Rep. Tim Ryan’s 2018 Report Card
Representative
from Ohio's 13th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Ryan’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 20, 2019.
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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Got bicameral support on the most bills compared to Ohio DelegationThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1092: Chief Manufacturing Officer Act; H.R. 1186: Investing in America’s Small Manufacturers …; H.R. 1793: Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act …; H.R. 2308: SHOP CLASS Act; H.R. 3969: Prioritizing Our Workers Act; H.R. 4260: Healthy Food Access for All … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (83rd percentile); House Democrats (85th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the most often compared to Ohio DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 665 bills that Ryan cosponsored, 34% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (93rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); House Democrats (73rd percentile); All Representatives (86th 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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Was 2nd most absent in votes compared to Ohio DelegationRyan missed 6.6% of votes (80 of 1,210 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Ryan’s Profile » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (88th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (74th percentile); All Representatives (80th 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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Introduced the 3rd most bills compared to Ohio DelegationRyan introduced 26 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70th percentile); House Democrats (74th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Ranked 3rd most politically left compared to Ohio 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 the 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Ryan’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (12th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (37th percentile); House Democrats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile). |
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Supported government transparency the 2nd most often compared to Ohio Delegation (tied with 2 others)GovTrack looked at whether Ryan supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Ryan 3 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Ryan cosponsored H.R. 4396: ME TOO Congress Act; H.Res. 630: Requiring each Member, officer, and …; H.R. 4494: Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund … Compare to all Ohio Delegation (75th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (68th percentile); House Democrats (67th percentile); All Representatives (68th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 16th most bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 5 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 17 of Ryan’s 26 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Ryan caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Cosponsored the 19th most bills compared to All RepresentativesRyan cosponsored 665 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 (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (93rd percentile); House Democrats (90th percentile); All Representatives (96th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 44th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 26 others)2 of Ryan’s bills and resolutions in the 115th 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. 306: Recognizing the impact of tribology …; H.R. 2801: HOT CARS Act of 2017 Compare to all Ohio Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); House Democrats (24th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedRyan introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th Congress. 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); 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. Ryan introduced 0 bills in the 115th Congress 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); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsRyan held a leadership position on 0 committees and 1 subcommittee, 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 (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Democrats (41st percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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CosponsorsRyan’s bills and resolutions had 239 cosponsors in the 115th 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 Ohio Delegation (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (48th percentile); House Democrats (45th percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile). |
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Leadership ScoreOur 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 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Ryan’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Ohio Delegation (31st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (35th percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (38th 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 115th Congress) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
