Rep. Sylvia Garcia’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from Texas's 29th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These year-end statistics cover Garcia’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 Garcia’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 Texas Delegation (tied with 1 other)Garcia missed 0.0% of votes (0 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Garcia’s Profile » Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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 3rd least often compared to Texas DelegationOf the 258 bills that Garcia cosponsored, 7% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (6th percentile); House Freshmen (12th percentile); House Democrats (33rd percentile); All Representatives (18th 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 3rd most politically left compared to Texas DelegationOur 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 Garcia’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (6th percentile); House Freshmen (10th percentile); House Democrats (30th percentile); All Representatives (16th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 5th most bills compared to Texas DelegationGarcia cosponsored 258 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 Texas Delegation (86th percentile); House Freshmen (60th percentile); House Democrats (26th percentile); All Representatives (57th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 5th fewest bills compared to Texas Delegation (tied with 4 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Garcia’s 10 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Garcia caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Texas Delegation (11th percentile); House Freshmen (7th percentile); House Democrats (1st percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got their bills out of committee the 6th most often compared to Texas Delegation (tied with 3 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Garcia introduced 3 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 2763: Keeping Families Together Act of …; H.R. 3625: PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of …; H.Con.Res. 72: Directing the Clerk of the … Compare to all Texas Delegation (75th percentile); House Freshmen (71st percentile); House Democrats (48th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile). |
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Got the 40th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House DemocratsGarcia’s bills and resolutions had 88 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 Texas Delegation (56th percentile); House Freshmen (52nd percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). |
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Ranked the 40th 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 Garcia’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Texas Delegation (56th percentile); House Freshmen (54th percentile); House Democrats (17th percentile); All Representatives (35th percentile). |
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Introduced the 31st fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 19 others)Garcia introduced 10 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Texas Delegation (61st percentile); House Freshmen (39th percentile); House Democrats (13th percentile); All Representatives (34th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 96th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 80 others)1 of Garcia’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. 3563: Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant … Compare to all Texas Delegation (25th percentile); House Freshmen (24th percentile); House Democrats (9th percentile); All Representatives (22nd percentile). |
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Laws EnactedGarcia 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 Texas 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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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 3563: Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant … Compare to all Texas Delegation (28th percentile); House Freshmen (23rd percentile); 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 PositionsGarcia 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 Garcia’s Profile » Compare to all Texas 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 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.
