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
3.31· expected 1.41

Above expectations

Rank 10 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 30
  2. Action in committee 16
  3. Action beyond committee 7
  4. Passed chamber 4
  5. Became law 1

30 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 28 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 national policy

  • H.R. 695 Medal of Honor ActIncreases Medal of Honor recipients' monthly pension and extends nursing home pension limitations. AI-readBecame law Dec 1, 2025 · Armed Forces and National SecurityNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Nehls’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 Nehls.

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

93/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 49 missed of 674

Voted on 625 of 674 roll calls; missed 49. Lower than 91% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 53 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 451 votes that split the parties. Higher than 69% of House members.

45%100%
9/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 79% of House members.

0%70%
+0.61

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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Nehls’s bills that passed the House or further

All bills

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

How we count words
  • H.R. 695 Medal of Honor ActIncreases Medal of Honor recipients' monthly pension and extends nursing home pension limitations. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · Became law Dec 1, 2025Substantive501 words National policy
  • H.R. 309 National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach ActDirects Interior Department to grant funds to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. AI-readCrime and Law Enforcement · Passed a chamber Sep 15, 2026Substantive957 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 2071 Save Our Shrimpers ActProhibits federal funds to international financial institutions for financing foreign shrimp farming activities. AI-readForeign Trade and International Finance · Passed a chamber May 13, 2026Substantive145 words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 3410 Supersonic Aviation Modernization ActUpdates federal aviation rules to enable supersonic aircraft commercial operations. AI-readTransportation and Public Works · Passed a chamber Mar 25, 2026Substantive232 words Passed a chamber

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