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Rep. Ted Budd’s 2022 Report Card

Representative from North Carolina's 13th District
Republican
Served Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023

These statistics cover Budd’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.

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 Budd’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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Ranked 4th most politically right compared to All Representatives

Our 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 117th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Budd’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (92nd percentile); House Republicans (98th percentile); All Representatives (99th percentile).

 

Was 7th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives

Budd missed 12.2% of votes (122 of 998 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Budd’s Profile »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (92nd percentile); 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.
 

Introduced the 6th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 3 others)

Budd introduced 50 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 8th most bills compared to House Republicans

Budd cosponsored 570 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 North Carolina Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (80th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 10th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 8 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 9 of Budd’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: H.R. 513: A PLUS Act; H.R. 515: Justice for Victims of Sanctuary …; H.R. 688: Equal Access to Care Act; H.R. 1284: FOCA Act; H.R. 1486: To repeal the Office of …; H.R. 2720: Make PPE in America Act; H.R. 4304: No Red and Blue Banks …; H.R. 7396: PLUS Act of 2022; H.Con.Res. 61: Establishing deadlines for the Joint …

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); All Representatives (83rd percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.
 

Joined bipartisan bills the 33rd least often compared to House Republicans

Of the 570 bills that Budd cosponsored, 11% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (15th percentile); All Representatives (47th percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
 

Got the 43rd most cosponsors on their bills compared to House Republicans

Budd’s bills and resolutions had 388 cosponsors in the 117th 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 North Carolina Delegation (58th percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (63rd percentile).

 

Ranked the 54th top leader compared to House Republicans

Our 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 117th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Budd’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (42nd percentile); House Republicans (75th percentile); All Representatives (51st percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 75th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 30 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 3 of Budd’s 50 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Budd caucused with in the 117th Congress.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (17th percentile); House Republicans (29th percentile); All Representatives (17th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
 

Laws Enacted

Budd introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. 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. 2720: Make PPE in America Act

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (8th percentile); House Republicans (52nd percentile); All Representatives (35th 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.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Budd introduced 1 bill in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 2720: Make PPE in America Act

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile).

 

Powerful Cosponsors

4 of Budd’s bills and resolutions in the 117th 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. 514: Preserve American History Act; H.R. 1284: FOCA Act; H.R. 7450: Build the Wall Now Act; H.Con.Res. 61: Establishing deadlines for the Joint …

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (69th percentile); All Representatives (56th percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Budd 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 Budd’s Profile »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (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 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.