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
Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic

Teresa Leger Fernandez

U.S. Representative · NM-3

Serving since 2021
Sponsored outputs
38
Advanced
2
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
267
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Julia Letlow
Republican

Julia Letlow

U.S. Representative · LA-5

Serving since 2021
Sponsored outputs
20
Advanced
2
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
142
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Mike Levin
Democratic

Mike Levin

U.S. Representative · CA-49

Serving since 2019
Sponsored outputs
25
Advanced
0
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
417
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Sam T. Liccardo
Democratic

Sam T. Liccardo

U.S. Representative · CA-16

Serving since 2025
Sponsored outputs
17
Advanced
0
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
192
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Ted Lieu
Democratic

Ted Lieu

U.S. Representative · CA-36

Serving since 2015
Sponsored outputs
46
Advanced
3
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
624
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Zoe Lofgren
Democratic

Zoe Lofgren

U.S. Representative · CA-18

Serving since 1995
Sponsored outputs
23
Advanced
2
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
451
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Barry Loudermilk
Republican

Barry Loudermilk

U.S. Representative · GA-11

Serving since 2015
Sponsored outputs
17
Advanced
9
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
152
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Frank D. Lucas
Republican

Frank D. Lucas

U.S. Representative · OK-3

Serving since 1993
Sponsored outputs
14
Advanced
7
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
72
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Ben Ray Luján
Democratic

Ben Ray Luján

U.S. Senator · NM

Serving since 2009
Sponsored outputs
84
Advanced
3
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
484
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Cynthia M. Lummis
Republican

Cynthia M. Lummis

U.S. Senator · WY

Serving since 2009
Sponsored outputs
47
Advanced
4
Enacted
1
Cosponsored legislation †
347
Legislative conversion
2.3%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Anna Paulina Luna
Republican

Anna Paulina Luna

U.S. Representative · FL-13

Serving since 2023
Sponsored outputs
41
Advanced
1
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
324
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Morgan Luttrell
Republican

Morgan Luttrell

U.S. Representative · TX-8

Serving since 2023
Sponsored outputs
22
Advanced
3
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
111
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.