From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.67· expected 0.66

Meets expectations

Rank 212 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 22 minority-party ranking members

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

  1. Introduced 34
  2. Action in committee 5
  3. Action beyond committee 3
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 0

34 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 32 substantive, 2 commemorative. Compare the House

How Velázquez’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 Velázquez.

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

95/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 36 missed of 674

Voted on 638 of 674 roll calls; missed 36. Lower than 84% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
100/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 29 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 452 votes that split the parties. Higher than 93% of House members.

45%100%
8/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −4

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 94% of House members.

0%70%
−0.55

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 46 (median 26) · cosponsored 512 (median 294), 280 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

Cosponsored