Rep. Mike Coffman’s 2018 Report Card
Representative
from Colorado's 6th District
Republican
Served Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2019
These statistics cover Coffman’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 20, 2019.
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 Coffman’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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Was most present in votes compared to Colorado DelegationCoffman missed 0.7% of votes (9 of 1,210 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Coffman’s Profile » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (10th percentile); All Representatives (14th 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 6th most bills compared to House RepublicansCoffman cosponsored 396 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 Colorado Delegation (57th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70th percentile); House Republicans (97th percentile); All Representatives (75th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 18th most often compared to House RepublicansIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 396 bills that Coffman cosponsored, 30% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (75th percentile); House Republicans (92nd percentile); All Representatives (78th 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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Ranked 28th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur 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 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Coffman’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Colorado Delegation (57th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (85th percentile); House Republicans (61st percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Wrote the 23rd most laws compared to All Representatives (tied with 13 others)Coffman introduced 4 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th 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. 2147: Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act …; H.R. 4635: To direct the Secretary of …; H.R. 5791: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 5792: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86th percentile); House Republicans (87th percentile); All Representatives (92nd 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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Got the 30th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House RepublicansCoffman’s bills and resolutions had 530 cosponsors in the 115th 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 Colorado Delegation (86th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76th percentile); House Republicans (87th percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). |
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Supported government transparency the 25th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 16 others)GovTrack looked at whether Coffman supported any of 32 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Coffman 5 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Coffman cosponsored H.R. 346: Congressional Integrity Act; H.R. 2678: ETHICS Act of 2017; H.R. 4077: Honest Ads Act; H.Res. 630: Requiring each Member, officer, and …; H.R. 4522: Stop Taxpayers Obligations to Perpetrators … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (91st percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile). |
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Got influential cosponsors the 36th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 11 others)6 of Coffman’s bills and resolutions in the 115th 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. 496: BRIDGE Act; H.R. 2549: GI Bill Processing Improvement Act; H.R. 2652: Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of …; H.R. 2773: To authorize the Secretary of …; H.R. 4099: To amend title 38, United …; H.R. 4635: To direct the Secretary of … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (72nd percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (78th percentile). |
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Introduced the 49th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 5 others)Coffman introduced 26 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (70th percentile); House Republicans (77th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 49th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 10 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 17 of Coffman’s 26 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Coffman caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Ranked the 65th top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur 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 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Coffman’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Colorado Delegation (71st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (80th percentile); House Republicans (79th percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 84th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 23 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Coffman introduced 6 bills in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 918: Veteran Urgent Access to Mental …; H.R. 2006: VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency …; H.R. 2147: Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act …; H.R. 4635: To direct the Secretary of …; H.R. 5791: To designate the facility of …; H.R. 5792: To designate the facility of … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (43rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (75th percentile); House Republicans (59th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile). |
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Working with the SenateThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 496: BRIDGE Act; H.R. 2652: Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of …; H.R. 4635: To direct the Secretary of …; H.R. 6573: To require a determination on … Compare to all Colorado Delegation (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Republicans (74th percentile); All Representatives (70th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Committee PositionsCoffman held a leadership position on 0 committees and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Coffman’s Profile » Compare to all Colorado Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); House Republicans (37th percentile); All Representatives (39th 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 115th Congress) 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.
