Rep. Stephanie Murphy’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Florida's 7th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Murphy’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 Murphy’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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Was most present in votes compared to Florida DelegationMurphy missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Murphy’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 23rd most often compared to House DemocratsIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 227 bills that Murphy cosponsored, 17% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (44th percentile); House Sophomores (35th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (50th 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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Ranked 24th most politically right compared to House DemocratsOur 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 Murphy’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Florida Delegation (44th percentile); House Sophomores (36th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (49th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 36th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 2 others)Murphy cosponsored 227 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 (41st percentile); House Sophomores (47th percentile); House Democrats (15th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile). |
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Ranked the 41st 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 Murphy’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Florida Delegation (41st percentile); House Sophomores (29th percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). |
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Got the 41st fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 1 other)Murphy’s bills and resolutions had 92 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 Florida Delegation (37th percentile); House Sophomores (27th percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 51st least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 48 others)2 of Murphy’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. 1759: BRIDGE for Workers Act; H.R. 3529: Achieving Lasting Electoral Reforms on … Compare to all Florida Delegation (44th percentile); House Sophomores (51st percentile); House Democrats (21st percentile); All Representatives (40th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 70th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 34 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 944: Smart Choices Act; H.R. 1696: PACE Act; H.R. 1759: BRIDGE for Workers Act; H.R. 3477: Reclaiming Congressional Trade Authority Act … Compare to all Florida Delegation (74th percentile); House Sophomores (73rd percentile); House Democrats (67th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Laws EnactedMurphy introduced 1 bill 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. 1874: To amend the Internal Revenue … Compare to all Florida Delegation (70th percentile); House Sophomores (71st percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (63rd 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 IntroducedMurphy introduced 12 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Florida Delegation (41st percentile); House Sophomores (38th percentile); House Democrats (27th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). |
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Bills Out of CommitteeMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Murphy introduced 2 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1759: BRIDGE for Workers Act; H.R. 1874: To amend the Internal Revenue … Compare to all Florida Delegation (52nd percentile); House Sophomores (49th percentile); House Democrats (26th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Murphy’s 12 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Murphy caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Florida Delegation (37th percentile); House Sophomores (49th percentile); House Democrats (31st percentile); All Representatives (49th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Committee PositionsMurphy 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 Murphy’s Profile » Compare to all Florida Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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.
