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Burgess Owens

U.S. Representative · UT-4 · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.26· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 117 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 25
  2. Action in committee 11
  3. Action beyond committee 8
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 0

25 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 24 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Owens’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 Owens.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured
98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 15 missed of 674

Voted on 659 of 674 roll calls; missed 15. Lower than 58% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
97/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 141 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 467 votes that split the parties. Lower than 63% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
14/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 73% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.45

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

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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Owens’s bills that made it out of committee or further

All bills

8 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Owens’s effectiveness score.

How we count words
  • H.R. 7892 No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026Requires the Department of Education to establish an identity fraud detection system for federal student aid applications. AI-readEducation · Passed a chamber Jun 11, 2026Substantive851 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 8347 RURAL Healthcare ActModifies health care delivery and employment policies in rural areas. AI-readLabor and Employment · Out of committee Nov 2, 2026Substantive263 words Out of committee
  • H.R. 8183 MATCH Act of 2026Modifies requirements for matching contributions in employee benefit plans. AI-readLabor and Employment · Out of committee Oct 29, 2026Substantive2.3k words Out of committee
  • H.R. 9604 Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal Education ActTransfers tribal education and job training functions from Department of Education to Department of Interior. AI-readEducation · Out of committee Jul 15, 2026Substantive2.3k words Out of committee
  • H.R. 8705 CHARLIE ActModifies education policy; specific provisions unclear without full text. AI-readEducation · Out of committee May 21, 2026Substantive239 words Out of committee
  • H.R. 7677 Closing the Provider Fraud Gap ActRequires child care providers to meet fraud prevention standards to receive federal subsidies. AI-readFamilies · Out of committee Apr 6, 2026Substantive395 words Out of committee
  • H.R. 2516 Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2025Modifies college accreditation standards and requirements. AI-readEducation · Out of committee Jan 13, 2026Substantive521 words Out of committee
  • H.R. 2617 Say No to Indoctrination ActRestricts certain educational content and teaching methods in schools. AI-readEducation · Out of committee Jan 13, 2026Substantive105 words Out of committee

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