Debatable: Members ranked by bills debated

Most bills introduced by members of Congress end up 'dying in committee', and are never considered (or debated) by the full House or Senate. This chart ranks members based by the number of bills they sponsored that received a floor debate. The data is from the 11Xth Congress, supplied by GovTrack.us.

1. Donald Young (R-AK) 176
2. John McCain (R-AZ) 173
3. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 161
4. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) 114
5. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) 108
6. Charles Grassley (R-IA) 96
7. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 95
8. Pete Domenici (R) 92
9. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) 85
10. Arlen Specter (R-PA) 84
11. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) 82
12. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) 82
13. Richard Lugar (R-IN) 79
14. Ted Stevens (R) 76
15. Harry Reid (D-NV) 74
16. John Warner (R) 68
17. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 66
18. Christopher Smith (R-NJ) 65
19. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) 63
20. James Inhofe (R-OK) 62
21. Thomas Davis (R) 62
22. John Kerry (D-MA) 61
23. Joseph Biden (D) 59
24. Susan Collins (R-ME) 59
25. Charles Schumer (D-NY) 56
26. Larry Craig (R) 56
27. John Rockefeller (D-WV) 56
28. Carl Levin (D-MI) 56
29. Gordon Smith (R) 55
30. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) 55
31. Kay Hutchison (R-TX) 54
32. Michael Enzi (R-WY) 53
33. George Miller (D-CA) 53
34. Christopher Bond (R-MO) 53
35. Richard Durbin (D-IL) 49
36. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) 49
37. Charles Rangel (D-NY) 49
38. Lamar Smith (R-TX) 48
39. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) 47
40. Trent Lott (I) 46
41. John Coble (R-NC) 44
42. Ron Wyden (D-OR) 43
43. Max Baucus (D-MT) 43
44. H. Saxton (R) 43
45. Wayne Allard (R) 40
46. Judd Gregg (R-NH) 39
47. Michael Castle (R-DE) 38
48. Richard Shelby (R-AL) 38
49. George Voinovich (R-OH) 38
50. Thomas Harkin (D-IA) 38
51. Hillary Clinton (D) 38
52. James Oberstar (D-MN) 37
53. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 35
54. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) 35
55. Craig Thomas (I) 35
56. Henry Waxman (D-CA) 35
57. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 34
58. Patty Murray (D-WA) 34
59. Robert Bennett (R-UT) 34
60. Ken Calvert (R-CA) 34
61. Chris Cannon (R) 34
62. Thad Cochran (R-MS) 33
63. Tom Udall (D-NM) 32
64. John Conyers (D-MI) 32
65. John Doolittle (R) 32
66. Barney Frank (D-MA) 31
67. Steven LaTourette (R-OH) 30
68. Tim Johnson (D-SD) 29
69. Greg Walden (R-OR) 29
70. Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) 29
71. Barbara Cubin (R) 28
72. Mark Udall (D-CO) 28
73. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 28
74. Tom Lantos (I) 28
75. Wayne Gilchrest (R) 27
76. Nick Rahall (D-WV) 25
77. Frank Wolf (R-VA) 25
78. Richard Baker (I) 25
79. Peter King (R-NY) 25
80. Pat Roberts (R-KS) 25
81. Russell Feingold (D-WI) 24
82. Joe Barton (R-TX) 24
83. Herbert Kohl (D-WI) 24
84. Howard McKeon (R-CA) 24
85. Walter Herger (R-CA) 24
86. John Dingell (D-MI) 24
87. C. W. Bill Young (R-FL) 23
88. George Radanovich (R-CA) 23
89. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) 23
90. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) 23
91. Michael Crapo (R-ID) 23
92. John Eric Ensign (R-NV) 23
93. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) 22
94. Frederick Stephen Upton (R-MI) 22
95. Bart Stupak (D-MI) 22
96. Howard Berman (D-CA) 22
97. Jefferson Sessions (R-AL) 21
98. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) 21
99. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) 21
100. Samuel Brownback (R-KS) 20
101. John Duncan (R-TN) 20
102. Heather Wilson (R) 20
103. Frederick Boucher (D-VA) 20
104. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) 20
105. Eliot Engel (D-NY) 20
106. Robert Byrd (D-WV) 19
107. Doc Hastings (R-WA) 19
108. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) 19
109. Clifford Stearns (R-FL) 19
