Garret Graves

Former Representative for Louisiana’s 6th District, 2015–2025 · Republican

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

3.75· expected 1.38

Above expectations

Rank 15 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

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

22 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 19 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (2)

2 national policy

H.R. 82 Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Became law Jan 5, 2025 · Social WelfareNational policy
H.R. 2872 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Became law Jan 19, 2024 · Public Lands and Natural ResourcesNational 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 Graves’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 Graves. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured

98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 23 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,212 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 23. Higher than 58% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

92/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 162 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 860 votes that split the parties. Lower than 80% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

21/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +5

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 77% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.42

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 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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Graves’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

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

H.R. 82 Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Social Welfare · Became law Jan 5, 2025Substantive280 words National policy
H.R. 2872 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Public Lands and Natural Resources · Became law Jan 19, 2024Substantive314 words National policy
H.R. 3356 Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization ActTransportation and Public Works · Out of committee Dec 19, 2024Substantive315 words Out of committee
H.R. 5840 Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024Transportation and Public Works · Out of committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive1.6k words Out of committee
H.R. 8728 State-Managed Disaster Relief ActEmergency Management · Out of committee Dec 5, 2024Substantive760 words Out of committee
H.R. 6083 Duplications of Benefits Victims Relief ActEmergency Management · Out of committee Dec 5, 2024Substantive144 words Out of committee
H.R. 1500 Intelligent Transportation Integration ActTransportation and Public Works · Out of committee Nov 26, 2024Substantive666 words Out of committee
H.R. 6008 R.I.C.E.’s Whale ActAnimals · Out of committee Oct 25, 2024Substantive1.3k words Out of committee
H.R. 5616 BRIDGE Production Act of 2023Energy · Out of committee Mar 5, 2024Substantive1.1k words Out of committee
H.R. 4165 United States-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act of 2023Foreign Trade and International Finance · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive556 words In committee
H.R. 9921 To amend the Delta Development Act to include the parish of Terrebonne as a Delta Regional Authority area.Transportation and Public Works · In committee Oct 5, 2024Substantive26 words In committee
H.J.Res. 168 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to "National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2".Environmental Protection · In committee Sep 11, 2024Substantive39 words In committee
H.R. 8705 Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2024Public Lands and Natural Resources · In committee Jun 27, 2024Substantive3.3k words In committee
H.R. 6814 Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection ActPublic Lands and Natural Resources · In committee Mar 21, 2024Substantive2.8k words In committee
H.R. 6084 Expediting Disaster Recovery ActEmergency Management · In committee Oct 27, 2023Substantive1.8k words In committee
H.R. 4547 Laws Ensuring Safe Shrimp ActAgriculture and Food · In committee Aug 24, 2023Substantive548 words In committee
H.R. 3969 To provide for a rulemaking on operation of unmanned aircraft beyond visual line of sight, and for other purposes.Transportation and Public Works · In committee Jun 12, 2023Substantive950 words In committee

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