Rep. Susan Brooks’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Indiana's 5th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2021
These statistics cover Brooks’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare her 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 Brooks’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 absent in votes compared to Indiana DelegationBrooks missed 6.0% of votes (57 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Brooks’s Profile » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (89th percentile); All Representatives (84th 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 15th most often compared to All RepresentativesIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 277 bills that Brooks cosponsored, 64% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (89th percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); All Representatives (97th 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 38th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesBrooks’s bills and resolutions had 38 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 Indiana Delegation (11th percentile); House Republicans (16th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
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Introduced the 37th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 6 others)Brooks introduced 7 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (22nd percentile); House Republicans (15th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 59th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 44 others)1 of Brooks’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.R. 1390: Mobile Health Record Act of … Compare to all Indiana Delegation (33rd percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 110th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 59 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 726: Expressing support for the goals …; H.R. 7441: Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act … Compare to all Indiana Delegation (56th percentile); House Republicans (42nd percentile); All Representatives (25th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Laws EnactedBrooks 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 Indiana Delegation (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. Brooks introduced 0 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th 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 Brooks’s 7 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Brooks caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Indiana Delegation (33rd 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. |
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Committee PositionsBrooks 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 Brooks’s Profile » Compare to all Indiana Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredBrooks cosponsored 277 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 Indiana Delegation (56th percentile); House Republicans (72nd percentile); All Representatives (36th 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.
