August Recess Report: 116th Congress So Far

Methodology:This report analyzes legislative data and social media activity in Congress from Quorum Federal from the beginning of the session to August Recess—Jan. 1, 2019 to July 31, 2019.

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Table of Contents:I. The House

I. Chamber Activity Stats II. 116th House Freshmen III. 116th House Full Chamber

II. The Senate I. Chamber Activity Stats II. 116th Senate Freshmen III. Senators Up for Re-Election in 2020 IV. Senate Full Chamber

The House of Representatives

January - July 2019

Chamber Activity StatsSee how the 116th Congress Stacks Up with Past

Congresses to this point

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1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

4,200

3,743

3,488

3,105

2,853

3,5853,401

3,705

3,0542,887

2,740

Term-to-Date:Number of House Bills Introduced

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1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

254

300

216

124

90

234

314

155168

113

145

Term-to-Date:Number of House Bills that Passed the House

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116th House FreshmenA Look at Their First Seven Months in Congress

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Most Active House Freshmen by Bills Introduced Number of sponsored bills introduced in the 116th Congress:

Rep. Neguse (D-CO-2)

Rep. Haaland (D-NM-1)

Rep. Harder (D-CA-10)

Rep. Lee (D-NV-3)

Rep. Delgado (D-NY-19)

Rep. Rouda (D-CA-48)

Rep. Green (R-TN-7)

Rep. Underwood (D-IL-14)

Rep. Stauber (R-MN-8)

Rep. Pappas (D-NH-1) 9

10

10

10

11

11

12

12

18

21

10

10

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Freshmen Representatives with Bills that Passed the Senate

Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY-25)

Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA-6)

No freshmen representatives have passed bills yet in the 116th Congress, but these six have bills that have passed the Senate:

Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19)

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA-2)

Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV-3)

H.R. 540: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault

Road in Fairport, New York, as the “Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office”

H.R. 3305: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3509 George Mason Drive

in Virginia Beach, Virginia as the “Ryan Keith Cox Post Office Building”

H.R. 2938 HAVEN Act

H.R. 1198: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 South Boulder Highway in

Henderson, Nevada, as the “Henderson Veterans Memorial Post Office Building”

H.R. 3311 Small Business ReorganizationAct of 2019 H.R. 2336 Family Farmer Relief

Act of 2019

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Most Bipartisan House Freshmen by PartyPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2)

Cunningham (D-SC-1)

Case (D-HI-1)

Dean (D-PA-4)

Garcia (D-TX-29) 28%

28%

32%

35%

35% Gonzalez (R-OH-16)

Steil (R-WI-1)

Riggleman (R-VA-5)

Armstrong (R-ND-1)

Stauber (R-MN-8) 50%

52%

57%

58%

58%

50%

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Least Bipartisan House Freshmen by PartyPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Morelle (D-NY-25)

Pressley (D-MA-7)

Haaland (D-NM-1)

Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)

Garcia (D-IL-4) 4%

4%

4%

3%

3% Green (R-TN-7)

Miller (R-WV-3)

Roy (R-TX-21)

Cline (R-VA-6)

Gooden (R-TX-5) 23%

22%

19%

18%

15%

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Most Active House Freshmen on Twitter

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Roy (R-TX-21)

Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL-26)

Burchett (R-TN-2)

Delgado (D-NY-19)

Trahan (D-MA-3)

Spanberger (D-VA-7)

Stevens (D-MI-11)

Escobar (D-TX-16)

Casten (D-IL-6)

Lee (D-NV-3) 1,1201,1511,1901,2781,3431,352

1,5271,994

2,1102,947

Number of Tweets from 1/1/19 to 7/31/19 from Legislative Accounts

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2,947

1,994

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Most Active House Freshmen on Facebook

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Delgado (D-NY-19)

Spanberger (D-VA-7)

Haaland (D-NM-1)

Stevens (D-MI-11)

Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL-26)

Wexton (D-VA-10)

Trahan (D-MA-3)

Morelle (D-NY-25)

Harder (D-CA-10)

Rose (D-NY-11) 551556563584592595

643691

8311,177

Number of Posts from 1/1/19 to 7/31/19 from Legislative Accounts

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Most Active House Freshmen on Instagram

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Pence (R-IN-6)

Delgado (D-NY-19)

Trahan (D-MA-3)

Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2)

Garcia (D-IL-4)

Spanberger (D-VA-7)

Cisneros (D-CA-39)

Allred (D-TX-32)

Guest (R-MS-3)

Case (D-HI-1) 107111116

131132137

163175

184207

Number of Posts from 1/1/19 to 7/31/19 from Legislative Accounts

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207

111

116th House Full Chamber

A Look at The First Seven Months of the 116th Congress

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Most Active Representatives in the 116th Congress

Number of sponsored bills introduced in the 116th Congress:

Holmes Norton (D-DC-1)

Blumenauer (D-OR-3)

Velazquez (D-NY-7)

Brownley (D-CA-26)

Cicilline (D-RI-1)

King (R-IA-4)

Kind (D-WI-3)

Engel (D-NY-16)

Chu (D-CA-27)

Lieu (D-CA-33) 29

29

30

30

31

33

35

38

38

42

31

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Representatives with Bills Enacted in 2019

2 Bills Enacted

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17)

H.R. 2157: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019

H.R. 3401: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019

18 Representatives have enacted one bill this year. One has enacted two:

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Most Bipartisan Representatives by PartyPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Peterson (D-MN-7)

Cuellar (D-TX-28)

Cunningham (D-SC-1)

Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)

Gonzalez (D-TX-15) 23%

28%

35%

38%

44% Reed (R-NY-23)

Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)

Young (R-AK-1)

Keller (R-PA-12)

