Erin Houchin

U.S. Representative · IN-9 · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.56· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 85 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 37
  2. Action in committee 12
  3. Action beyond committee 6
  4. Passed chamber 4
  5. Became law 0

37 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 36 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law inside another bill (1)

Houchin’s own bill stalled, but the Congressional Research Service lists an identical bill, or one with similar text, that became law. Shown for context; not counted in the score, which follows the Center for Effective Lawmaking. How this works

How Houchin’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 Houchin.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured
98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 13 missed of 674

Voted on 661 of 674 roll calls; missed 13. Lower than 51% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 29 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 464 votes that split the parties. Higher than 79% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
11/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 56% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.62

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

All bills

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

How we count words
  • H.R. 9191 National Fossil Act of 2026Unknown; bill summary not yet available. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Passed a chamber Sep 17, 2026Substantive164 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 7890 Science of Reading Act of 2026Unknown; bill summary not yet available. AI-readEducation · Passed a chamber Sep 17, 2026Substantive583 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 5184 Affordable HOMES ActRescinds Department of Energy manufactured housing efficiency standards and eliminates future rulemaking authority. AI-readEnergy · Passed a chamber Jan 12, 2026Substantive292 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 2399 Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025Protects rural broadband infrastructure from certain regulatory or competitive pressures. AI-readScience, Technology, Communications · Passed a chamber Apr 29, 2025Substantive441 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 4950 Data BRIDGE ActEstablishes requirements for federal agencies to manage and share research data. AI-readScience, Technology, Communications · Out of committee Sep 16, 2026Substantive182 words Out of committee
  • H.R. 2555 Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026Protects students' right to form or join single-sex social organizations at colleges. AI-readEducation · Out of committee Aug 27, 2026Substantive1.3k words Out of committee

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