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Rep. Ron Kind’s 2019 Report Card

Representative from Wisconsin's 3rd District
Democrat
Served Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2023

These year-end statistics cover Kind’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 Kind’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 2nd most bills compared to All Representatives

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 37 of Kind’s 38 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Kind caucused with in 2019.

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (99th percentile); House Democrats (99th percentile); All Representatives (100th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
 

Got the 6th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives

Kind’s bills and resolutions had 1,325 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 Wisconsin Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (97th percentile); House Democrats (97th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 6th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 12 of Kind’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.

Those bills were: H.R. 1175: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax …; H.R. 1375: PAID Act; H.R. 1452: Import Tax Relief Act of …; H.R. 1530: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act …; H.R. 1679: PHIT Act of 2019; H.R. 2131: Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief …; H.R. 2207: Protect Medical Innovation Act of …; H.R. 2485: Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform …; H.R. 2498: PACT Act; H.R. 2593: To require the Secretary of …; H.R. 2594: Rural Access to Hospice Act …; H.R. 4487: Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (97th percentile); House Democrats (97th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile).

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

Ranked the 8th top leader compared to All Representatives

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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Kind’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); House Democrats (97th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile).

 

Wrote the 7th most laws compared to All Representatives (tied with 6 others)

Kind introduced 3 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. View Enacted Bills »

Those bills were: H.R. 1222: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training …; H.R. 1993: Providing Retirement Security to Workers …; H.R. 2498: PACT Act

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); House Democrats (95th percentile); All Representatives (97th 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.
 

Joined bipartisan bills the 10th most often compared to House Democrats

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 294 bills that Kind cosponsored, 23% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (96th percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile).

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

Ranked 11th most politically right compared to House Democrats

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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Kind’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Democrats (95th percentile); All Representatives (52nd percentile).

 

Introduced the 11th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 3 others)

Kind introduced 38 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (94th percentile); House Democrats (94th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile).

 

Was 31st most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years

Kind missed 3.9% of votes (27 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Kind’s Profile »

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (79th percentile); All Representatives (78th 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.
 

Got their bills out of committee the 31st most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 27 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Kind introduced 5 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.Res. 746: Expressing the sense of the …; H.R. 1222: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training …; H.R. 1922: Restoring Access to Medication Act …; H.R. 1993: Providing Retirement Security to Workers …; H.R. 2498: PACT Act

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76th percentile); House Democrats (78th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile).

 

Powerful Cosponsors

3 of Kind’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.R. 1222: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training …; H.R. 1530: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act …; H.R. 5534: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for …

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45th percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Kind 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 Kind’s Profile »

Compare to all Wisconsin Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Bills Cosponsored

Kind cosponsored 294 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 Wisconsin Delegation (57th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (59th percentile); House Democrats (39th percentile); All Representatives (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.