Rep. Susan Wild’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from Pennsylvania's 7th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Wild’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 Wild’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 bicameral support on the 2nd most bills compared to Pennsylvania Delegation (tied with 1 other)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 2567: Speak Up to Protect Every …; H.R. 4577: Expanding Disability Access to Higher …; H.R. 6797: CHIPPER Act; H.R. 8397: National Service Animals Monument Act; H.R. 8546: Fair Drug Prices for Kids …; H.R. 8869: PREP for All Students Act … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (83rd percentile); House Freshmen (76th percentile); House Democrats (62nd 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 5th most present in votes compared to Pennsylvania Delegation (tied with 1 other)Wild missed 1.0% of votes (10 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Wild’s Profile » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (22nd percentile); House Freshmen (51st percentile); All Representatives (28th 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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Cosponsored the 7th most bills compared to House FreshmenWild cosponsored 705 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (89th percentile); House Freshmen (93rd percentile); House Democrats (79th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile). |
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Got the 12th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House FreshmenWild’s bills and resolutions had 462 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (83rd percentile); House Freshmen (88th percentile); House Democrats (50th percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile). |
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Ranked the 18th top leader compared to House FreshmenOur 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 Wild’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (72nd percentile); House Freshmen (81st percentile); House Democrats (41st percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile). |
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Ranked 22nd most politically left compared to House FreshmenOur 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 Wild’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (22nd percentile); House Freshmen (22nd percentile); House Democrats (55th percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 20th most bills compared to House Freshmen (tied with 4 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 15 of Wild’s 27 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Wild caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (72nd percentile); House Freshmen (75th percentile); House Democrats (60th percentile); All Representatives (73rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 23rd least often compared to House FreshmenOf the 705 bills that Wild cosponsored, 10% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (28th percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); House Democrats (61st percentile); All Representatives (33rd 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 their bills out of committee the 31st least often compared to House Democrats (tied with 27 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Wild introduced 2 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.Res. 723: Encouraging all nations to end …; H.R. 8162: 21st Century Community Learning Centers … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (50th percentile); House Freshmen (38th percentile); House Democrats (13th percentile); All Representatives (32nd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedWild 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); 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 IntroducedWild introduced 27 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (67th percentile); House Freshmen (68th percentile); House Democrats (45th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors4 of Wild’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. 325: To express the sense of …; H.Res. 723: Encouraging all nations to end …; H.R. 421: Making continuing appropriations for the …; H.R. 8162: 21st Century Community Learning Centers … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61st percentile); House Freshmen (58th percentile); House Democrats (28th percentile); All Representatives (50th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsWild 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 Wild’s Profile » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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 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.
