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Rep. Paul Gosar’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from Arizona's 4th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023

These statistics cover Gosar’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.

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 Gosar’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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Wrote the most laws compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)

Gosar introduced 6 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th 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. 274: Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of …; H.R. 304: La Paz County Land Conveyance …; H.R. 755: Black Mountain Range and Bullhead …; H.R. 756: Embry-Riddle Tri-City Land Exchange Completion …; H.R. 1268: Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act; H.R. 3314: To designate the facility of …

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (89th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); House Republicans (99th percentile); All Representatives (98th 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.
 

Got their bills out of committee the 3rd most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Gosar introduced 9 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 274: Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of …; H.R. 304: La Paz County Land Conveyance …; H.R. 755: Black Mountain Range and Bullhead …; H.R. 756: Embry-Riddle Tri-City Land Exchange Completion …; H.R. 1268: Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act; H.R. 3314: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 3356: Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe …; H.R. 3794: Public Land Renewable Energy Development …; H.R. 4444: Western Area Power Administration Transparency …

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86th percentile); House Republicans (98th percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile).

 

Ranked 6th most politically right compared to All Representatives

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 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Gosar’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (89th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Republicans (97th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 5th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 2 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 9 of Gosar’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. 274: Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of …; H.R. 304: La Paz County Land Conveyance …; H.R. 755: Black Mountain Range and Bullhead …; H.R. 756: Embry-Riddle Tri-City Land Exchange Completion …; H.R. 757: Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019; H.R. 1761: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection …; H.R. 4028: RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot …; H.R. 7966: La Paz County Solar Energy …; H.R. 8515: Don’t Push My Buttons Act

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile).

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

Joined bipartisan bills the 6th least often compared to House Republicans

Of the 393 bills that Gosar cosponsored, 19% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); House Republicans (3rd percentile); All Representatives (52nd percentile).

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

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 11th most bills compared to House Republicans

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 19 of Gosar’s 36 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Gosar caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile).

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

Introduced the 13th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)

Gosar introduced 36 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (77th percentile); House Republicans (93rd percentile); All Representatives (81st percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 14th most bills compared to House Republicans

Gosar cosponsored 393 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 Arizona Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (53rd percentile); House Republicans (93rd percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile).

 

Got the 17th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House Republicans

Gosar’s bills and resolutions had 429 cosponsors in the 116th 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 Arizona Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (57th percentile); House Republicans (91st percentile); All Representatives (67th percentile).

 

Was 21st most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years

Gosar missed 7.8% of votes (74 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Gosar’s Profile »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); All Representatives (88th 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 16th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 15 others)

5 of Gosar’s bills and resolutions in the 116th 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. 1268: Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act; H.R. 2989: Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act …; H.R. 3356: Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe …; H.R. 3794: Public Land Renewable Energy Development …; H.R. 5580: Bring ESA Into the 21st …

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (51st percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (61st percentile).

 

Ranked the 34th top leader compared to House Republicans

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 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Gosar’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (47th percentile); House Republicans (83rd percentile); All Representatives (56th percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Gosar 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 Gosar’s Profile »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (56th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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 116th Congress) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.