Commish. Pedro Pierluisi’s 2015 Report Card
Representative
from Puerto Rico's At-Large District
Democrat
Served Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2017
These year-end statistics cover Pierluisi’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.
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 Pierluisi’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 12th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)Pierluisi cosponsored 112 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 House Democrats (6th percentile); Safe House Seats (19th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). |
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Ranked 23rd most politically right compared to House DemocratsOur 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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Pierluisi’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Democrats (88th percentile); Safe House Seats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 30th most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 112 bills that Pierluisi cosponsored, 41% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all House Democrats (85th percentile); Safe House Seats (94th percentile); All Representatives (93rd 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 EnactedPierluisi introduced 0 bills that became law in 2015. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). A bill or joint resolution is considered enacted if it or an exactly identical bill to it is enacted as law. We only consider bills that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. |
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Bills IntroducedPierluisi introduced 12 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills » Compare to all House Democrats (58th percentile); Safe House Seats (58th percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Pierluisi introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors2 of Pierluisi’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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. 727: Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process …; H.R. 870: Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity … Compare to all House Democrats (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (43rd percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1225: Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments …; H.R. 1418: Puerto Rico Medicare Part B … Compare to all House Democrats (54th percentile); Safe House Seats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsPierluisi tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 33% of Pierluisi’s 12 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015. Compare to all House Democrats (54th percentile); Safe House Seats (45th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsPierluisi 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 Pierluisi’s Profile » Compare to all House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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CosponsorsPierluisi’s bills and resolutions had 170 cosponsors in 2015. 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 House Democrats (57th percentile); Safe House Seats (58th percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Pierluisi’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Democrats (61st percentile); Safe House Seats (49th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Pierluisi supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Pierluisi 1 point, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Pierluisi cosponsored H.R. 653: FOIA Act Compare to all House Democrats (9th percentile); Safe House Seats (41st percentile); All Representatives (43rd 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 2015) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
