Rep. Virginia Foxx’s 2020 Report Card

Cosponsored the fewest bills compared to North Carolina Delegation

Foxx cosponsored 85 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 North Carolina Delegation (0^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (5^th percentile); House Republicans (4^th percentile); All Representatives (3^rd percentile).

Held the 2^nd most committee positions compared to North Carolina Delegation (tied with 1 other)

Foxx held a leadership position on 1 committee and 0 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 Foxx’s Profile »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (75^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (78^th percentile); House Republicans (89^th percentile); All Representatives (87^th percentile).

Wrote the 3^rd most laws compared to North Carolina Delegation

Foxx 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. 50: GREAT Act; H.R. 150: Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements …

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (75^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63^rd percentile); House Republicans (80^th percentile); All Representatives (67^th 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.

Ranked the 3^rd top leader compared to North Carolina 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 the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Foxx’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (75^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (42^nd percentile); House Republicans (73^rd percentile); All Representatives (45^th percentile).

Was 3^rd most present in votes compared to North Carolina Delegation

Foxx missed 2.1% of votes (20 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Foxx’s Profile »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (17^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (43^rd percentile); All Representatives (49^th 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.

Ranked 14^th most politically left compared to House Republicans

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 Foxx’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (25^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (59^th percentile); House Republicans (7^th percentile); All Representatives (57^th percentile).

Got bicameral support on the 13^th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 10 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 6 of Foxx’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. 50: GREAT Act; H.R. 150: Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements …; H.R. 296: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition …; H.R. 661: Protecting Life in Global Health …; H.R. 5831: Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance …; H.R. 7332: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency …

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (83^rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (71^st percentile); House Republicans (88^th percentile); All Representatives (74^th percentile).

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

Got influential cosponsors the 59^th least often compared to All Representatives (tied with 44 others)

1 of Foxx’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.R. 1819: War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (25^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (13^th percentile); House Republicans (24^th percentile); All Representatives (13^th percentile).

Bills Introduced

Foxx introduced 17 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (58^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36^th percentile); House Republicans (61^st percentile); All Representatives (36^th percentile).

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Foxx introduced 3 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 50: GREAT Act; H.R. 150: Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements …; H.R. 1819: War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (67^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (45^th percentile); House Republicans (74^th percentile); All Representatives (47^th percentile).

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 8 of Foxx’s 17 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Foxx caucused with in the 116th Congress.

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (67^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (40^th percentile); House Republicans (63^rd percentile); All Representatives (41^st percentile).

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

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 85 bills that Foxx cosponsored, 34% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all North Carolina Delegation (67^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (64^th percentile); House Republicans (28^th percentile); All Representatives (67^th percentile).

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

Cosponsors

Foxx’s bills and resolutions had 234 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 North Carolina Delegation (67^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (40^th percentile); House Republicans (70^th percentile); All Representatives (44^th percentile).