Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

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
1.51· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 89 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 14
  2. Action in committee 8
  3. Action beyond committee 7
  4. Passed chamber 4
  5. Became law 0

14 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 12 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Lucas’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 Lucas.

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

98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 11 missed of 674

Voted on 663 of 674 roll calls; missed 11. Higher than 57% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
97/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 159 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 464 votes that split the parties. Lower than 69% of House members.

45%100%
15/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 81% of House members.

0%70%
+0.36

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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Lucas’s bills that passed the House or further

All bills

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

How we count words
  • H.R. 1531 PROTECT Taiwan ActRequires Treasury, Federal Reserve, and SEC to seek China's exclusion from six international financial organizations if China threatens Taiwan. AI-readInternational Affairs · Passed a chamber Feb 11, 2026Substantive351 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 1713 Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025Establishes procedures for reviewing agricultural risk management policies and international trade impacts. AI-readForeign Trade and International Finance · Passed a chamber Jun 24, 2025Substantive377 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 1326 DOE and USDA Interagency Research ActRequires Department of Energy and Agriculture to establish interagency agreement for collaborative research and development. AI-readAgriculture and Food · Passed a chamber Mar 25, 2025Substantive802 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 1325 Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025Amends commercial remote sensing regulations. AI-readScience, Technology, Communications · Passed a chamber Mar 25, 2025Substantive225 words Passed a chamber

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