Rep. Robert Latta’s 2019 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 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 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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Cosponsored the 4th fewest bills compared to Ohio DelegationLatta cosponsored 160 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 (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (26th percentile); House Republicans (61st percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile). |
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Ranked 6th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur 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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Latta’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (96th percentile); House Republicans (82nd percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile). |
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Was 6th most present in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 2 others)Latta missed 0.1% of votes (1 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Latta’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); All Representatives (6th 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 influential cosponsors the 9th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 3 others)5 of Latta’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. Those bills were: H.Res. 39: Expressing support for the designation …; H.Res. 269: Expressing support for the designation …; H.R. 360: Cyber Sense Act of 2019; H.R. 2386: STOP Robocalls Act; H.R. 4806: DEBAR Act of 2019 Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (66th percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); All Representatives (78th percentile). |
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Got the 21st most cosponsors on their bills compared to House RepublicansLatta’s bills and resolutions had 291 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 Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (53rd percentile); House Republicans (90th percentile); All Representatives (68th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 22nd most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 2 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 10 of Latta’s 18 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Latta caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (65th percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (74th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Introduced the 24th most bills compared to House RepublicansLatta introduced 18 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (60th percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). |
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Ranked the 27th top leader compared to House RepublicansOur 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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Latta’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (69th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (47th percentile); House Republicans (86th percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 26th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 21 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 39: Expressing support for the designation …; H.Res. 269: Expressing support for the designation …; H.R. 4399: Support And Value Expectant Moms … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (62nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (53rd percentile); House Republicans (76th percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got their bills out of committee the 36th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 18 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Latta introduced 1 bill in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 360: Cyber Sense Act of 2019 Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Republicans (41st percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedLatta 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 Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (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. |
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Committee PositionsLatta 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 (19th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (14th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 160 bills that Latta cosponsored, 40% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73rd percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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.
