Rep. Raul Ruiz’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from California's 36th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Ruiz’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.
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 Ruiz’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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Cosponsored the 22nd fewest bills compared to House DemocratsRuiz cosponsored 295 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 California Delegation (12th percentile); House Democrats (9th percentile); All Representatives (40th percentile). |
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Introduced the 22nd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 4 others)Ruiz introduced 53 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (90th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 25th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 25 of Ruiz’s 53 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Ruiz caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all California Delegation (90th percentile); House Democrats (92nd percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 42nd most often compared to House DemocratsIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 295 bills that Ruiz cosponsored, 14% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (82nd percentile); House Democrats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (45th 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 their bills out of committee the 39th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 15 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Ruiz introduced 8 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1381: Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act; H.R. 1839: Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability …; H.R. 2281: Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction …; H.R. 2477: BENES Act of 2020; H.R. 2519: Improving Mental Health Access from …; H.R. 3239: Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in …; H.R. 4930: Wounded Veterans Recreation Act; H.R. 6282: Commission on America’s Medical Security … Compare to all California Delegation (76th percentile); House Democrats (80th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile). |
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Ranked 50th most politically right compared to House DemocratsOur 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 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Ruiz’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (73rd percentile); House Democrats (79th percentile); All Representatives (43rd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 54th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 7 others)9 of Ruiz’s bills and resolutions in the 116th 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. 1210: Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert …; H.R. 2279: Safe Step Act; H.R. 2281: Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction …; H.R. 2815: Training the Next Generation of …; H.R. 3239: Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in …; H.R. 3502: Protecting People From Surprise Medical …; H.R. 3923: Environmental Justice Act of 2019; H.R. 4534: Native Health and Wellness Act …; H.Con.Res. 17: Expressing the sense of Congress … Compare to all California Delegation (69th percentile); House Democrats (76th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile). |
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Got the 65th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesRuiz’s bills and resolutions had 724 cosponsors in the 116th 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 California Delegation (63rd percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 60th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 11 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1210: Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert …; H.R. 2282: Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act …; H.R. 2477: BENES Act of 2020; H.R. 3923: Environmental Justice Act of 2019; H.R. 4495: To authorize the Secretary of …; H.R. 4930: Wounded Veterans Recreation Act; H.R. 6090: Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex …; H.R. 6311: Care for COVID-19 Act Compare to all California Delegation (73rd percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Ranked the 67th top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Ruiz’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (63rd percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedRuiz introduced 3 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th 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. 1839: Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability …; H.R. 4930: Wounded Veterans Recreation Act; H.R. 6282: Commission on America’s Medical Security … Compare to all California Delegation (73rd percentile); House Democrats (76th percentile); All Representatives (84th 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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Committee PositionsRuiz 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 Ruiz’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (27th percentile); House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Missed VotesRuiz missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Ruiz’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 the 116th Congress) 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.
