Rep. William Timmons’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from South Carolina's 4th District
Republican
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
These statistics cover Timmons’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 Timmons’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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Introduced the fewest bills compared to South Carolina DelegationTimmons introduced 4 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (3rd percentile); House Republicans (6th percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to South Carolina DelegationIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 3 of Timmons’s 4 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Timmons caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (16th percentile); House Republicans (20th percentile); All Representatives (12th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got the fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to South Carolina DelegationTimmons’s bills and resolutions had 22 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 South Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (7th percentile); House Republicans (9th percentile); All Representatives (5th percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the least often compared to South Carolina Delegation (tied with 1 other)1 of Timmons’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. 4071: To amend the Congressional Budget … Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (16th percentile); House Republicans (24th percentile); All Representatives (13th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the fewest bills compared to South Carolina Delegation (tied with 1 other)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 7188: Walter Scott Notification Act of … Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (12th percentile); House Republicans (14th percentile); All Representatives (9th 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 2nd least often compared to South Carolina Delegation (tied with 1 other)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Timmons introduced 1 bill in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 5698: Promoting Secure 5G Act of … Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (14th percentile); House Freshmen (14th percentile); House Republicans (29th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile). |
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Was 3rd most absent in votes compared to House FreshmenTimmons missed 15.3% of votes (146 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Timmons’s Profile » Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (86th percentile); House Freshmen (97th percentile); All Representatives (96th 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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Cosponsored the 14th fewest bills compared to House FreshmenTimmons cosponsored 168 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 South Carolina Delegation (29th percentile); House Freshmen (14th percentile); House Republicans (30th percentile); All Representatives (15th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 24th most often compared to House FreshmenIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 168 bills that Timmons cosponsored, 35% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (43rd percentile); House Freshmen (75th percentile); House Republicans (31st percentile); All Representatives (68th 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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Laws EnactedTimmons introduced 0 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. Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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. |
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Committee PositionsTimmons 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 Timmons’s Profile » Compare to all South Carolina Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (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 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.
