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
3.15· expected 1.41

Above expectations

Rank 14 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 15
  2. Action in committee 9
  3. Action beyond committee 6
  4. Passed chamber 4
  5. Became law 1

15 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 3 significant (got a roll call vote), 12 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 national policy

  • H.R. 227 Clergy ActCreates two-year window for clergy and Christian Science practitioners to revoke Social Security and Medicare tax exemptions. AI-readBecame law Oct 20, 2026 · Social WelfareNational 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 Fong’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 Fong.

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

97/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 22 missed of 674

Voted on 652 of 674 roll calls; missed 22. Lower than 73% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
97/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 160 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 463 votes that split the parties. Lower than 69% of House members.

45%100%
15/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 78% of House members.

0%70%
+0.45

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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Fong’s bills that became law

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Fong’s effectiveness score.

1 national policy

How we count words
  • H.R. 227 Clergy ActCreates two-year window for clergy and Christian Science practitioners to revoke Social Security and Medicare tax exemptions. AI-readSocial Welfare · Became law Oct 20, 2026Substantive645 words National policy

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