Rep. Randy Weber’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 14th District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Weber’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
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 Weber’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.
|
|
Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 5th fewest bills compared to Texas Delegation (tied with 4 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Weber’s 4 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Weber caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Texas Delegation (11th percentile); House Republicans (6th percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
|
|
Joined bipartisan bills the 18th least often compared to House RepublicansOf the 236 bills that Weber cosponsored, 26% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (44th percentile); House Republicans (8th percentile); All Representatives (57th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
|
|
Cosponsored the 20th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)Weber cosponsored 236 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 (75th percentile); House Republicans (90th percentile); All Representatives (51st percentile). |
|
|
Got the 35th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesWeber’s bills and resolutions had 16 cosponsors in 2019. 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 (8th percentile); House Republicans (16th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
|
|
Introduced the 34th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 16 others)Weber introduced 4 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (8th percentile); House Republicans (15th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
|
|
Was 90th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 3 others)Weber missed 4.0% of votes (28 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Weber’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (72nd percentile); All Representatives (79th 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. |
|
|
Laws EnactedWeber introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. 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); House Republicans (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. |
|
|
Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Weber introduced 0 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
|
|
Powerful Cosponsors0 of Weber’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
|
|
Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
|
|
Committee PositionsWeber 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 Weber’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (39th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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 2019) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
