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
Adrian Smith
Republican

Adrian Smith

U.S. Representative · NE-3

Serving since 2007
Sponsored outputs
26
Advanced
2
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
243
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Christopher H. Smith
Republican

Christopher H. Smith

U.S. Representative · NJ-4

Serving since 1981
Sponsored outputs
60
Advanced
9
Enacted
1
Cosponsored legislation †
224
Legislative conversion
2.1%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Jason Smith
Republican

Jason Smith

U.S. Representative · MO-8

Serving since 2013
Sponsored outputs
9
Advanced
6
Enacted
1
Cosponsored legislation †
48
Legislative conversion
14.3%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Tina Smith
Democratic

Tina Smith

U.S. Senator · MN

Serving since 2018
Sponsored outputs
45
Advanced
7
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
459
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Lloyd Smucker
Republican

Lloyd Smucker

U.S. Representative · PA-11

Serving since 2017
Sponsored outputs
32
Advanced
4
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
137
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Eric Sorensen
Democratic

Eric Sorensen

U.S. Representative · IL-17

Serving since 2023
Sponsored outputs
11
Advanced
1
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
391
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Darren Soto
Democratic

Darren Soto

U.S. Representative · FL-9

Serving since 2017
Sponsored outputs
18
Advanced
2
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
514
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Victoria Spartz
Republican

Victoria Spartz

U.S. Representative · IN-5

Serving since 2021
Sponsored outputs
16
Advanced
0
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
49
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Melanie A. Stansbury
Democratic

Melanie A. Stansbury

U.S. Representative · NM-1

Serving since 2021
Sponsored outputs
27
Advanced
1
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
564
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Greg Stanton
Democratic

Greg Stanton

U.S. Representative · AZ-4

Serving since 2019
Sponsored outputs
27
Advanced
6
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
360
Legislative conversion
0.0%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Pete Stauber
Republican

Pete Stauber

U.S. Representative · MN-8

Serving since 2019
Sponsored outputs
24
Advanced
10
Enacted
2
Cosponsored legislation †
331
Legislative conversion
8.7%

Metrics through Sep 21, 2026

Elise M. Stefanik
Republican

Elise M. Stefanik

U.S. Representative · NY-21

Serving since 2015
Sponsored outputs
29
Advanced
7
Enacted
0
Cosponsored legislation †
241
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.