Rep. Yvette Clarke’s 2019 Report Card

Got their bills out of committee the 6^th least often compared to New York Delegation (tied with 4 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Clarke introduced 2 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: H.R. 4737: Department of Homeland Security Climate …; H.R. 4739: Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and …

Compare to all New York Delegation (19^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (36^th percentile); House Democrats (26^th percentile); All Representatives (46^th percentile).

Cosponsored the 14^th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 1 other)

Clarke cosponsored 624 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 New York Delegation (96^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (93^rd percentile); House Democrats (94^th percentile); All Representatives (97^th percentile).

Ranked 15^th most politically left compared to All Representatives

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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Clarke’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all New York Delegation (4^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (5^th percentile); House Democrats (6^th percentile); All Representatives (3^rd percentile).

Was 20^th most present in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 7 others)

Clarke missed 0.6% of votes (4 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Clarke’s Profile »

Compare to all New York Delegation (23^rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (13^th percentile); All Representatives (22^nd 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.

Joined bipartisan bills the 32^nd least often compared to All Representatives

Of the 624 bills that Clarke cosponsored, 6% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all New York Delegation (8^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (11^th percentile); House Democrats (13^th percentile); All Representatives (7^th percentile).

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

Got influential cosponsors the 45^th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 30 others)

6 of Clarke’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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. 585: BREATHE Act; H.R. 3230: Defending Each and Every Person …; H.R. 3777: National Commission To Investigate the …; H.R. 4272: TPS for Victims of Hurricane …; H.R. 4737: Department of Homeland Security Climate …; H.R. 4739: Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and …

Compare to all New York Delegation (54^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (75^th percentile); House Democrats (72^nd percentile); All Representatives (83^rd percentile).

Introduced the 64^th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)

Clarke introduced 25 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »

Compare to all New York Delegation (62^nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (75^th percentile); House Democrats (77^th percentile); All Representatives (85^th percentile).

Got bicameral support on the 70^th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 34 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 4 of Clarke’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. 594: Ellie’s Law; H.R. 996: Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act; H.R. 1596: To direct the Joint Committee …; H.R. 2231: Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019

Compare to all New York Delegation (69^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70^th percentile); House Democrats (67^th percentile); All Representatives (76^th percentile).

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

Got the 100^th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives

Clarke’s bills and resolutions had 389 cosponsors in 2019. 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 New York Delegation (46^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63^rd percentile); House Democrats (61^st percentile); All Representatives (77^th percentile).

Laws Enacted

Clarke introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all New York Delegation (0^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0^th percentile); House Democrats (0^th percentile); All Representatives (0^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.

Writing Bipartisan Bills

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 8 of Clarke’s 25 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Clarke caucused with in 2019.

Compare to all New York Delegation (31^st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (52^nd percentile); House Democrats (45^th percentile); All Representatives (62^nd percentile).

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

Committee Positions

Clarke 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. View Clarke’s Profile »

Compare to all New York Delegation (77^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73^rd percentile); House Democrats (86^th percentile); All Representatives (87^th 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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Clarke’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all New York Delegation (46^th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (57^th percentile); House Democrats (57^th percentile); All Representatives (74^th percentile).