Donald M. Payne, Jr.

Former Representative for New Jersey’s 10th District, 2012–2024 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 11, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

0.88· expected 0.60

Meets expectations

Rank 178 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 218 minority-party members

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

9 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 9 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 national policy

H.R. 3254 First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies ActBecame law Dec 23, 2024 · Emergency ManagementNational policy

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 Payne’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Payne. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured

89/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 97 missed of 870

Voted on 773 of 870 roll calls; missed 97. Lower than 94% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

100/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 5 of 218

Sided with the Democratic majority on 572 votes that split the parties. Higher than 98% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

14/ 100

Chamber median 16 · −2

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

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.52

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.24

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

LiberalConservative

Payne’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

6 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Payne’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 3254 First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies ActEmergency Management · Became law Dec 23, 2024Substantive452 words National policy
H.R. 3382 Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness ActHealth · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive94 words In committee
H.R. 4261 ARC Act of 2023Health · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive2.4k words In committee
H.R. 7503 Health Equity for People with Disabilities ActHealth · In committee Mar 8, 2024Substantive475 words In committee
H.R. 4182 Men’s Health Awareness and Improvement ActHealth · In committee Jun 16, 2023Substantive1.5k words In committee
H.R. 3255 Freight Rail Workforce Health and Safety ActTransportation and Public Works · In committee May 12, 2023Substantive1.2k words In committee

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