AFDES Government Performance Program

Congressional Performance Observatory

Measure lawmaking conversion. Verify public outcomes.

The Congressional Performance Observatory follows the legislative record from introduction through advancement and enactment, measuring how effectively members convert eligible sponsored legislation into law. It separately documents independently verified public outcomes so legislative conversion is not presented as a measure of every congressional duty.

Congressional record

Members of Congress

Browse members and examine their documented sponsored and cosponsored legislative activity, progression through the lawmaking process, enacted measures, and legislative conversion rate.

539 members
539Active members
18,716Sponsored outputs
2,538Advanced outputs
108Enacted outputs
175,374Cosponsored legislation
Pat Harrigan
Republican

Pat Harrigan

U.S. Representative · NC-10

Serving since 2025
Sponsored outputs
30
Advanced
1
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
327
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Andy Harris
Republican

Andy Harris

U.S. Representative · MD-1

Serving since 2011
Sponsored outputs
6
Advanced
0
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
272
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Mark Harris
Republican

Mark Harris

U.S. Representative · NC-8

Serving since 2025
Sponsored outputs
17
Advanced
6
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
213
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Diana Harshbarger
Republican

Diana Harshbarger

U.S. Representative · TN-1

Serving since 2021
Sponsored outputs
37
Advanced
6
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
250
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Margaret Wood Hassan
Democratic

Margaret Wood Hassan

U.S. Senator · NH

Serving since 2017
Sponsored outputs
54
Advanced
11
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
329
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Josh Hawley
Republican

Josh Hawley

U.S. Senator · MO

Serving since 2019
Sponsored outputs
51
Advanced
8
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
171
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Jahana Hayes
Democratic

Jahana Hayes

U.S. Representative · CT-5

Serving since 2019
Sponsored outputs
40
Advanced
0
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
530
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Martin Heinrich
Democratic

Martin Heinrich

U.S. Senator · NM

Serving since 2009
Sponsored outputs
56
Advanced
10
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
419
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Kevin Hern
Republican

Kevin Hern

U.S. Representative · OK-1

Serving since 2018
Sponsored outputs
18
Advanced
6
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
108
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Pablo José Hernández
Democratic

Pablo José Hernández

U.S. Representative · PR

Serving since 2025
Sponsored outputs
31
Advanced
1
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
218
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

John W. Hickenlooper
Democratic

John W. Hickenlooper

U.S. Senator · CO

Serving since 2021
Sponsored outputs
36
Advanced
9
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
419
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Clay Higgins
Republican

Clay Higgins

U.S. Representative · LA-3

Serving since 2017
Sponsored outputs
39
Advanced
8
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
253
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Methodology

Measure the record, then show the evidence.

The Observatory’s Legislative Conversion Rate measures how effectively a member converts eligible sponsored legislation into enacted law. It is a defined measure of lawmaking activity—not a claim to measure every congressional responsibility. Other public outcomes are documented and verified separately.

† Cosponsorship is reported as contextual legislative activity. It may reflect support for legislation but is not treated as equivalent to sponsorship and is not included in the Legislative Conversion Rate.

01

Outputs

Count eligible legislation sponsored by the member using official congressional records. Sponsorship is treated as legislative output, not as an outcome by itself.

02

Progress

Follow sponsored legislation through defined stages of the legislative process so introduction is distinguished from committee advancement, chamber passage, congressional passage, and enactment.

03

Outcomes

Count enacted sponsored legislation as a legislative outcome. Independently verified district or public outcomes are maintained separately, with their attribution and verification status preserved.

04

Conversion

Legislative Conversion Rate = enacted eligible sponsored legislation ÷ total eligible sponsored legislation × 100. Cosponsorship and non-legislative public outcomes do not enter this calculation.

Source architecture

Official records first.

Official congressional records form the basis of the legislative dataset. The ingestion layer preserves source URLs, retrieval dates, record identifiers, verification notes, and an auditable evidence trail for published metrics. Claims about broader public outcomes are treated separately and require independent verification before AFDES presents them as verified outcomes.