Legislators: Members ranked by bills they've introduced

The first step of the legislative process occurs when a member introduces a bill for consideration by his colleagues. Most bills introduced never pass. The data is from the 11Xth Congress, supplied by GovTrack.us.

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