Sen. Ron Johnson’s 2019 Report Card
Senior
Senator
from Wisconsin
Republican
Serving Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2029
These year-end statistics cover Johnson’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other senators 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 Johnson’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 6th most often compared to Senate Republicans (tied with 3 others)8 of Johnson’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: S. 396: A bill to amend section …; S. 831: A bill to direct the …; S. 1313: RIP MSP Act; S. 1867: DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems …; S. 2769: Congressional Reporting Burden Reduction Act; S. 3118: TRAC Act; S.Res. 27: A resolution calling for a …; S.Res. 65: A resolution congratulating the Hellenic … Compare to all Senate Republicans (83rd percentile); All Senators (77th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 8th fewest bills compared to All SenatorsJohnson cosponsored 88 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 Senate Republicans (13th percentile); All Senators (7th percentile). |
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Ranked 14th most politically left compared to Senate RepublicansOur 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 Johnson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (25th percentile); All Senators (60th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedJohnson 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 Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (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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Bills IntroducedJohnson introduced 26 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (43rd percentile); All Senators (35th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Johnson introduced 8 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S. 380: Guidance Out Of Darkness Act; S. 394: Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of …; S. 1378: Repeal Insurance Plans of the …; S. 1867: DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems …; S. 2162: Securing America’s Borders Act of …; S. 2769: Congressional Reporting Burden Reduction Act; S. 2779: Luke and Alex School Safety …; S.Res. 27: A resolution calling for a … Compare to all Senate Republicans (57th percentile); All Senators (62nd percentile). |
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Working with the HouseThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: S. 98: A bill to authorize the …; S. 742: Protecting Children Through Eliminating Visa …; S. 1313: RIP MSP Act; S. 1622: Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues …; S. 1669: CURD Act; S.Res. 27: A resolution calling for a … Compare to all Senate Republicans (43rd percentile); All Senators (29th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 14 of Johnson’s 26 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Johnson caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Senate Republicans (47th percentile); All Senators (40th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsJohnson held a leadership position on 1 committee and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Johnson’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Republicans (74th percentile); All Senators (67th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 88 bills that Johnson cosponsored, 27% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (40th percentile); All Senators (50th 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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CosponsorsJohnson’s bills and resolutions had 177 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 Senate Republicans (53rd percentile); All Senators (37th percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 Johnson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (58th percentile); All Senators (54th percentile). |
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Missed VotesJohnson missed 2.6% of votes (11 of 428 votes) in 2019. View Johnson’s Profile » Compare to all All Senators (65th 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 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.
