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Rep. Robert Latta’s 2015 Report Card

Representative from Ohio's 5th District
Republican
Serving Dec 13, 2007 – Jan 3, 2025

These year-end statistics cover Latta’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.

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 Latta’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 bipartisan cosponsors on the lowest % of bills compared to Ohio Delegation

Latta tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 42% of Latta’s 24 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (46th percentile); Safe House Seats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile).

Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
 

Was most present in votes compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 1 other)

Latta missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Latta’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (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.
 

Wrote the 2nd most laws compared to Ohio Delegation

Latta introduced 1 bill that became law in 2015. 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. 212: Drinking Water Protection Act

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (87th percentile); House Republicans (79th percentile); Safe House Seats (82nd percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile).

A bill or joint resolution is considered enacted if it or an exactly identical bill to it is enacted as law. We only consider bills that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively.
 

Got influential cosponsors the 2nd most often compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 1 other)

4 of Latta’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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. 504: Energy Star Program Integrity Act; H.R. 821: Wi-Fi Innovation Act; H.R. 1424: Infection Reduction Labeling Act; H.R. 1785: Voluntary Verification Program Act of …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (80th percentile); House Republicans (75th percentile); Safe House Seats (75th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the 3rd least often compared to Ohio Delegation

Of the 183 bills that Latta cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (13th percentile); House Republicans (27th percentile); Safe House Seats (17th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
 

Introduced the 32nd most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 3 others)

Latta introduced 24 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (87th percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); Safe House Seats (91st percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile).

 

Ranked 42nd most politically right compared to All Representatives

Our 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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Latta’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (87th percentile); House Republicans (83rd percentile); Safe House Seats (89th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 61st most bills compared to House Republicans

Latta cosponsored 183 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 Ohio Delegation (40th percentile); House Republicans (75th percentile); Safe House Seats (55th percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile).

 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Latta introduced 1 bill in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 212: Drinking Water Protection Act

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (53rd percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); Safe House Seats (45th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile).

 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 0 of Latta’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.
 

Committee Positions

Latta 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 Latta’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (27th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); Safe House Seats (36th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile).

 

Cosponsors

Latta’s bills and resolutions had 147 cosponsors in 2015. 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 Ohio Delegation (47th percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); Safe House Seats (54th percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile).

 

Leadership Score

Our 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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Latta’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (53rd percentile); House Republicans (52nd percentile); Safe House Seats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Latta supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Latta 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (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 2015) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.