King (R-NY-2) 77%

77%

78%

81%

83%

77%

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77%

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Least Bipartisan Representatives by PartyPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Smith (D-WA-9)

Lee (D-CA-13)

Pressley (D-MA-7)

Adams (D-NC-12)

Jayapal (D-WA-7) 3%

3%

3%

3%

2% Palmer (R-AL-6)

Brooks (R-AL-5)

Allen (R-GA-12)

Duncan (R-SC-3)

Hice (R-GA-10) 17%

16%

16%

16%

9%

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The SenateJanuary - July 2019

Chamber Activity StatsSee how the 116th Congress Stacks Up with Past

Congresses to this point

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1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

2,463

1,769

1,926

1,5061,5291,560

1,981

1,6091,569

1,346

1,476

Term-to-Date:Number of Senate Bills Introduced

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1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

84

40

46

37

24

43

50

95

105

29

73

Term-to-Date:Number of Senate Bills that Passed the Senate

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116th Senate FreshmenA Look at Their First Seven Months of the 116th

Congress

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Most Active Freshmen Senators in the 116th Congress

Number of sponsored bills introduced in the 116th Congress:

McSally (R-AZ)

Smith (D-MN)

Braun (R-IN)

Jones (D-AL)

Blackburn (R-TN)

Hawley (R-MO)

Cramer (R-ND)

Rosen (D-NV)

Scott (R-FL)

Sinema (D-AZ)

Romney (R-UT) 56

9

910

15

17

1719

22

25

22

9

6

17

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Freshmen Senators with Bills Enacted in 2019

2 Bills Enacted

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)

1 Bill EnactedS. 504 LEGION Act

S. 1749 Protecting Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2019

S. 998 Supporting and Treating OfficersIn Crisis Act of 2019

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Bipartisanship of Senate FreshmenPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Sinema (D-AZ)

Jones (D-AL)

Rosen (D-NV)

Smith (D-MN) 17%

34%

47%

58% McSally (R-AZ)

Scott (R-FL)

Hawley (R-MO)

Romney (R-UT)

Braun (R-IN)

Blackburn (R-TN)

Cramer (R-ND) 14%

14%

19%

19%

21%

21%

24%

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Senators Up for Re-Election in 2020A Look at Their First Seven Months of the 116th

Congress

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Most Active Senators Up for Re-ElectionNumber of sponsored bills introduced in the 116th Congress:

Markey (D-MA)

Merkley (D-OR)

Durbin (D-IL)

Cornyn (R-TX)

Gardner (R-CO)

Booker (D-NJ)

Peters (D-MI)

Shaheen (D-NH)

Udall (D-NM)

Daines (R-MT) 32

36

36

39

40

44

44

47

56

57

44

44

32

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Most Bipartisan Senators Up for Re-ElectionPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Collins (R-ME)

Gardner (R-CO)

Graham (R-SC)

Capito (R-WV)

McSally (R-AZ) 41%

43%

44%

50%

64%

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Jones (D-AL)

Coons (D-DE)

Peters (D-MI)

Warner (D-VA)

Shaheen (D-NH) 28%

30%

30%

33%

47%

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Least Bipartisan Senators Up for Re-ElectionPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Enzi (R-WY)

Sasse (R-NE)

Perdue (R-GA)

Inhofe (R-OK)

Cotton (R-AR) 22%

21%

17%

17%

13%

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Reed (D-RI)

Booker (D-NJ)

Merkley (D-OR)

Markey (D-MA)

Udall (D-NM) 13%

12%

11%

11%

8%

116th Senate Full Chamber

A Look at The First Seven Months of the 116th Congress

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Most Active Senators in the 116th CongressNumber of sponsored bills introduced in the 116th Congress:

Klobuchar (D-MN)

Rubio (R-FL)

Casey (D-PA)

Markey (D-MA)

Merkley (D-OR)

Wyden (D-OR)

Tester (D-MT)

Blumenthal (D-CT)

Durbin (D-IL)

Menendez (D-NJ) 45

47

47

48

50

56

57

57

68

69

68

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Senators with Bills Enacted in 2019

2 Bills Enacted

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)

2 Bills EnactedS. 504 LEGION Act

S. 1749 Protecting Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2019

S. 252: A bill to authorize the honorary appointment of Robert J. Dole

to the grade of colonel in the regular Army.

S. 483: Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2018

12 Senators have enacted one bill this year. Two Senators have enacted two:

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Most Bipartisan Senators in the 116th CongressPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Collins (R-ME)

Murkowski (R-AK)

Portman (R-OH)

Young (R-IN)

Gardner (R-CO) 50%

52%

55%

59%

64%

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Sinema (D-AZ)

Manchin (D-WV)

Jones (D-AL)

Tester (D-MT)

Coons (D-DE) 33%

40%

47%

51%

58%

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Least Bipartisan Senators in the 116th CongressPercent of bills cosponsored for the opposite party:

Enzi (R-WY)

Cruz (R-TX)

Sasse (R-NE)

Shelby (R-AR)

Perdue (R-GA) 17%

17%

17%

16%

13%

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Sanders (I-VT)

Harris (D-CA)

Reed (D-RI)

Gillibrand (D-NY)

Hirono (D-HI) 9%

8%

8%

7%

5%

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Percent of Votes Missed Votes in the 116th Congress

Booker (D-NJ)

Harris (D-CA)

Gillibrand (D-NY)

Sanders (I-VT)

Warren (D-MA)

Bennet (D-CO)

Klobuchar (D-MN)

Isakson (R-GA)

Alexander (R-TN)

Moran (R-KS) 12%

16%

21%

23%

27%

28%

40%

40%

44%

45%

21%

16%

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