110. Dale Kildee (D-MI) 19
111. Ralph Regula (R) 19
112. Roy Blunt (R-MO) 18
113. Jim Bunning (R-KY) 18
114. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) 18
115. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) 18
116. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) 18
117. Stevan Pearce (R-NM) 17
118. John Boehner (R-OH) 17
119. Richard Burr (R-NC) 17
120. Charles Norwood (I) 17
121. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) 17
122. James Walsh (R) 17
123. Bill Nelson (D-FL) 17
124. Jerry Moran (R-KS) 17
125. Darrell Issa (R-CA) 17
126. David Lee Hobson (R) 16
127. Charles Hagel (R) 16
128. Gerald Weller (R) 16
129. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) 16
130. Steven Chabot (R) 16
131. Bart Gordon (D-TN) 16
132. Jim DeMint (R-SC) 16
133. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) 16
134. Mark Souder (R-IN) 16
135. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) 16
136. C. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) 15
137. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) 15
138. Maxine Waters (D-CA) 15
139. John Reed (D-RI) 15
140. John Mica (R-FL) 15
141. Edward Markey (D-MA) 15
142. Christopher Shays (R) 15
143. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) 15
144. Michael Simpson (R-ID) 15
145. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) 15
146. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) 15
147. John Shimkus (R-IL) 15
148. Rick Renzi (R) 15
149. Robert Brady (D-PA) 15
150. Kent Conrad (D-ND) 15
151. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) 15
152. Lois Capps (D-CA) 14
153. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 14
154. Gary Miller (R-CA) 14
155. Thomas Allen Coburn (R-OK) 14
156. Michael Thompson (D-CA) 14
157. Eleanor Norton (D-DC) 14
158. Harold Rogers (R-KY) 14
159. Donald Manzullo (R-IL) 14
160. Dennis Moore (D-KS) 14
161. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) 14
162. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) 14
163. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) 14
164. Dan Burton (R-IN) 13
165. John Cornyn (R-TX) 13
166. Paul Gillmor (I) 13
167. John Sununu (R) 13
168. Ken Salazar (D) 13
169. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) 13
170. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) 13
171. Bob Filner (D-CA) 13
172. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) 13
173. Thomas Carper (D-DE) 13
174. Danny Davis (D-IL) 13
175. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) 13
176. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT) 12
177. Edward Whitfield (R-KY) 12
178. Jack Kingston (R-GA) 12
179. Jon Porter (R) 12
180. John Boozman (R-AR) 12
181. Corrine Brown (D-FL) 12
182. Jo Ann Davis (I) 12
183. Virginia Brown-Waite (R-FL) 12
184. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) 12
185. Brian Baird (P-WA) 12
186. Mark Pryor (D-AR) 12
187. David Vitter (R-LA) 12
188. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 11
189. Norm Coleman (R-MN) 11
190. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 11
191. Hilda Solis (D-CA) 11
192. Nathan Deal (R-GA) 11
193. Jerry Costello (D-IL) 11
194. Jeff Miller (R-FL) 11
195. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) 11
196. Ike Skelton (D-MO) 11
197. Judy Biggert (R-IL) 11
198. James McCrery (R) 11
199. James Moran (D-VA) 11
200. Nita Lowey (D-NY) 11
201. Adam Schiff (D-CA) 11
202. John Lewis (D-GA) 11
203. John Thune (R-SD) 11
204. Peter Sessions (R-TX) 11
205. Tom Tancredo (R) 11
206. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) 10
207. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) 10
208. Gene Taylor (D-MS) 10
209. John McHugh (R-NY) 10
210. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) 10
211. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) 10
212. Melquiades Martinez (R-FL) 10
213. Evan Bayh (D-IN) 10
214. Walter Beaman Jones (R-NC) 10
215. David Dreier (R-CA) 10
216. James Ramstad (R) 10
217. Ronald Kind (D-WI) 10
218. Deborah Pryce (R) 9
219. Bobby Rush (D-IL) 9
220. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) 9
