Rep. Rodney Davis’s 2013 Report Card
Representative
from Illinois's 13th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Davis’s record during the 2013 legislative year (Jan 3, 2013-Dec 26, 2013) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Dec 1, 2014. On Dec. 1, 2014, the statistics were updated to remove Sen. Schatz from the list of Senate sophomores. Schatz only served for several days in the preceding Congress.
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 Davis’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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Wrote the most laws compared to Illinois DelegationDavis introduced 1 bill that became law in 2013. 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. 2383: To designate the new Interstate … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (94th percentile); Competitive House Seats (81st percentile); House Freshmen (91st percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). We only count enacted bills (and joint resolutions) that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through companion bills or incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. |
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Ranked most politically right compared to Illinois DelegationOur 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 2013 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Davis’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (94th percentile); Competitive House Seats (86th percentile); House Freshmen (80th percentile); House Republicans (59th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Ranked the 3rd top leader compared to House FreshmenOur 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 2013 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Davis’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (83rd percentile); Competitive House Seats (77th percentile); House Freshmen (96th percentile); House Republicans (69th percentile); All Representatives (81st percentile). |
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Got the 4th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House FreshmenDavis’s bills and resolutions had 219 cosponsors in 2013. 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 Illinois Delegation (78th percentile); Competitive House Seats (74th percentile); House Freshmen (95th percentile); House Republicans (72nd percentile); All Representatives (74th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 4th least often compared to Illinois DelegationOf the 204 bills that Davis cosponsored, 14% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (17th percentile); Competitive House Seats (19th percentile); House Freshmen (39th percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (43rd 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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Introduced the 5th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 4 others)Davis introduced 10 bills and resolutions in 2013. View Bills » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (67th percentile); Competitive House Seats (51st percentile); House Freshmen (88th percentile); House Republicans (57th percentile); All Representatives (57th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 24th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)Davis cosponsored 204 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 Illinois Delegation (67th percentile); Competitive House Seats (72nd percentile); House Freshmen (78th percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); All Representatives (77th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 19th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 19 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 420: To designate the new Interstate …; H.R. 1707: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 1795: Social Security Fairness Act of … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (72nd percentile); Competitive House Seats (84th percentile); House Freshmen (93rd percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Davis introduced 0 bills in 2013 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors1 of Davis’s bills and resolutions in 2013 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. 2776: RELATE with the Farm Act … Compare to all Illinois Delegation (28th percentile); Competitive House Seats (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (46th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); All Representatives (31st percentile). |
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Committee PositionsDavis 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 Davis’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Missed VotesDavis missed 2.2% of votes (14 of 641 votes) in 2013. View Davis’s Profile » Compare to all Illinois Delegation (44th percentile); Competitive House Seats (60th percentile); House Freshmen (66th percentile); All Representatives (51st 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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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Davis supported any of 12 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Davis 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); Competitive House Seats (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (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 2013) was the 113th Congress (freshmen) or 112th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
