Rep. Paul Ryan

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Ryan.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ryan is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Ryan sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Ryan was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 4174 (115th): Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
• H.R. 1831 (114th): Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016
• H.R. 3291 (114th): Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015
• H.R. 3038 (114th): Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II
• H.R. 1890 (114th): Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
• H.R. 1891 (114th): To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 804 (114th): Expanding the Availability of Medicare Data Act

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Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Ryan sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (27%) Economics and Public Finance (27%) Health (27%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (18%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Ryan recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 4174 (115th): Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
• H.Res. 397 (115th): Solemnly reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic …
• H.Res. 639 (114th): Authorizing the Speaker to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the …
• H.R. 3291 (114th): Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015
• H.R. 3038 (114th): Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II
• H.R. 2688 (114th): To block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect …
• H.R. 1890 (114th): Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1999 to Dec 2018, Ryan missed 239 of 11,602 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills