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Rep. Ross Spano’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from Florida's 15th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

These statistics cover Spano’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.

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 Spano’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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Ranked the 4th bottom/follower compared to Florida Delegation

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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Spano’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (28th percentile); House Republicans (36th percentile); All Representatives (20th percentile).

 

Introduced the 4th fewest bills compared to Florida Delegation (tied with 1 other)

Spano introduced 11 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (22nd percentile); House Republicans (35th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile).

 

Ranked 5th most politically right compared to House Freshmen

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 the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Spano’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (81st percentile); House Freshmen (95th percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 6th fewest bills compared to Florida Delegation

Spano cosponsored 261 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 Florida Delegation (19th percentile); House Freshmen (28th percentile); House Republicans (68th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile).

 

Got the 6th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Florida Delegation

Spano’s bills and resolutions had 113 cosponsors in the 116th Congress. 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 Florida Delegation (19th percentile); House Freshmen (28th percentile); House Republicans (41st percentile); All Representatives (23rd percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 7th fewest bills compared to Florida Delegation (tied with 1 other)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Spano’s 11 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Spano caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (22nd percentile); House Freshmen (34th percentile); House Republicans (47th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile).

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

Was 17th most absent in votes compared to House Freshmen

Spano missed 3.4% of votes (32 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Spano’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (41st percentile); House Freshmen (82nd percentile); All Representatives (67th 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 bicameral support on the 23rd fewest bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 16 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 2 of Spano’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. 4223: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical …; H.R. 7397: To amend the Small Business …

Compare to all Florida Delegation (33rd percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); House Republicans (42nd percentile); All Representatives (25th percentile).

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

Joined bipartisan bills the 42nd least often compared to House Republicans

Of the 261 bills that Spano cosponsored, 30% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (48th percentile); House Freshmen (66th percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile).

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

Laws Enacted

Spano introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Spano introduced 0 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Powerful Cosponsors

0 of Spano’s bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress 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.

Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Spano 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 Spano’s Profile »

Compare to all Florida Delegation (48th percentile); House Freshmen (68th percentile); House Republicans (44th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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 the 116th Congress) 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.