Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

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
1.67· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 76 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 23
  2. Action in committee 6
  3. Action beyond committee 6
  4. Passed chamber 6
  5. Became law 0

23 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 21 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Balderson’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 Balderson.

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

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 9 missed of 674

Voted on 665 of 674 roll calls; missed 9. Higher than 64% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 78 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 465 votes that split the parties. Higher than 59% of House members.

45%100%
13/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 60% of House members.

0%70%
+0.46

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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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 25 (median 26) · cosponsored 190 (median 294), 68 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