Frank Pallone, Jr.

U.S. Representative · NJ-6 · Democrat · Ranking Member, Energy and Commerce

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
0.67· expected 0.66

Meets expectations

Rank 210 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 22 minority-party ranking members

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

  1. Introduced 18
  2. Action in committee 7
  3. Action beyond committee 3
  4. Passed chamber 2
  5. Became law 0

18 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 16 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

How Pallone’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 Pallone.

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

100/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 2 missed of 674

Voted on 672 of 674 roll calls; missed 2. Higher than 88% of House members.

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Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 86 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 468 votes that split the parties. Higher than 66% of House members.

45%100%
10/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 71% of House members.

0%70%
−0.40

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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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 23 (median 26) · cosponsored 242 (median 294), 76 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the House. From congress.gov.

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