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

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.26· expected 1.41

Below expectations

Rank 350 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 15
  2. Action in committee 5
  3. Action beyond committee 0
  4. Passed chamber 0
  5. Became law 0

15 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 15 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Franklin’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 Franklin.

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

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 5 missed of 674

Voted on 669 of 674 roll calls; missed 5. Higher than 78% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
100/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 8 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 470 votes that split the parties. Higher than 90% of House members.

45%100%
12/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 53% of House members.

0%70%
+0.63

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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Franklin’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

5 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Franklin’s effectiveness score.

How we count words
  • H.R. 8199 SCHEDULES Act of 2026Requires VA to establish and publish standards for referral-to-appointment timing and report quarterly on compliance. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · In committee Apr 27, 2026Substantive512 words In committee
  • H.R. 7734 Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026Adds agricultural mechanization, artificial intelligence, invasive species, and aquaculture as USDA research priorities. AI-readAgriculture and Food · In committee Mar 20, 2026Substantive294 words In committee
  • H.R. 7464 TEMP ActDirects federal crop insurance program to develop temperature-based index insurance for frost and cold weather crop losses. AI-readAgriculture and Food · In committee Mar 20, 2026Substantive245 words In committee
  • H.R. 3185 Personnel Integrity in Veterans Affairs Act of 2025Modifies personnel integrity requirements and procedures at the Department of Veterans Affairs. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · In committee Jun 11, 2025Substantive936 words In committee
  • H.R. 1248 Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health ActRequires VA to consider continuity of care when determining if community care is in veteran's best medical interest. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · In committee Mar 21, 2025Substantive51 words In committee

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