Rep. Tom Marino’s 2016 Report Card
Representative
from Pennsylvania's 10th District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2019
These statistics cover Marino’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 Marino’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 absent in votes compared to Pennsylvania DelegationMarino missed 6.7% of votes (89 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Marino’s Profile » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (94th percentile); All Representatives (88th 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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Got bicameral support on the 3rd most bills compared to Pennsylvania DelegationThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1174: Law Enforcement Access to Data …; H.R. 3380: Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of …; H.R. 3438: REVIEW Act of 2016; H.R. 5323: International Communications Privacy Act; H.J.Res. 39: Proposing an amendment to the … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (82nd percentile); All Representatives (82nd 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 35th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 4 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Marino introduced 6 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 348: RAPID Act; H.R. 471: Ensuring Patient Access and Effective …; H.R. 2834: To enact certain laws relating …; H.R. 3380: Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of …; H.R. 3438: REVIEW Act of 2016; H.R. 3620: To amend the Delaware Water … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (85th percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 50th most often compared to House RepublicansIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 260 bills that Marino cosponsored, 19% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (47th percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (48th 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 the 106th top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 Marino’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61st percentile); House Republicans (66th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedMarino 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. 3380: Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of … Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (44th 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 IntroducedMarino introduced 15 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (33rd percentile); House Republicans (51st percentile); All Representatives (47th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors4 of Marino’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. 348: RAPID Act; H.R. 471: Ensuring Patient Access and Effective …; H.R. 1174: Law Enforcement Access to Data …; H.R. 3438: REVIEW Act of 2016 Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Writing Bipartisan BillsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 7 of Marino’s 15 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (39th percentile); House Republicans (62nd percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Committee PositionsMarino 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 Marino’s Profile » Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (44th percentile); House Republicans (38th percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredMarino cosponsored 260 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (50th percentile); House Republicans (63rd percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile). |
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CosponsorsMarino’s bills and resolutions had 292 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 Pennsylvania Delegation (61st percentile); House Republicans (65th percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile). |
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Ideology ScoreOur 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 Marino’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (61st percentile); House Republicans (30th percentile); All Representatives (60th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Marino supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Marino 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Pennsylvania 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 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.