221. David Weldon (R) 9
222. Juanita Millender-McDonald (I) 9
223. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) 9
224. David Ross Obey (D-WI) 9
225. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) 9
226. Philip English (R) 9
227. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) 9
228. Stephen Buyer (R-IN) 9
229. William Delahunt (D-MA) 9
230. Elizabeth Dole (R) 9
231. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) 9
232. Ric Keller (R) 9
233. Edward Royce (R-CA) 9
234. Darlene Hooley (D) 9
235. Bobby Jindal (I) 9
236. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) 9
237. Ralph Hall (R-TX) 9
238. Robert Scott (D-VA) 9
239. Rob Bishop (R-UT) 9
240. Collin Peterson (D-MN) 8
241. Joseph Knollenberg (R) 8
242. John Isakson (R-GA) 8
243. Diane Watson (D-CA) 8
244. Thomas Edwards (D-TX) 8
245. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 8
246. Thomas Allen (D) 8
247. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) 8
248. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) 8
249. Charles Pickering (R) 8
250. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) 8
251. Vito Fossella (R) 8
252. John Murtha (D-PA) 8
253. George Butterfield (D-NC) 8
254. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) 8
255. Norman Dicks (P-WA) 8
256. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) 8
257. James McGovern (D-MA) 8
258. Frank Lucas (R-OK) 8
259. Roger Wicker (R-MS) 8
260. James Clyburn (D-SC) 8
261. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) 8
262. David Daniel Boren (D-OK) 8
263. David Camp (R-MI) 7
264. John Salazar (D-CO) 7
265. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) 7
266. Jim Matheson (D-UT) 7
267. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) 7
268. Albert Wynn (D) 7
269. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) 7
270. Mike Ross (D-AR) 7
271. Michael Turner (R-OH) 7
272. Todd Platts (R-PA) 7
273. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) 7
274. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) 7
275. John Shadegg (R-AZ) 7
276. Ron Lewis (R) 7
277. Anthony David Weiner (D-NY) 7
278. John Spratt (D-SC) 7
279. Geoff Davis (R-KY) 7
280. José Serrano (D-NY) 7
281. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) 7
282. Ray LaHood (R) 7
283. Addison Wilson (R-SC) 7
284. Robin Hayes (R) 6
285. Barack Obama (D) 6
286. Marilyn Musgrave (R) 6
287. Martin Meehan (I) 6
288. J. Hastert (I) 6
289. Michael Doyle (D-PA) 6
290. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) 6
291. Tim Mahoney (D) 6
292. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) 6
293. Thomas Reynolds (R) 6
294. Zach Wamp (R-TN) 6
295. Michael Michaud (D-ME) 6
296. William Jefferson (D) 6
297. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) 6
298. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) 6
299. John Kline (R) 6
300. Rush Holt (D-NJ) 6
301. Timothy Bishop (D-NY) 6
302. Robert Wexler (D-FL) 6
303. Ted Poe (R-TX) 6
304. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) 6
305. E. Benjamin Nelson (D-NE) 6
306. Kevin Brady (R-TX) 6
307. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) 6
308. Donna M.C. Christian-Christensen (D-VI) 6
309. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) 6
310. Albio Sires (D-NJ) 6
311. Patrick Tiberi (R-OH) 6
312. Paul Ryan (R-WI) 6
313. Joe Baca (D-CA) 6
314. James McDermott (P-WA) 6
315. David Wu (D-OR) 6
316. Ed Pastor (D-AZ) 6
317. Barbara Lee (D-CA) 6
318. Brad Sherman (D-CA) 6
319. Devin Nunes (R-CA) 6
320. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) 6
321. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) 6
322. Raymond Green (D-TX) 6
323. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) 6
324. Sam Farr (D-CA) 6
325. Suellen Myrick (R-NC) 6
326. Mike Rogers (R-MI) 6
327. W. Todd Akin (R-MO) 6
328. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) 5
329. Thomas Latham (R-IA) 5
330. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) 5
331. David Scott (D-GA) 5
332. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) 5
333. Allen Boyd (D-FL) 5
334. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) 5
335. Peter Welch (D-VT) 5
336. Fortney Stark (D-CA) 5
337. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) 5
338. Steven Rothman (D-NJ) 5
339. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) 5
340. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) 5
341. James Randy Forbes (R-VA) 5
342. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) 5
343. William Pascrell (D-NJ) 5
344. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) 5
345. John Peterson (R) 5
346. Samuel Johnson (R-TX) 5
347. Nicholas Lampson (D) 5
348. Shelley Capito (R-WV) 5
349. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) 5
350. John Sarbanes (D-MD) 5
351. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) 5
352. Eric Cantor (R-VA) 5
353. Bill Shuster (R-PA) 5
354. Terry Everett (R) 5
355. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) 5
356. John Olver (D-MA) 5
357. Ralph Miller (D-NC) 5
358. John Hall (D-NY) 5
359. Christopher Carney (D-PA) 5
360. Donald Payne (D-NJ) 4
361. Adam Smith (P-WA) 4
362. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) 4
363. Kenny Hulshof (R-MO) 4
364. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) 4
365. Jay Inslee (P-WA) 4
366. Jon Tester (D-MT) 4
367. Zachary Space (D-OH) 4
368. Mark Kirk (R-IL) 4
369. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) 4
370. Kay Granger (R-TX) 4
371. Michael Rogers (R-AL) 4
372. Dean Heller (R-NV) 4
373. Michael McNulty (D) 4
374. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) 4
375. Richard Neal (D-MA) 4
376. Jane Harman (D-CA) 4
377. Tim Murphy (R-PA) 4
378. David George Reichert (R-WA) 4
379. John Larson (D-CT) 4
380. Daniel Lungren (R-CA) 4
381. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) 4
382. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) 4
383. Stephen Cohen (D-TN) 4
384. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) 4
385. John Carter (R-TX) 4
386. John Linder (R-GA) 4
387. Jason Altmire (D-PA) 4
388. Christopher Van Hollen (D-MD) 4
389. Timothy Ryan (D-OH) 4
390. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) 4
391. Luis Fortuño (R) 4
392. Julia Carson (I) 4
393. Michael McCaul (R-TX) 4
394. Rick Larsen (P-WA) 4
395. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) 4
396. Nancy Boyda (D) 4
397. John Sullivan (R-OK) 4
398. John Russell Carnahan (D-MO) 4
399. Virgil Goode (R) 4
400. John Barrasso (R-WY) 3
401. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) 3
402. William Thornberry (R-TX) 3
403. Diana DeGette (D-CO) 3
404. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) 3
405. Bruce Braley (D-IA) 3
406. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) 3
407. Victor Snyder (D-AR) 3
408. John Tanner (D-TN) 3
409. Joseph Sestak (D-PA) 3
410. Paul Hodes (D-NH) 3
411. Melissa Bean (D-IL) 3
412. Melvin Watt (D-NC) 3
413. Douglas McIntyre (D-NC) 3
414. Charles Dent (R-PA) 3
415. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) 3
416. Jim Costa (D-CA) 3
417. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 3
418. Ron Klein (D-FL) 3
419. Susan Davis (D-CA) 3
420. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) 3
421. Joseph Shuler (D-NC) 3
422. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) 3
423. Phil Hare (D-IL) 3
424. Michael Burgess (R-TX) 3
425. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) 3
426. Charles Boustany (R-LA) 3
427. Henry Brown (R-SC) 3
428. Rodney Alexander (R-LA) 3
429. Sander Levin (D-MI) 3
430. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) 3
431. Samuel Graves (R-MO) 3
432. David Price (D-NC) 3
433. Donald Cazayoux (D) 3
434. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) 3
435. Albert Chandler (D-KY) 3
436. Candice Miller (R-MI) 3
437. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) 3
438. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) 3
439. Tom Cole (R-OK) 3
440. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) 3
441. Al Green (D-TX) 3
442. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) 3
443. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) 2
444. Robert Berry (D-AR) 2
445. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) 2
446. Steven Kagen (D-WI) 2
447. Tom Feeney (R) 2
448. Michael Ferguson (R) 2
449. Michael Capuano (D-MA) 2
450. Henry Johnson (D-GA) 2
451. Steve Israel (D-NY) 2
452. Betty McCollum (D-MN) 2
453. John Yarmuth (D-KY) 2
454. Baron Hill (D-IN) 2
455. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) 2
456. James Webb (D-VA) 2
457. Douglas Lamborn (R-CO) 2
458. Keith Ellison (D-MN) 2
459. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) 2
460. Robert Inglis (R-SC) 2
461. Grace Napolitano (D-CA) 2
462. Timothy Johnson (R-IL) 2
463. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) 2
464. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) 2
465. Ronald Paul (W-TX) 2
466. Mary Fallin (R-OK) 2
467. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D) 2
468. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) 2
469. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) 2
470. Lee Terry (R-NE) 2
471. John B.T. Campbell (R-CA) 2
472. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) 2
473. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) 2
474. Joseph Courtney (D-CT) 2
475. Charles Melancon (D-LA) 2
476. Connie Mack (R-FL) 2
477. J. Gresham Barrett (R-SC) 2
478. Gwendolynne Moore (D-WI) 2
479. Christopher Murphy (D-CT) 2
480. Tim Holden (D-PA) 2
481. James Langevin (D-RI) 2
482. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) 2
483. Brian Higgins (D-NY) 2
484. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) 2
485. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) 2
486. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) 2
487. John Kuhl (R) 2
488. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) 2
489. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) 2
490. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) 2
491. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) 2
492. Gerald McNerney (D-CA) 2
493. Nicola Tsongas (D-MA) 1
494. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) 1
495. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) 1
496. Mike Pence (R-IN) 1
497. Steve King (R-IA) 1
498. Paul Broun (R-GA) 1
499. Peter Roskam (R-IL) 1
500. Kenny Marchant (W-TX) 1
501. John Barrow (D-GA) 1
502. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) 1
503. K. Speier (D-CA) 1
504. Timothy Walberg (R) 1
505. Timothy Walz (D-MN) 1
506. Betty Sutton (D-OH) 1
507. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) 1
508. Adam Putnam (R-FL) 1
509. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) 1
510. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) 1
511. Thelma Drake (R) 1
512. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) 1
513. Robert Wittman (R-VA) 1
514. Gus Michael Bilirakis (R-FL) 1
515. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) 1
516. John Culberson (R-TX) 1
517. Robert Casey (D-PA) 1
518. Robert Cramer (D) 1
519. Doris Matsui (D-CA) 1
520. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) 1
521. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) 1
522. Michael Honda (D-CA) 1
523. Michael Arcuri (D-NY) 1
524. Laura Richardson (D-CA) 1
525. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) 1
526. Thomas Petri (R-WI) 1
527. Jim Cooper (D-TN) 1
528. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) 1
529. Travis Childers (D-MS) 0
530. James Jordan (R-OH) 0
531. Lincoln Davis (D-TN) 0
532. Bill Sali (R) 0
533. Josiah Bonner (R-AL) 0
534. John Tierney (D-MA) 0
535. Adrian Smith (R-NE) 0
536. Thomas Price (R-GA) 0
537. James Marshall (D-GA) 0
538. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) 0
539. Bob Corker (R-TN) 0
540. Bill Foster (D-IL) 0
541. Donna Edwards (D-MD) 0
542. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) 0
543. Artur Davis (D-AL) 0
544. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) 0
545. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) 0
546. Charles Wilson (D-OH) 0
547. Kathy Castor (D-FL) 0
548. Trent Franks (R-AZ) 0
549. Robert Latta (R-OH) 0
550. André Carson (D-IN) 0
551. David Davis (R) 0
552. Stephen Scalise (R-LA) 0