Rep. Pete Olson’s 2018 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 22nd District
Republican
Served Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2021
These statistics cover Olson’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 20, 2019.
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 Olson’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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Ranked 4th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur 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 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Olson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 23rd least often compared to Serving 10+ YearsOf the 286 bills that Olson cosponsored, 11% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (12th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (21st 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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Cosponsored the 45th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)Olson cosponsored 286 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 (64th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (44th percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedOlson introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th 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. 294: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Texas Delegation (31st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36th percentile); House Republicans (22nd percentile); All Representatives (34th 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. |
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Bills IntroducedOlson introduced 13 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (36th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (29th percentile); House Republicans (32nd percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Olson introduced 4 bills in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 294: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 309: National Clinical Care Commission Act; H.R. 717: Listing Reform Act; H.R. 806: Ozone Standards Implementation Act of … Compare to all Texas Delegation (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (58th percentile); House Republicans (35th percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors4 of Olson’s bills and resolutions in the 115th 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. 806: Ozone Standards Implementation Act of …; H.R. 1904: Medicare Access to Radiology Care …; H.R. 2796: Civil Rights Uniformity Act of …; H.R. 4582: Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act … Compare to all Texas Delegation (53rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (50th percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (56th 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. 1904: Medicare Access to Radiology Care …; H.R. 4582: Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act … Compare to all Texas Delegation (33rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (32nd percentile); House Republicans (40th percentile); All Representatives (37th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Olson’s 13 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Olson caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Texas Delegation (47th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (44th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (45th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsOlson 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 Olson’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (37th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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CosponsorsOlson’s bills and resolutions had 188 cosponsors in the 115th 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 (47th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (38th percentile); House Republicans (49th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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 the 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Olson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (61st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (60th percentile); House Republicans (58th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile). |
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Missed VotesOlson missed 3.6% of votes (44 of 1,210 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Olson’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (61st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); All Representatives (62nd 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 Olson supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Olson 2 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Olson cosponsored H.R. 24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of …; H.Res. 630: Requiring each Member, officer, and … Compare to all Texas Delegation (53rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Republicans (47th 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 the 115th Congress) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
