Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s 2017 Report Card
Representative
from Washington's 7th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Jayapal’s record during the 2017 legislative year (Jan 3, 2017-Dec 31, 2017) and compare her to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 6, 2018.
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 Jayapal’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 most politically left compared to Washington DelegationOur 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 2017 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Jayapal’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Washington Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (2nd percentile); House Democrats (4th percentile); All Representatives (2nd percentile). |
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Supported government transparency the most often compared to Washington Delegation (tied with 1 other)GovTrack looked at whether Jayapal supported any of 21 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Jayapal 3 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Jayapal cosponsored H.R. 3462: Office of Government Ethics Independence …; H.R. 4396: ME TOO Congress Act; H.Res. 630: Requiring each Member, officer, and … Compare to all Washington Delegation (80th percentile); House Freshmen (74th percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Got the 2nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to House FreshmenJayapal’s bills and resolutions had 394 cosponsors in 2017. 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 Washington Delegation (60th percentile); House Freshmen (97th percentile); House Democrats (84th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd fewest bills compared to Washington Delegation (tied with 2 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 2 of Jayapal’s 12 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017. Compare to all Washington Delegation (10th percentile); House Freshmen (33rd percentile); House Democrats (19th percentile); All Representatives (18th percentile). |
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Ranked the 4th top leader compared to House FreshmenOur 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 2017 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Jayapal’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Washington Delegation (40th percentile); House Freshmen (93rd percentile); House Democrats (75th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile). |
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Introduced the 11th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 3 others)Jayapal introduced 12 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills » Compare to all Washington Delegation (40th percentile); House Freshmen (76th percentile); House Democrats (52nd percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 13th least often compared to House DemocratsOf the 385 bills that Jayapal cosponsored, 17% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Washington Delegation (20th percentile); House Freshmen (48th percentile); House Democrats (6th percentile); All Representatives (44th 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 30th most bills compared to All RepresentativesJayapal cosponsored 385 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 Washington Delegation (80th percentile); House Freshmen (93rd percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedJayapal introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2017. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Washington Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Jayapal introduced 1 bill in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 446: Of inquiry requesting the President … Compare to all Washington Delegation (30th percentile); House Freshmen (31st percentile); House Democrats (49th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors2 of Jayapal’s bills and resolutions in 2017 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. 1006: To clarify the rights of …; H.R. 1880: College for All Act of … Compare to all Washington Delegation (30th percentile); House Freshmen (60th percentile); House Democrats (41st 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. 1006: To clarify the rights of …; H.R. 1880: College for All Act of … Compare to all Washington Delegation (40th percentile); House Freshmen (67th percentile); House Democrats (56th percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsJayapal 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 Jayapal’s Profile » Compare to all Washington Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Missed VotesJayapal missed 1.8% of votes (13 of 710 votes) in 2017. View Jayapal’s Profile » Compare to all Washington Delegation (60th percentile); House Freshmen (68th percentile); All Representatives (52nd 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. |
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 2017) 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.
