Rep. Stacey Plaskett’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Virgin Islands's At-Large District
Democrat
Serving Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Plaskett’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare her 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 Plaskett’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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Cosponsored the 6th fewest bills compared to House DemocratsPlaskett cosponsored 135 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 Democrats (2nd percentile); All Representatives (23rd percentile). |
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Was 8th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)Plaskett missed 28.5% of votes (83 of 291 votes) in 2019. View Plaskett’s Profile » Compare to all All Representatives (98th 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 the 32nd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House DemocratsPlaskett’s bills and resolutions had 70 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 House Democrats (13th percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile). |
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Ranked the 36th bottom/follower compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Plaskett’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Democrats (15th percentile); All Representatives (33rd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 53rd fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 19 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 5 of Plaskett’s 18 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Plaskett caucused with in 2019. Compare to all House Democrats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got influential cosponsors the 96th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 80 others)1 of Plaskett’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. 1354: Territories Health Equity Act of … Compare to all House Democrats (9th percentile); All Representatives (22nd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedPlaskett 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 House Democrats (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 IntroducedPlaskett introduced 18 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Plaskett introduced 0 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 5486: Broadband Internet for Small Ports … Compare to all House Democrats (10th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsPlaskett 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 Plaskett’s Profile » Compare to all House Democrats (40th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 135 bills that Plaskett cosponsored, 12% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (40th 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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Ideology ScoreOur 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 Plaskett’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all House Democrats (56th percentile); All Representatives (30th 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.
