Sen. Patrick “Pat” Toomey’s 2013 Report Card
Junior
Senator
from Pennsylvania
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Toomey’s record during the 2013 legislative year (Jan 3, 2013-Dec 26, 2013) and compare him to other senators 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 Toomey’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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Cosponsored the 2nd fewest bills compared to Senate SophomoresToomey cosponsored 84 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 Senate Sophomores (8th percentile); Senate Republicans (16th percentile); All Senators (12th percentile). |
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Got the 3rd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Senate SophomoresToomey’s bills and resolutions had 71 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 Senate Sophomores (15th percentile); Senate Republicans (31st percentile); All Senators (26th percentile). |
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Ranked the 4th bottom/follower compared to Senate SophomoresOur 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 2013 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Toomey’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Sophomores (23rd percentile); Senate Republicans (38th percentile); All Senators (31st percentile). |
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Introduced the 10th most bills compared to Senate RepublicansToomey introduced 21 bills and resolutions in 2013. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Sophomores (69th percentile); Senate Republicans (78th percentile); All Senators (55th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 18th most often compared to All SenatorsIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 84 bills that Toomey cosponsored, 44% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Sophomores (54th percentile); Senate Republicans (62nd percentile); All Senators (81st 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 EnactedToomey introduced 0 bills that became law in 2013. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (0th 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 Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Toomey introduced 0 bills in 2013 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors2 of Toomey’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: S. 46: Ensuring the Full Faith and …; S. 1193: Data Security and Breach Notification … Compare to all Senate Sophomores (38th percentile); Senate Republicans (47th percentile); All Senators (39th percentile). |
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Working with the HouseThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: S. 1128: Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs …; S. 1684: Servicemembers Transition Improvement Act of …; S. 1779: Community Fire Safety Act of …; S.Res. 63: A resolution encouraging the Navy …; S.Res. 109: A resolution expressing the sense … Compare to all Senate Sophomores (31st percentile); Senate Republicans (51st percentile); All Senators (43rd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsToomey tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 29% of Toomey’s 21 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2013. Compare to all Senate Sophomores (42nd percentile); Senate Republicans (48th percentile); All Senators (45th percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsToomey held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Toomey’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Sophomores (8th percentile); Senate Republicans (11th percentile); All Senators (18th percentile). |
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Ideology ScoreOur 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 2013 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Toomey’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Sophomores (31st percentile); Senate Republicans (29th percentile); All Senators (68th percentile). |
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Missed VotesToomey missed 1.4% of votes (4 of 291 votes) in 2013. View Toomey’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Sophomores (31st percentile); All Senators (49th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Toomey supported any of 8 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the Senate that we identified in this session. We gave Toomey 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (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.
