John P. Sarbanes

Former Representative for Maryland’s 3rd District, 2007–2025 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

0.23· expected 0.60

Below expectations

Rank 384 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 218 minority-party members

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

Introduced 11
Action in committee 4
Action beyond committee 1
Passed chamber 0
Became law 0

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

How Sarbanes’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 Sarbanes. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured

97/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 38 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,197 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 38. Lower than 62% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

99/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 42 of 218

Sided with the Democratic majority on 851 votes that split the parties. Higher than 87% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

15/ 100

Chamber median 16 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 63% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.47

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.24

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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Sarbanes’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

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

H.R. 4770 Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023Environmental Protection · Out of committee Apr 2, 2024Substantive1.7k words Out of committee
H.R. 11 Freedom to Vote ActGovernment Operations and Politics · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive102k words In committee
H.R. 5380 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage.Health · In committee Dec 17, 2024Substantive324 words In committee
H.R. 8115 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for the deferral or disallowance of portions of payments for certain managed care violations under Medicaid.Health · In committee Apr 26, 2024Substantive262 words In committee

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