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Bennie G. Thompson

U.S. Representative · MS-2 · Democrat · Ranking Member, Homeland Security

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.22· expected 0.66

Above expectations

Rank 122 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 22 minority-party ranking members

How far Thompson’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 10
  2. Action in committee 9
  3. Action beyond committee 1
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 1

10 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 10 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi-specific

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Thompson’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Thompson.

Thompson in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
96/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 26 missed of 674

Voted on 648 of 674 roll calls; missed 26. Lower than 76% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 88 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 459 votes that split the parties. Higher than 65% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
10/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 68% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
−0.52

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Thompson’s bills that passed the House or further

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Thompson’s effectiveness score.

How we count words

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.