Rep. Scott Tipton’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Colorado's 3rd District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2021
These statistics cover Tipton’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 Tipton’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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Held the fewest committee positions compared to Colorado DelegationTipton 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. 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 Tipton’s Profile » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the most often compared to Colorado DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 285 bills that Tipton cosponsored, 48% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (80th percentile); House Republicans (65th percentile); All Representatives (84th 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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Got the 2nd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Colorado DelegationTipton’s bills and resolutions had 169 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 Colorado Delegation (14th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (34th percentile); House Republicans (55th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 8th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 2 others)7 of Tipton’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. Those bills were: H.Res. 440: Recognizing the critical importance of …; H.R. 579: Water Rights Protection Act of …; H.R. 580: Protection and Transparency for Adjacent …; H.R. 785: Planning for American Energy Act …; H.R. 786: Education and Energy Act of …; H.R. 3247: To provide for a safe …; H.R. 5467: LOCAL Act of 2019 Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (72nd percentile); House Republicans (95th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Introduced the 16th most bills compared to House RepublicansTipton introduced 34 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (75th percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); All Representatives (78th percentile). |
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Ranked 17th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur 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 Tipton’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (91st percentile); House Republicans (73rd percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 13th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 10 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 348: Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation …; H.R. 1029: Space Resources Institute Act; H.R. 1674: Veterans Improved Access and Care …; H.R. 1936: Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project Modification …; H.R. 2509: Ski Area Fee Retention Act; H.R. 4410: Rare Earth Cooperative 21st Century … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (71st percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (74th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Was 20th most present in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 4 others)Tipton missed 0.6% of votes (6 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Tipton’s Profile » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (14th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (10th percentile); All Representatives (17th 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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Got their bills out of committee the 17th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 14 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Tipton introduced 4 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 347: Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of …; H.R. 1492: Yucca House National Monument Expansion …; H.R. 4200: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 6294: Improving Emergency Disease Response via … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 35th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 3 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 11 of Tipton’s 34 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Tipton caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (56th percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (57th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Cosponsored the 50th most bills compared to House RepublicansTipton cosponsored 285 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 Colorado Delegation (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (41st percentile); House Republicans (75th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedTipton introduced 2 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. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 1492: Yucca House National Monument Expansion …; H.R. 4200: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (67th 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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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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Tipton’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Colorado Delegation (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (35th percentile); House Republicans (57th percentile); All Representatives (34th 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.
