From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 11, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.17· expected 0.51

Below expectations

Rank 380 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 192 minority-party members without a committee lead

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

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

12 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 11 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

How Garamendi’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 Garamendi.

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

87/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 91 missed of 676

Voted on 585 of 676 roll calls; missed 91. Lower than 97% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 92 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 415 votes that split the parties. Higher than 63% of House members.

45%100%
10/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 64% of House members.

0%70%
−0.31

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 15 (median 26) · cosponsored 445 (median 296), 200 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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Sponsored

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