Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s 2017 Report Card
Representative
from Arizona's 3rd District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Grijalva’s record during the 2017 legislative year (Jan 3, 2017-Dec 31, 2017) and compare him 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 Grijalva’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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Held the most committee positions compared to Arizona DelegationGrijalva held a leadership position on 1 committee and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Grijalva’s Profile » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Was most absent in votes compared to Arizona DelegationGrijalva missed 6.8% of votes (48 of 710 votes) in 2017. View Grijalva’s Profile » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (83rd percentile); All Representatives (87th 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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Ranked 3rd most politically left compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Grijalva’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (1st percentile); House Democrats (1st percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 5th most bills compared to All RepresentativesGrijalva cosponsored 531 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 Arizona Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (97th percentile); House Democrats (97th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 7th least often compared to House DemocratsOf the 531 bills that Grijalva cosponsored, 16% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (28th percentile); House Democrats (3rd percentile); All Representatives (39th 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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Got influential cosponsors the 9th most often compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)7 of Grijalva’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. 502: To permanently reauthorize the Land …; H.R. 1405: Veterans Visa and Protection Act …; H.R. 2689: RESPECT Act; H.R. 2915: Save Oak Flat Act; H.R. 3227: Justice is Not For Sale …; H.R. 3273: LGBT Data Inclusion Act; H.R. 4426: Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act Compare to all Arizona Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (90th percentile); House Democrats (95th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). |
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Got the 11th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesGrijalva’s bills and resolutions had 723 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 Arizona Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (96th percentile); House Democrats (96th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile). |
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Ranked the 14th top leader compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Grijalva’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Arizona Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (79th percentile); House Democrats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Introduced the 62nd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 9 others)Grijalva introduced 20 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills » Compare to all Arizona Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76th percentile); House Democrats (80th percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGrijalva 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 Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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. Grijalva introduced 2 bills in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 555: Of inquiry requesting the President …; H.R. 1404: Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance … Compare to all Arizona Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (59th percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 5 of Grijalva’s 20 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017. Compare to all Arizona Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (60th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Grijalva supported any of 21 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Grijalva 2 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Grijalva cosponsored H.R. 2678: ETHICS Act of 2017; H.R. 4396: ME TOO Congress Act Compare to all Arizona Delegation (13th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (55th 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 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.
