives (96th 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 20th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 5 others)

7 of Tiberi’s bills and resolutions in 2017 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. 828: Investing in Opportunity Act; H.R. 1057: STOP Act of 2017; H.R. 1098: New Markets Tax Credit Extension …; H.R. 1296: To amend the Internal Revenue …; H.R. 1661: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act …; H.R. 1962: Retirement Security Preservation Act of …; H.R. 3168: SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (90th percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 20th 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. 12 of Tiberi’s 18 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (93rd percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile).

 

Ranked 40th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ Years

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 2017 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Tiberi’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76th percentile); House Republicans (26th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 41st least often compared to Serving 10+ Years

Of the 99 bills that Tiberi cosponsored, 14% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (24th percentile); House Republicans (63rd 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.
 

Introduced the 41st most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 11 others)

Tiberi introduced 18 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (68th percentile); House Republicans (78th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 58th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 3 others)

Tiberi cosponsored 99 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 Ohio Delegation (13th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (18th percentile); House Republicans (22nd percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Tiberi introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2017. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Tiberi introduced 2 bills in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 2579: Broader Options for Americans Act; H.R. 3168: SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (63rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (59th percentile); House Republicans (39th percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Tiberi 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 Tiberi’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (20th percentile); House Republicans (37th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Tiberi supported any of 21 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Tiberi 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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 2017) 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.