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James Comer

U.S. Representative · KY-1 · Republican · Chair, Oversight and Government Reform

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

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
2.12· expected 1.91

Meets expectations

Rank 53 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 24 majority-party committee chairs

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

  1. Introduced 10
  2. Action in committee 8
  3. Action beyond committee 7
  4. Passed chamber 5
  5. Became law 1

10 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 9 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 Paducah, Kentucky-specific

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 Comer’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 Comer.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured
98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 16 missed of 674

Voted on 658 of 674 roll calls; missed 16. Lower than 61% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 65 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 463 votes that split the parties. Higher than 65% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
9/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 74% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.59

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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Comer’s bills that became law

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Comer’s effectiveness score.

1 Paducah, Kentucky-specific

How we count words

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