Rep. Ro Khanna’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from California's 17th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Khanna’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 Khanna’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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Got influential cosponsors the 3rd most often compared to House Sophomores12 of Khanna’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.Res. 921: Celebrating the 129th anniversary of …; H.R. 465: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act …; H.R. 3676: Measuring the Economic Impact of …; H.R. 4153: Health Care Access for Urban …; H.R. 4183: Identifying Barriers and Best Practices …; H.R. 5010: State-Based Universal Health Care Act …; H.R. 5543: No War Against Iran Act; H.R. 5901: Information Technology Modernization Centers of …; H.R. 5962: Gender Inclusive Passport Act; H.R. 6718: Farm System Reform Act of …; H.R. 7836: Masks for All Act of …; H.J.Res. 37: Directing the removal of United … Compare to all California Delegation (78th percentile); House Sophomores (95th percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile). |
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Ranked 3rd most politically left compared to House SophomoresOur 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 Khanna’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (6th percentile); House Sophomores (4th percentile); House Democrats (9th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Wrote the 3rd most laws compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Khanna introduced 5 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. 4183: Identifying Barriers and Best Practices …; H.R. 4672: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 5901: Information Technology Modernization Centers of …; H.R. 8191: CHARGE Act; H.R. 9014: United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments … Compare to all California Delegation (94th percentile); House Sophomores (93rd percentile); House Democrats (92nd percentile); All Representatives (95th 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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Got their bills out of committee the 4th most often compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Khanna introduced 8 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 4153: Health Care Access for Urban …; H.R. 4183: Identifying Barriers and Best Practices …; H.R. 4672: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 5284: Vet OUTREACH Act; H.R. 5901: Information Technology Modernization Centers of …; H.R. 8191: CHARGE Act; H.R. 9014: United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments …; H.J.Res. 37: Directing the removal of United … Compare to all California Delegation (76th percentile); House Sophomores (91st percentile); House Democrats (80th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile). |
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Was 4th most present in votes compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Khanna missed 0.3% of votes (3 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Khanna’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (8th percentile); House Sophomores (5th percentile); All Representatives (8th 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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Got the 6th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House SophomoresKhanna’s bills and resolutions had 675 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 (57th percentile); House Sophomores (89th percentile); House Democrats (68th percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile). |
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Ranked the 6th top leader compared to House SophomoresOur 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 Khanna’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (53rd percentile); House Sophomores (89th percentile); House Democrats (64th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 7th least often compared to House SophomoresOf the 1056 bills that Khanna cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (33rd percentile); House Sophomores (11th percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th 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 11th most bills compared to All RepresentativesKhanna cosponsored 1,056 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 (96th percentile); House Sophomores (95th percentile); House Democrats (96th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 43rd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 16 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 465: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act …; H.R. 1431: Cost-of-Living Refund Act of 2019; H.R. 3676: Measuring the Economic Impact of …; H.R. 6114: Espionage Act Reform Act of …; H.R. 6719: Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act; H.R. 6978: Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7174: Protection of Civilians in Military …; H.R. 7836: Masks for All Act of …; H.R. 9014: United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments … Compare to all California Delegation (80th percentile); House Sophomores (85th percentile); House Democrats (78th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Introduced the 84th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 8 others)Khanna introduced 35 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (59th percentile); House Sophomores (76th percentile); House Democrats (68th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 13 of Khanna’s 35 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Khanna caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all California Delegation (50th percentile); House Sophomores (67th percentile); House Democrats (47th percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsKhanna 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 Khanna’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 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.
