Ocasio Cortez Voting Record

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Ocasio Cortez Voting Record Rating: 5,9/10 4450 votes

Representative from New York's 14th District
Democrat
Serving Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2023

These year-end statistics cover Ocasio-Cortez’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare her to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.

A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Ocasio-Cortez’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.

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Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.

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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to New York Delegation

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 0 of Ocasio-Cortez’s 10 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Ocasio-Cortez caucused with in 2019.

Compare to all New York Delegation (0th percentile); House Freshmen (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.

Got their bills out of committee the least often compared to New York Delegation(tied with 1 other)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Ocasio-Cortez introduced 0 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

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Joined bipartisan bills the 2nd least often compared to New York Delegation

Of the 350 bills that Ocasio-Cortez cosponsored, 5% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

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Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Introduced the 2nd fewest bills compared to New York Delegation(tied with 2 others)

Ocasio-Cortez introduced 10 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »

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Was 2nd most present in votes compared to New York Delegation(tied with 2 others)

Ocasio-Cortez missed 0.3% of votes (2 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Ocasio-Cortez’s Profile »

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The Speaker of the House is not included in this statistic because according to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in “ordinary legislative proceedings, and the delegates from the five island territories and the District of Columbia are also not included because they were not elligible to vote in any roll call votes.

Got influential cosponsors the 3rd least often compared to New York Delegation(tied with 1 other)

1 of Ocasio-Cortez’s bills and resolutions in 2019 had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.

Those bills were: H.Res. 109: Recognizing the duty of the ...

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Ranked the 5th bottom/follower compared to New York Delegation

Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Ocasio-Cortez’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

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Got the 6th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to New York Delegation

Ocasio-Cortez’s bills and resolutions had 168 cosponsors in 2019. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills »

Compare to all New York Delegation (19th percentile); House Freshmen (78th percentile); House Democrats (33rd percentile); All Representatives (52nd percentile).

Ranked 17th most politically left compared to All Representatives

Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Ocasio-Cortez’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

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Cosponsored the 18th most bills compared to House Freshmen

Ocasio-Cortez cosponsored 350 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all New York Delegation (42nd percentile); House Freshmen (80th percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (76th percentile).

Laws Enacted

Ocasio-Cortez introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

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The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill.

Working with the Senate

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 3 of Ocasio-Cortez’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: H.Res. 109: Recognizing the duty of the ...; H.R. 2930: Loan Shark Prevention Act; H.R. 5185: Green New Deal for Public ...

Compare to all New York Delegation (46th percentile); House Freshmen (71st percentile); House Democrats (50th percentile); All Representatives (62nd percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.

Committee Positions

Ocasio-Cortez held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Ocasio-Cortez’s Profile »

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Additional Notes

The Speaker’s Votes: Missed votes are not computed for the Speaker of the House. According to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in “ordinary legislative proceedings.” In practice this means the Speaker of the House rarely votes but is not considered absent.

Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.

Ocasio Cortez Voting Record

Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).

Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.

Alexandria Ocasio-cortez Voting Record In House

Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of 2019) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.