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Rep. Warren Davidson’s 2017 Report Card

Representative from Ohio's 8th District
Republican
Serving Jun 9, 2016 – Jan 3, 2025

These year-end statistics cover Davidson’s record during the 2017 legislative year (Jan 3, 2017-Dec 31, 2017) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 6, 2018.

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 Davidson’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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Cosponsored the fewest bills compared to Ohio Delegation

Davidson cosponsored 78 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 (0th percentile); House Sophomores (3rd percentile); House Republicans (11th percentile); All Representatives (7th percentile).

 

Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Ohio Delegation

Of the 78 bills that Davidson cosponsored, 1% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (2nd percentile); House Republicans (1st percentile); All Representatives (1st percentile).

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

Got the 5th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Ohio Delegation

Davidson’s bills and resolutions had 140 cosponsors in 2017. 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 (25th percentile); House Sophomores (61st percentile); House Republicans (57th percentile); All Representatives (51st percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 4th fewest bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 4 others)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Davidson’s 10 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (6th percentile); House Sophomores (5th percentile); House Republicans (5th percentile); All Representatives (6th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 9th most bills compared to House Sophomores (tied with 2 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 3 of Davidson’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. 308: Protect Family Farms and Businesses …; H.R. 3822: CBO Show Your Work Act; H.J.Res. 106: Proposing an amendment to the …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (81st percentile); House Sophomores (82nd percentile); House Republicans (76th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile).

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

Was 90th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 19 others)

Davidson missed 0.7% of votes (5 of 710 votes) in 2017. View Davidson’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (25th percentile); House Sophomores (28th percentile); All Representatives (21st 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.
 

Laws Enacted

Davidson introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2017. 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); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (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.
 

Bills Introduced

Davidson introduced 10 bills and resolutions in 2017. View Bills »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (31st percentile); House Sophomores (44th percentile); House Republicans (43rd percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile).

 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Davidson introduced 1 bill in 2017 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 3973: Market Data Protection Act of …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (50th percentile); House Sophomores (27th percentile); House Republicans (13th percentile); All Representatives (29th percentile).

 

Powerful Cosponsors

2 of Davidson’s bills and resolutions in 2017 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. 1469: Welfare Benefit Reform and Alignment …; H.J.Res. 106: Proposing an amendment to the …

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (50th percentile); House Sophomores (53rd percentile); House Republicans (47th percentile); All Representatives (44th percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Davidson 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 Davidson’s Profile »

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

 

Ideology Score

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 2017 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Davidson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (38th percentile); House Sophomores (50th percentile); House Republicans (37th percentile); All Representatives (65th percentile).

 

Leadership Score

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 2017 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Davidson’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (50th percentile); House Sophomores (69th percentile); House Republicans (56th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile).

 

Government Transparency

GovTrack looked at whether Davidson supported any of 21 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Davidson 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Compare to all Ohio Delegation (0th percentile); House Sophomores (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 2017) 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.