Rep. Pete Gallego’s 2014 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 23rd District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
These statistics cover Gallego’s record during the 113th Congress (Jan 3, 2013-Jan 2, 2015) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 12, 2015. Although Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA1], Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY4], Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ10], and Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] served in the 112th Congress, they took office within the last two months of the 112th Congress and here are grouped with other freshmen for the 113th 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 Gallego’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 the 2nd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Competitive House SeatsGallego’s bills and resolutions had 11 cosponsors in the 113th 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 Texas Delegation (3rd percentile); Competitive House Seats (2nd percentile); House Freshmen (11th percentile); House Democrats (3rd percentile); All Representatives (4th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 3rd most often compared to Texas DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 188 bills that Gallego cosponsored, 41% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (92nd percentile); Competitive House Seats (73rd percentile); House Freshmen (90th percentile); House Democrats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (91st 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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Introduced the 4th fewest bills compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 2 others)Gallego introduced 8 bills and resolutions in the 113th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (28th percentile); Competitive House Seats (7th percentile); House Freshmen (35th percentile); House Democrats (18th percentile); All Representatives (22nd percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 5th fewest bills compared to Competitive House Seats (tied with 1 other)Gallego cosponsored 188 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 Texas Delegation (33rd percentile); Competitive House Seats (9th percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); House Democrats (11th percentile); All Representatives (24th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGallego introduced 0 bills that became law in the 113th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (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 Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Gallego introduced 0 bills in the 113th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Gallego’s bills and resolutions in the 113th 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. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsGallego 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 Gallego’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Missed VotesGallego missed 1.8% of votes (22 of 1,204 votes) in the 113th Congress. View Gallego’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (31st percentile); Competitive House Seats (50th percentile); House Freshmen (51st percentile); All Representatives (40th 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. |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Gallego supported any of 12 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Gallego 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (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 the 113th Congress) 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.
