Rep. Russ Fulcher’s 2022 Report Card
Representative
from Idaho's 1st District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Fulcher’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.
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 Fulcher’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 the fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House SophomoresFulcher’s bills and resolutions had 20 cosponsors in the 117th 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 House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (9th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Introduced the fewest bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)Fulcher introduced 7 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (11th percentile); All Representatives (7th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 0 of Fulcher’s 7 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Fulcher caucused with in the 117th Congress. Compare to all House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Cosponsored the 2nd fewest bills compared to House SophomoresFulcher cosponsored 157 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 House Sophomores (1st percentile); House Republicans (14th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
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Was 5th most absent in votes compared to House SophomoresFulcher missed 4.8% of votes (48 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Fulcher’s Profile » Compare to all House Sophomores (94th percentile); All Representatives (91st 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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Joined bipartisan bills the 21st least often compared to House RepublicansOf the 157 bills that Fulcher cosponsored, 8% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all House Sophomores (29th percentile); House Republicans (9th percentile); All Representatives (38th 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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Held the 25th most committee positions compared to House Republicans (tied with 3 others)Fulcher held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Fulcher’s Profile » Compare to all House Sophomores (84th percentile); House Republicans (87th percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 39th fewest bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 36 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 4705: Treating Tribes and Counties as … Compare to all House Sophomores (8th percentile); House Republicans (18th percentile); All Representatives (10th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got influential cosponsors the 46th least often compared to House Republicans (tied with 39 others)1 of Fulcher’s bills and resolutions in the 117th 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. Those bills were: H.R. 5350: Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal … Compare to all House Sophomores (12th percentile); House Republicans (21st percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedFulcher introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all House Sophomores (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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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Fulcher introduced 1 bill in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 6442: PACTS Act Compare to all House Sophomores (12th percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th 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 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
