Rep. Tim Walberg’s 2016 Report Card
Representative
from Michigan's 7th District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Walberg’s record during the 114th Congress (Jan 6, 2015-Jan 3, 2017) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Aug 24, 2017. The statistics were updated on Jan 20, 2017 and Aug 24, 2017 to improve how we counted enacted laws. Originally published on Jan 7, 2017.
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 Walberg’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 bipartisan cosponsors on the most bills compared to Michigan DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Walberg’s 25 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (92nd percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Michigan DelegationOf the 254 bills that Walberg cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (13th percentile); All Representatives (7th 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 most politically right compared to Michigan 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 114th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Walberg’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (92nd percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Ranked the top leader compared to Michigan DelegationOur 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 114th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Walberg’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Michigan Delegation (92nd percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile). |
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Introduced the 2nd most bills compared to Michigan DelegationWalberg introduced 25 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (85th percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Got the 2nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to Michigan DelegationWalberg’s bills and resolutions had 504 cosponsors in the 114th 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 Michigan Delegation (85th percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (81st percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 2nd most often compared to Michigan Delegation (tied with 1 other)4 of Walberg’s bills and resolutions in the 114th 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. 540: FAIR Act; H.R. 4612: Midnight Rule Relief Act of …; H.R. 4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity …; H.R. 6094: Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, … Compare to all Michigan Delegation (77th percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Supported government transparency the 6th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 3 others)GovTrack looked at whether Walberg supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Walberg 5 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Walberg sponsored H.R. 598: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act Walberg cosponsored H.R. 653: FOIA Act; H.R. 4177: Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our … Compare to all Michigan Delegation (77th percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 11th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 4 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 540: FAIR Act; H.R. 598: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act; H.R. 2800: Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act; H.R. 3860: Ensuring Access to Affordable and …; H.R. 4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity …; H.R. 5042: Federal Prisons Accountability Act of …; H.R. 5142: Jessie’s Law; H.R. 6094: Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, … Compare to all Michigan Delegation (92nd percentile); House Republicans (94th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got their bills out of committee the 40th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 9 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Walberg introduced 5 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 598: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act; H.R. 3089: GONE Act; H.R. 4358: Senior Executive Service Accountability Act; H.R. 4612: Midnight Rule Relief Act of …; H.R. 5226: Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016 Compare to all Michigan Delegation (85th percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (89th percentile). |
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Was 46th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 10 others)Walberg missed 0.7% of votes (9 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Walberg’s Profile » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (23rd percentile); All Representatives (10th 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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Held the 53rd most committee positions compared to All Representatives (tied with 16 others)Walberg held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Walberg’s Profile » Compare to all Michigan Delegation (69th percentile); House Republicans (81st percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedWalberg introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 114th 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. 3089: GONE Act Compare to all Michigan Delegation (38th percentile); House Republicans (45th percentile); All Representatives (49th 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 CosponsoredWalberg cosponsored 254 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 Michigan Delegation (46th percentile); House Republicans (60th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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 114th Congress) 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.
