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Rep. Tom O’Halleran’s 2020 Report Card

Representative from Arizona's 1st District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023

These statistics cover O’Halleran’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.

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 O’Halleran’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 3rd most present in votes compared to Arizona Delegation

O’Halleran missed 1.8% of votes (17 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View O’Halleran’s Profile »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (22nd percentile); House Sophomores (47th percentile); All Representatives (42nd 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 bicameral support on the 4th most bills compared to House Sophomores

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 10 of O’Halleran’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. 1351: SURVIVE Act; H.R. 1569: To amend title 28, United …; H.R. 2459: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement …; H.R. 3160: Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer …; H.R. 3684: An Act Repealing Existing Substandard …; H.R. 4532: Nursing Home Care for Native …; H.R. 5100: DRIP Act of 2019; H.R. 5184: HEALS Act; H.R. 7557: To amend title VI of …; H.R. 8243: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument …

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (89th percentile); House Sophomores (93rd percentile); House Democrats (84th percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile).

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

Got their bills out of committee the 6th most often compared to House Sophomores

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. O’Halleran introduced 7 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 1569: To amend title 28, United …; H.R. 2328: Reauthorizing and Extending America’s Community …; H.R. 3160: Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer …; H.R. 4447: Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation …; H.R. 4532: Nursing Home Care for Native …; H.R. 4840: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument …; H.R. 5541: Tribal Power Act

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (67th percentile); House Sophomores (89th percentile); House Democrats (72nd percentile); All Representatives (83rd percentile).

 

Got influential cosponsors the 7th most often compared to House Sophomores

9 of O’Halleran’s bills and resolutions in the 116th 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. 58: Supporting the goal of increasing …; H.R. 958: Native Youth and Tribal Officer …; H.R. 2328: Reauthorizing and Extending America’s Community …; H.R. 3160: Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer …; H.R. 3684: An Act Repealing Existing Substandard …; H.R. 4318: Providing Recovery Opportunities & Mitigating …; H.R. 4840: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument …; H.R. 7056: To direct the Secretary of …; H.R. 8243: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument …

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (67th percentile); House Sophomores (87th percentile); House Democrats (76th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile).

 

Ranked 11th most politically right compared to House Democrats

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 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from O’Halleran’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (44th percentile); House Sophomores (40th percentile); House Democrats (95th percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile).

 

Got the 12th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House Sophomores

O’Halleran’s bills and resolutions had 424 cosponsors in the 116th 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 Arizona Delegation (44th percentile); House Sophomores (78th percentile); House Democrats (46th percentile); All Representatives (66th percentile).

 

Ranked the 12th top leader compared to House Sophomores

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 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from O’Halleran’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (56th percentile); House Sophomores (78th percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 12th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 29 of O’Halleran’s 40 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party O’Halleran caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (89th percentile); House Sophomores (96th percentile); House Democrats (95th percentile); All Representatives (97th percentile).

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

Joined bipartisan bills the 13th most often compared to House Democrats

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 430 bills that O’Halleran cosponsored, 20% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (56th percentile); House Sophomores (43rd percentile); House Democrats (95th percentile); All Representatives (53rd percentile).

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

Introduced the 55th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)

O’Halleran introduced 40 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (67th percentile); House Sophomores (85th percentile); House Democrats (79th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

O’Halleran introduced 2 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th 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. 1569: To amend title 28, United …; H.R. 4532: Nursing Home Care for Native …

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (44th percentile); House Sophomores (65th percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (67th 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.
 

Committee Positions

O’Halleran 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 O’Halleran’s Profile »

Compare to all Arizona Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Bills Cosponsored

O’Halleran cosponsored 430 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 Arizona Delegation (67th percentile); House Sophomores (62nd percentile); House Democrats (31st percentile); All Representatives (61st 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 116th Congress) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.