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Rep. Tim Ryan’s 2015 Report Card

Representative from Ohio's 13th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023

These year-end statistics cover Ryan’s record during the 2015 legislative year (Jan 6, 2015-Dec 31, 2015) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 9, 2016.

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 Ryan’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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Joined bipartisan bills the most often compared to Ohio Delegation

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 289 bills that Ryan cosponsored, 40% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (93rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); House Democrats (83rd percentile); Safe House Seats (93rd percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile).

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

Was 2nd most absent in votes compared to Ohio Delegation

Ryan missed 5.7% of votes (40 of 704 votes) in 2015. View Ryan’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (87th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (81st percentile); Safe House Seats (83rd percentile); All Representatives (85th 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.
 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd lowest % of bills compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 2 others)

Ryan tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 47% of Ryan’s 15 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2015.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (13th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (74th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); Safe House Seats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile).

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

Ranked 4th most politically left compared to Ohio Delegation

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 2015 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Ryan’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (20th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (37th percentile); House Democrats (64th percentile); Safe House Seats (30th percentile); All Representatives (28th percentile).

 

Ranked the 4th bottom/follower compared to Ohio Delegation

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 2015 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Ryan’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (20th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (25th percentile); House Democrats (34th percentile); Safe House Seats (27th percentile); All Representatives (28th percentile).

 

Got influential cosponsors the 33rd least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 28 others)

1 of Ryan’s bills and resolutions in 2015 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. 2627: Salad Bars in Schools Expansion …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (27th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (19th percentile); House Democrats (21st percentile); Safe House Seats (20th percentile); All Representatives (21st percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 51st most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)

Ryan cosponsored 289 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 Ohio Delegation (87th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (87th percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); Safe House Seats (87th percentile); All Representatives (88th percentile).

 

Introduced the 94th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 14 others)

Ryan introduced 15 bills and resolutions in 2015. View Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (47th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (65th percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); Safe House Seats (75th percentile); All Representatives (75th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Ryan introduced 0 bills that became law in 2015. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

A bill or joint resolution is considered enacted if it or an exactly identical bill to it is enacted as law. We only consider bills that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Ryan introduced 0 bills in 2015 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 2 of Ryan’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.Res. 523: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.R. 1592: Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (60th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (49th percentile); House Democrats (54th percentile); Safe House Seats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (55th percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Ryan 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 Ryan’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); Safe House Seats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Cosponsors

Ryan’s bills and resolutions had 99 cosponsors in 2015. 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 Ohio Delegation (40th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (33rd percentile); House Democrats (41st percentile); Safe House Seats (40th percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Ryan supported any of 28 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Ryan 2 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Ryan cosponsored H.R. 430: DISCLOSE 2015 Act; H.R. 20: Government By the People Act …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (73rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (59th percentile); House Democrats (31st percentile); Safe House Seats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (65th 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 2015) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.